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There’s an easy way and a hard way to call fmsadmin, and the hard way is the default. Find the setup for the easy way here.

Check out this very simple proxy.php illustration of the power of FMProxy written especially to get developers up to speed.

For the project I have been recently working on, I wanted to define a set of services in ActionScript that I could use to communicate via AMF to PHP. It turns out that this technique is not well documented around the web. Here’s how I did it. Important: This example uses Flex 4. You will need …

Find this discussion on how important it is to consistently consult your software users in the development process and what not doing so can cost you.

Learn about the key principles of agile development used for planning and maintaining focus during construction of large projects.

Read about what to consider and our suggested best practice for Evaluate as a FileMaker expression from certified FileMaker developers.

Find useful tips and tricks such as command-line utility, ‘xsltproc’, to run XSLT programs quickly when testing in FileMaker.

Check out this discussion on context-independence and what to consider when writing loose coupling FileMaker scripting patterns.

Learn how to how to implement FileMaker External Authentication with no domain on non-server OS from our team of FileMaker experts.

So, rapid application development. In our space at least, it’s all about time to features. Not time to market, or return on investment, or any fuzzier metric, but simply; I need a feature, how long will it take? (And how much will it cost). Over here at Soliant we do business apps, meanings apps for businesses, …