Google Mapping Redux

Some time back (Sept. 2007) I wrote a couple of posts at fmCollective on using the Google Map API in FileMaker.  Back then, before I started the process, I thought it would be fairly easy.  You know, build the HTML and show it in a Web Viewer*.  Boy was I wrong...

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Embedding Drupal in FileMaker

In an earlier post, I cautioned against using FileMaker's ESS feature to bypass application logic in order to write to external SQL databases. This sort of begs the question: If you can't write to it directly, how are we doing any sort of interoperability between FileMaker, Drupal or other systems out there?

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Proof will be at TABS

I'm starting to get excited about heading down to Baltimore in early December for The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) annual conference. This year we decided not to take a booth in the exhibit hall, opting instead to be free to move around the conference without worrying about manning our post. This is a lot more flexible and hopefully it will provide more opportnities for conversations and introductions.

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Still Addicted to FileMaker Pro

It has been more than 2 months since my last post to FileMaker Addict, and I've had a few faithful readers write to ask why. Well, I'm happy to report that I am still very much "addicted" to FileMaker Pro. In fact, if anything, I'm more addicted than ever. Here's what's been going on, and why my posts have been few and far between over the past several months...Back in February, I made the