Wim Decorte

Wim is Director, Claris Practice at Soliant. He is a FileMaker Pro, Server and Connect Certified Developer and an AWS certified architect. Wim is the author of numerous Tech Briefs and articles on FileMaker Server and on security-related topics. Wim is one of the very few multiple FileMaker Excellence Award winners, including the FileMaker Community Leader of the Year award. He is also a frequent speaker at the FileMaker Developer Conference and at FileMaker Developer groups throughout the world. In addition to being a renowned expert on FileMaker Server, Wim also specializes in integrating FileMaker with other applications and systems. Check out his treasure trove of GitHub repositories: https://github.com/wimdecorte.

May 12 2015

FileMaker 14 Executive Summary

Demos & Downloads, FileMaker / May 12, 2015 / By Wim Decorte

The summary is a quick, top level review that touches on the new features of the FileMaker 14 platform and addresses the first questions one might have when considering an upgrade.

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May 12 2015

The New Get (Application Architecture) in FileMaker

FileMaker, Soliant TV / May 12, 2015 / By Wim Decorte

Ever wonder which FileMaker version you are dealing with from inside your solution (and install the right plugins for instance)? Learn how here.

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May 12 2015

Network Resiliance

FileMaker, Soliant TV / May 12, 2015 / By Wim Decorte

Arguably one of the biggest changes in FileMaker 14: its ability to survive a network interruption. Wim Decorte walks you through FileMaker 14’s network resilience.

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Apr 20 2015

When disk space is not disk space…

Blog, FileMaker / April 20, 2015 / By Wim Decorte

A strange question pops up on the various FileMaker forums from time to time and it goes like this: “How can I exclude my externally stored container content from a backup run?” The reason behind the question is usually a concern for the amount of disk space that is required for the backup. Say that

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Feb 2 2014

All Variables Should Be Global… Or Not.

Blog, FileMaker / February 2, 2014 / By Wim Decorte

What is not always clearly understood is why it is not a good idea to declare variables “out of scope”. Check out the discussion on scope here.

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Jan 3 2014

From References to Embedded Container Data

Blog, FileMaker / January 3, 2014 / By Wim Decorte

Learn from Certified Developers about new functionality from FileMaker 13 that gives 30 different attributes about the data we store in a container field.

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