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Developer Tactics

Posted by: Editor / Monday, September 22, 2008 – 7:00pm

by Matt Petrowsky

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No matter what development software you're using, (this includes FileMaker) there's almost always a more optimized way of getting things done. Over time, you learn "developer tactics" for doing things more easily and more efficiently.

In this video I cover four different topics related to developer tactics. This means doing things better or even doing things you might not have known FileMaker could do.

Using the attached file as a starting point, you can make the development process with FileMaker quite a bit more comfortable.

Details: Released - 9/22/2008 / Size - 33.03 MB / Length - 27 min
About author

Matt Petrowsky is the Senior Editor for ISO FileMaker Magazine. Matt has been involved with FileMaker Pro since the early '90s. Having authored many articles, a popular book, spoken at conferences and seminars, as well as provided private training, Matt is continuously updating his knowledge and skill about the powerful FileMaker platform. You can contact Matt by sending email to editor@filemakermagazine.com.

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accessing locally hosted file

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martygearbox said this on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 6:05am.
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When opening a shared file on the same machine upon which it is hosted, you can also use 'localhost' rather than calling a specific IP address. This works with an fmp7: url or within the Filemaker open remote dialog.

Example:
fmp7://localhost/New%20Shell

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Loopback not allowed - ADMIN POSTED THIS

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Editor said this on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 12:32pm.
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On my machine, using localhost does nothing (I'm assuming FileMaker is not resolving that using the hosts file). Given it wants an IP, using the loopback (127.0.0.1) generates and error about "maxiumum number of licensed users..." and I'm assuming this is on purpose because it would be a method that could be exploited for "free webserving" using a single FileMaker client.

Of course, I could be wrong since I've not attempted to do this for production purposes - it's just a guess.

Matt

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