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Migration topics

• FileMaker Development Conventions November 2005
  
• Best Practices Upgrading to FileMaker 8: Migrating pre-.fp7 Solutions to FileMaker 8 August 2005
  
• Server External Authentication August 2005
  
• Migration Foundations and Methodologies August 2005
• How to Employ the New, Advanced Security System August 2005
• How to Take Advantage of New Server Model and Capabilities August 2005
• How to Benefit from Powerful New Web Publishing Capabilities August 2005

Technologies

• FileMaker Pro 8.5: The FileMaker Web Viewer July 2006
• Extending the functionality of FileMaker Server 7 Advanced Custom Web Publishing with Server-Side Scripting April 2005—Requires downloading both of these two supplemental files:
  
  • bsf.jar
  • js.jar
• Running FileMaker Pro 8 on Citrix Presentation Server August 2005
• Running FileMaker Pro 8 on Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services August 2005
• ZapThink, LLC: Unleashing the Powerof FileMaker with XML September 2002
• Getting Started with FileMakerPro 5.5 ODBC Connectivity January 2002
• Mobilize Workgroups with FileMaker Mobile February 2002

Case studies

• Smithsonian and FileMaker: The Big Picture March 2003
• Hurwitz Group: Expanding the Information Reach for Workgroups with FileMaker Pro 6 July 2002

Industry

• Data-Driven Workgroup Tools: Enabling Rapid Application Development for Higher ROI
  November 2006
  
• Small Business TCO White Paper September 2006
  
• FileMaker TCO Study by the Aberdeen Group October 2001
• Knowledge Workers, New Workgroups, and New Demands for Information Management September 2001
• FileMaker: Big Results from Lean Budgets February 2001
• Aberdeen: Leadership Role in Workgroup Databases Propels FileMaker into Big Leagues August 2000
• The FileMaker Advantage for Workgroups April 2000
• IDC: FileMaker Pro: The View from Information Services April 2000

Archives

• FileMaker 7 Security March 2004
• FileMaker Server for Red Hat Linux June 2001
• Comparing and Contrasting Database Software Tools: FileMaker 5.5 and Microsoft Access 2002 January 2002—This is an introduction to the following white paper.
• Creating JavaServer Pages with FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited and Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev August 2001—Requires downloading one of these two supplemental files:
  
  • fmiUDJSP.sit
  • fmiUDJSP.zip
• FileMaker vs. Access: A developer’s comparison January 2002
• Running FileMaker Pro 5.0v3 on Windows 2000 Terminal Services October 2000