Recent request from a fellow developer on how to handle the need for a WebDirect password reminder (or password reset with some changes) 

DatumBox provides a simple interface allowing you do do things like check for spammy-ness, adult content and sentiment. 

This PHP helper file allows you to programatically call OS level commands including .bat files and other PHP scripts.

FileMaker is a great tool for building many kinds of software solutions, many of which involve managing/organizing/scheduling visits/sales or service calls, deliveries/etc. An example might be a solution for a home inspection company, the keeps tracks of the homes the inspector needs to visit.

Google Maps excels at displaying (in the form of a map) that kind of address data, creating an optimized route between those waypoints, and calculating the distances and times involved.

Given the relatives strengths of the two platforms it's easy to see how desirable a mapping integration would be, and the Google Maps API makes that relatively easy.f

FileMaker's InsertFromURL is ok but had some big limitations when it comes to real world communication. Here is how we get full functionality out of it.

Single Sign On is the user authentication method where a users only enters their credentials once. This is usually when the users either joins the network or when the first application that requires authentication is reached. Single Sign On is not a native feature to Filemaker WebDirect and to allow its support additional code has be added. Here is how I did it ...

There have been a number of drag sorting solutions. Here is a better one.

When a client asked me to implement a portal sorting solution into his solution I was not happy with the appearance and UX. I rebuilt my own solution from scratch. Here is how I solved this problem.