The Claris FileMaker iOS App SDK is a development kit for turning a FileMaker custom app into a standalone application for iPhone and iPad. Instead of asking users to install FileMaker Go and then select a FileMaker file, an organization can distribute its own iOS app...
In a FileMaker Server deployment, the web server is the component that receives HTTP and HTTPS connections from browsers and web applications. It provides the public entry point for services including: FileMaker WebDirect Custom Web Publishing FileMaker Data API...
The FileMaker Web Publishing Engine, abbreviated WPE, is the FileMaker Server component that connects FileMaker custom apps with web browsers and Custom Web Publishing clients. For FileMaker WebDirect, it translates FileMaker layouts, data, and interactions into a web...
A two-machine FileMaker Server deployment separates the principal database services from part of the web publishing workload. Historically, Claris called these computers the Master and Worker machines. Current versions use the terms Primary and Secondary. The primary...
FileMaker privilege sets define what a user is allowed to see and do inside a custom app. They are a fundamental part of FileMaker’s security model. An account identifies the user, while the privilege set assigned to that account determines the user’s level of access....
External authentication allows FileMaker users to sign in using identities managed outside the FileMaker database file. Instead of maintaining a separate username and password in every FileMaker custom app, an organization can use an existing directory or identity...
