In the FileMaker ecosystem, Linux is one of the operating systems on which FileMaker Server can run. Its importance goes far beyond adding another choice to Windows and macOS. Linux changed how FileMaker Server could be deployed, automated, hosted, and operated at...
The FileMaker Web Companion was a plug-in that allowed FileMaker Pro databases to communicate with the web. Introduced in the early days of the commercial internet, it transformed a computer running FileMaker Pro into a small web database server. A web browser could...
FileMaker Instant Web Publishing, commonly abbreviated IWP, was a technology that allowed users to access a FileMaker database through a web browser. Its defining promise was contained in its name: publishing a FileMaker database on the web could be almost instant. A...
The FileMaker HTTP Server is the part of the FileMaker Server architecture that makes its web-based services available through HTTP and HTTPS. It provides the entry point used by services such as: FileMaker WebDirect FileMaker Data API FileMaker OData API Custom Web...
Perform Script on Server, commonly abbreviated PSoS or PSOS, is a FileMaker script step that asks the server hosting a custom app to execute another FileMaker script. Instead of running the requested script on the user’s computer or mobile device, FileMaker creates a...
FileMaker Server schedules allow scripts and administrative tasks to run automatically at predefined times. A schedule can execute a FileMaker script stored in a hosted custom app, run a system-level script on the server, or combine both in a script sequence....
