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Practical notes on FileMaker systems, business automation, web integration, and the decisions that keep custom software useful.

New Support Portal

We have a new Zendesk-based support portal: for now email-only. For support requests, please send an email to support (at) zerobluetech (dot) com or click on the Support button on the menu.

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New ZeroBlue Shop

We are happy to announce that we have a new snazzy shop. Now with more shipping and payment options. We are the leader in barcoding and RFID technologies supporting the FileMaker/Claris community.

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What We’ve Been Up To

Hello All, We’ve gone through some transformation. We moved to California! We still strive to continue to serve the entire country. We are still doing most everything we’ve done before: hosting…

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Create A Map Using FileMaker I

Today I was asked to create a map using FileMaker to show all the students that are accepted to my client’s school. The client said the Department of Education needs to map out the bus routed for the…

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Getting Data From WordPress To FileMaker II

In my previous post, Getting Data from a WordPress to FileMaker I detailed how you can get mySQL data (that perhaps comes from a WordPress form submission) into FileMaker. This time I’ll write about…

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Clean Data in FileMaker

This is something I’ve bee dealing with for years. It hit me like a large hammer in the chest when one of my users replaced the contents of one field in about 5000 records with HTML she copied from…

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Getting Data From WordPress To FileMaker

How many times we find ourselves presented with a new challenge when working in FileMaker? I will say this: more often than not. I like challenges. They make you learn and keep you on your toes.

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