Wahoo! A new release of the venerable database platform, FileMaker, is out today. Check out our rundown on WebDirect and the other new superpowers contained within...

Next week three DF'ers are heading to Xerocon in Sydney. As first timers we thought we better make a bit of a splash so have been putting our 'thinking caps' on and have come up with a bit of a competition (of sorts)

Earlier this month we saw the results of Xero's continued growth, particularly the increase in users in Australia. With a growth rate of 219% for the year, we are starting to see that businesses in Australia are really getting behind the products (32% of all users are Australian based).

We recently finished an iPad solution for Canterbury Track Cycling using FileMaker Go. Known as RacePlace, it records the results of their club racing, championships and special events and integrates smoothly with the website we built for them at the end of last year.

Weetbicks, our FileMaker development blog, is well known within the FileMaker community. Daniel's articles help other developers with ways to work around sticky problems. But in the last two months, the FileMaker Weetbicks blog has dried up a little - Daniel has gone M.I.A.!

In the cold of July Daniel, Julie and myself packed our skimpiest summer gears, sprayed on the tan and headed to body-beautiful Miami? OK it wasn't exactly like that, but it was hot hot hot and the hotel Fontainebleau was a classy venue, right on the beach.

Apple released its new operating system, Mountain Lion, a couple of weeks ago. As it is always a good idea to test new software before deploying it to all computers in a business, we tested it on a few computers, just to make sure not to run into serious problems.

Our very own Daniel Wood has just been awarded the coveted Mad Dog PR Award at FileMaker DevCon 2012. The award recognises developers who have made a significant contribution to advancing the awareness of FileMaker in the media and community.

A little while ago I received an e-mail asking for ideas on how to implement a multiple choice testing database. It just so happens that I had begun to build a database a few years ago which does just that. While it is not finished, I have decided to release a first version for people to download, dissect and use.

Portal scrolling has always been a bit of a struggle in FileMaker Go up until the release of version 12. This article outlines some of the changes to portal scrolling in FileMaker Go 12 and we give a couple of examples how it can be set-up to give a very nice native-application look and feel. We also cover field scrolling.