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Many thanks to all those who have - it's much appreciated.

Video Recordings are up to date

If you missed ou or want to recap, head on over to our YouTube Channel.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday! This time we have three regular presenters who are always excellent value and not to be missed. In order of presentation, we have Ian Jempson talking about using Claude with FileMaker (or something similar), Doug Wallis of Claris talking about Custom Views in Studio and the work going on for FM2025 and John Renfrew on one of his favourite topics - OData. For those who missed it, John will be giving a recap of his Engage talk, but doubtless there will be new and different gems peppered in.
We have the usual news roundup, a summary of upcoming events that might be of interest and if we have time, we'll have an op-en discussion on the topic of Claris Licensing.

Should be a good one!

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Agenda for meeting 81 (May 2025)

Date & time

Monday 12th May 2025
7:00-9.30 pm UK time
8:00-10:30 pm CET
Virtual bar after

London
GMT/UTC
Brussels
CET +1
NY
EST -5
Austin
CST -6
LA
PST -8
Sydney
AEDT +11

19:00-21:30

20:00-22:30

14:00-16:30

13:00-15:30

11:00-13:30

06:00-08:30 Tue 5th

Virtual bar after

Location

Online

Agenda

Time (UK)

Topic

Presenter

19:00

Welcome/Intro

Jul Carson

19:05

What's New - Roundup of Claris News.

Gary Palmer

19:20

Upcoming Events - FileMaker/Claris events coming up in the next few months

Gary Palmer

19:25

AI and Claude - Using AI for your own coding

Ian Jempson

20:00

Claris view- Custom views in Studio, What's being worked on for FM2025

Doug Wallis

20:30

OData - A recap of John's Engage session

John Renfrew

21:10

Claris licensing - An open discussing about current licensing

Led by Jul Carson and Gary Palmer

21:30

Virtual Bar


If Gary is delayed, the order may change slightly and we'll kick off with Ian's presentation.

Our meetings are attended by an assortment of very talented developers. If there's something you want to discuss with whoever is there, let us know and we'll do our best to give it air time.

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An informal gathering of developers and users of all levels where we all learn something. Discover new techniques, solve a problem or just chat about matters FileMaker with like minded people!

Meetings are usually held on the first Monday of every odd month (the second in the case of a UK Bank Holiday). They are always online and occasionally in person as well at The Dock Hub, Brighton and Hove.

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    Meeting 79 ( January 2025) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 78 ( November 2024) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 77 ( September 2024) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 76 ( July 2024) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 75 ( May 2024) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 74 ( March 2024) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 73 ( January 2024) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting (72) Post-EngageU Special ( December 2023) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 72 ( November 2023) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 71 ( September 2023) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 70 ( July 2023) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 69 ( May 2023) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 68 ( March 2023) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 67 ( January 2023) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 66 ( November 2022) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 65 ( September 2022) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 64 ( May 2022) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 63 ( March 2022) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 62 ( January 2022) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 61 ( November 2021) was presented as a live event online using Zoom. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 60 ( September 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets and in person in Brighton and Hove. After a persistently unwelcome rogue attendee, the meeting was re-started. Both sessions were recorded and combined into a single video.

    Meeting 59 ( July 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 58 ( May 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 57 ( March 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 56 ( January 2021) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 55 ( November 2020) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 54 ( September 2020) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 53 (July 2020) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 52 (May 2020) was presented as a live event online using Google Meets. The session was recorded.

    Meeting 51 (Mar 2020) was available as a live event online using Google Meets. This session was not recorded.

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