Gloss
Navigation, annotation, and PDF search functionality in your FileMaker solution
PDFs + FileMaker: A Seamless, Integrated Solution
Gloss is a cost-effective, custom solution for searching and enhancing the utility of PDFs stored within an existing FileMaker database. Our lightweight, easy-to-integrate service lets clients view, search, and annotate PDFs directly within their existing solution without needing external tools or fragile export and import routines. Gloss can also access the text layer of the PDFs in your solution to make them easily searchable, saving you time and reducing costly errors or missed information.
For a brief tour of the Gloss Demo file, check out this quick demo:
What Can Gloss Do?
- Simplify workflows with a custom solution that integrates directly with any FileMaker application (Windows/macOS)
- Provide users with a better, faster user experience for viewing and scrolling through PDFs
- Annotate PDFs directly within FileMaker
- Establish and maintain consistency in how users interact with PDFs across all FileMaker versions and clients (FileMaker Go, Pro, WebDirect)
- Leverage server-side rendering and display of PDFs as HTML5 for better efficiency and speed
- Enable fast and easy PDF content search capabilities: let your team find what they need, exactly when they need it
- Free users from extensive downloads and uploads with a Cloud-based solution
Why Gloss?
Sure, there are other workarounds that would let you view, search and annotate PDFs. Gloss gives developers and users a faster, easier and overall better experience:
- Lightweight, fully-hosted* service with fast and simple FileMaker integration
- Single “source of truth” for all organizational PDFs: No more versioning or sharing files across disparate PDF annotation tools
- Better navigation within all PDFs
- A full suite of annotation features: comments, bookmarking, graphics, design elements, images, and stamps
- Ability to capture and record valuable data from the field in real time (avoid re-keying errors)
- Custom UI to create your unique set of annotation tools and permissions for each group of users or workflow scenario
- Bookmarking and linking functionality across records within your existing FileMaker solution
- Cost-effective pricing model; simpler and less expensive to use and license than typical external PDF annotation tools and apps
*Local, self-hosted integration available
See why we developed Gloss, and why more and more developers are deciding to use Gloss in their FileMaker solutions.
How Do You Get Started?
- If you’re an experienced FileMaker developer, fill out the form below and we’ll send you a free, unlocked copy of the demo file.
- For a guided tour, you can use this link to schedule a live demo of Gloss.
- Looking for help with using or implementing Gloss? Check out our help page.
- Ready to license Gloss? Click here.