Integration of filemaker with sharepoint

[Genelia]

Dear All,

There is 1 project where one of mine client is asking for working with sharepoint and filemaker.

is it possible filemaker and sharepoint integration.in this case sharepoint will be work as frontend/backend(i dont know exactly)... and filemaker will work as vice versa of this...?

have anybody idea of this?

[Wim Decorte]

Sure. Can be done. Typically SharePoint is the front-end as it is a Content Management System. FileMaker can certainly act as the back-end for it.

The code is written in the Sharepoint environment (typically either VB.NET or C#) so you can use either an ODBC connection to FileMaker Server Advanced or an fmDotNet connection to regular FileMaker Server. Kinda depends on what the SharePoint developer is more familiar with and whether or not you FileMaker Server Advanced.

There are other differences between the XDBC and fmDotNet approach, let me know if you want to hear more.