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Glen Allen, Va – June 12, 2007 – FMWebschool, Inc. announced the IWP Export plug-in for FileMaker 7 and 8. This powerful new plug-in enables you to export data from your Instant Web Publishing site and save it as a CSV file. IWP Export also enables you to save backup copies of specific found sets directly into container fields. http://www.fmwebschool.com/iwpexport.php (Demo Movie) Powerful plug-in makes IWP an even more viable solution! The Problem: A visitor to your site searches through your product catalog and finds 50 items in which they are interested. They simply want to save those records to a document for reference or to enter the found set int…

I am serving an iwp solution using FMPA 8.5 on a mini with 512 MB memory. There will only be a few people logging in for testing. I have modified the iwp_auth.html and the iwp_home.html and have put those files in iwpres of FM Web Publishing. When I am on my home network, I can get the pages fine, but I get a connection refused by [iP address] when I try from outside. I did have a reliable connection from outside when I was using FMP 8.5 (not advanced), but then I installed FMPA. Since I can get it from home, I know that I have everything turned on properly. I also have the 591 port being forwarded to the mini, and that seems to be fine. I checked everything - IWP s…

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type FX_Error as array in D:Apachehtdocsnewpubs_e.php on line 107 This error message just started appear on our newsearch page.

I have a multiple-file solution that uses external scripts. In one example, I have a portal in the 'Main' database that shows records from the 'People' database. Each line of the portal has a Go button that executes the following script: Commit Records/Requests [No dialog] Go To Related Record [show only related records; From Table: "People"; External; Using layout: "Data Entry" (People)] Select Window [Name: "People"] My problem is that if the external file (in this case, People) hasn't been accessed before, the Web browser loads a new URL with People in it instead of Main, and the external script does not function correctly. Subsequent attempts work…

Hi We're just about to implement IWP. I'm a newbie to FM at the moment but I have to get involved in this project. If we have correctly configured our users for our FM server should we be able to use the same user names and passwords to log in through IWP? Will the same restrictions/permissions apply? TIA Adri

Is there a way to enter data into the popup menu as you can in the non IWP view. Id like for a user to have list of common items but be able to add something not usual if needed. Thanks

Hi there, In the following code, what goes in the "Empty Reference!" brackets: Page: -*-* <?php $pages=ceil($returnedCount/$groupSize); if($pages>'1'){ $i='1'; $x='0';?> <? echo $i; ?> <? while($i<$pages){ $x=$i*$groupSize; $i++; echo ' | ' ?><? echo $i; ?> <? } } ?> Also, what is the following code for: -*-* The final effect should look like this: Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 where the numbers are links to further pages of search results. Cheers, Steven

I have a file that will be accessed by some users over IWP. These users have to enter details in a portal. When accessing via IWP, it was possible to enter information in the portal fields, but when committing the record the information was not saved. This was strange as there were other portals on the same layout that were fully accessible, and data entered in this portal via FM was saved ok. I went back to an earlier backup, recreated the portal and tried again, with the same results. Then I duplicated the portal and tried again, hey presto! In the newly duplicated portal, information can be entered and saved. Anyone have an idea of what is go…

I have just installed FM Server 8 Advanced and need to run the IWP on port 591 instead of port 80... Where/how do I change it? It was working on my FMP 8.5 Advanced setup. Thanks

Answer: When its' in IWP it seems, until you click on it and then it magically transforms itself into a web style drop down! Does everyone have this or is it just me? It's very confusing, without some form of identifier on the screen you wouldn't it was know a drop-down list unless you clicked on it (and using a drop-down menu isn't much clearer either) How can you get IWP to make it clear that this is a drop-down and not just a text field. Examples below: drop down in FM same drop down before it's clicked in IWP and after it's clicked

Hello All - I'm sure this answer is out there and I'm just not finding it, but... What I want to do is replace the sidebar in IWP with buttons in my header. I'm getting there, but the one that's getting to me for the functions I need is the ability to jump ahead or back 25 records at a time to emulate the page forward/back buttons in list view. Any help or links to help is appreciated. Thanks

Hi - been trying to work out why images that look fine in FM (Windows or Mac) look really bad via IWP from Windows (Firefox or IE7) but look fine from Safari or Firefox Mac I think it's to do with the way that FM resizes images in containers but other than rezise all the images externally first in Photoshop or similar, I can't seem to do anything that fixes the images display this. Anybody any ideas? Examples below: From Safari From IE 7 Cheers

FMStudio has gone through a new update that adds new features, fixes a few bugs and speeds up the data connection to FileMaker. http://www.fmwebschool.com/fmstudio.php This exciting update adds the functionality many of you have been waiting for. When an edit or a new query is used, you can now immediately access data from it and display it back to the user - for example a confirmation number from a newly created record. In order to use this new functionality, all you need is to create a new or edit query and then look under the bindings panel. You will now see fields within it that you can drag and drop into your page just as if it was a recordset. I wi…

i noticed when i view instant web publishing pages being served by 8.5 Pro, any fields with vertical scroll bars don't display correctly. when viewing through internet explorer, it shows where the field is and then a smaller field inside that field. The smaller field inside shows the vertical scroll bar. btw this only happens when the page is in edit mode. when it is in display mode it shows everything correctly. does anyone know how to correct this problem?

I am setting up a web layout for a new product order record, with a portal to an "order item" related table. However, I'm unable to add new records in the portal via the iwp interface. (I can add one record, but not more than one.) It works fine using the FM program. Possibly related: I can't click in the "order item" fields to enter them; I can only get to those fields by tabbing into them from a field above. Please help! - Adam

Hi, is it possible to allow a user to download an arbitrary file that is embedded in a container that is being published via IWP in FM 6?(e.i. a PDF is uploaded to the DB, and a user is able to download it through their web browser) If not, I know that I can host the files on another server, but confidentiality is of utmost importance; is there a way for IWP to use the users login information to authenticate themselves at the file server? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have discovered that IWP (including FMSA) has a slight issue when displaying lists in IWP. If you have a field with text in it and you surround part of that test with quotes. ie: this is a "test blar blar" some more text. It can totally throw the web browser and displays fields in the wrong place and sometimes at the top of the page. If you remove the quotes or replace with single quotes it removes the problem. Has anyone else experienced this?

Hello All, I have the DB online but the total field does not show the "0" zero on the total abount $15.90 shows as $15.9 how do I get the 0 to show ? Thx Erick

I am running FMP Server advanced and IWP. I'm looking for a server side file plug-in to swap to a default image if a thumbnail is not present. Something like the following would be perfect for my calculated container field but I'm bit stymied on how to implement this using IWP. Case(File_Exists(path_to_image);path_to_image;path_to_alternate_image) Can someone point me to a plug-in that works with IWP? Thanks.

What I have is two layouts. One has employee information on it. I have a button that when they click on it takes the to a second layout where they can request time off. When I am using it on my computer it automatically adds the employee ID number to the new request for time off. When I use IWP and click the button it pulls up a new record to request time off but the employee number is not showing up. I tried a script to copy the number before changing layouts and then pasteing into the other layout and a new record but I think I am doing something wrong.

I have a layout where I have two popdown menus where the second popdown menu is a 'dynamic' value list. The user chooses something in the first popdown and then the second popdown is modified on the fly to reflect the choices available for what the user chose in the first menu. This setup uses an external data table (i.e. a second file) that stores the choices in the first popdown linked to the choices in the second. Everything works like a charm if I use FMP8.5 client directly. However, when I use this through IWP it doesn't work at all. I make the choice in the first popup and the second remains unpopulated. The second file is marked as being shared, so I don't kn…

I have just started using a FMPro hosting service, and have a question about what appears to be a particular problem that I experience using the remote host. For about a year I've been developing a LIMS for my lab at a research institute, using fmnet and my dBase hosted using FMPro 8 on a Mac in my lab. Now I want to make the dBase available to others, so I'm trying to see how the dBase operates from a remote FileMaker server outside my institute (so my collaborators would be able to access it). I find, oddly, that when I access my dBase at the remote hosting service using FMNet, that any layout I navigate to takes ages to load the first time I access it, but o…

I have searched this site to come up with an answer, but no luck. I have a portal containing 10 fields that are related to a separate file. They work just fine using FMP8.5. When I view using Safari or Exploiter, I can see all layout elements...including the portal, but all the fields within the portal are blank. Any ideas? Thanks! MW

I am experimenting with Web Viewer in Pro 8.5 and I am able to access the web viewer hosted locally via IWP. Does anyone know if the web viewer functionality will work with IWP on a server running Server 7 Advanced?

Hi, I am having some trouble publishing a database using Instant Web Publishing (IWP) WE have FM pro 8 running on OSX Server The Database is our job management system and contains 5 portals. I publish the database using IWP so staff have intranet access only to the job management database. When logging in via safari or Firefox we see the database, we can register we can browse lists etc but when we try to enter details into the portal fields the browser cannot reload the page. The data base works without a hitch when accessing directly with filemaker. Could it be an issue with the portals? DO portals have to be a particular size or be very si…

I have a database that should use Get (ApplicationVersion) to determine if the client is the WPE or not, as many have suggested here. However, when I access this DB via IWP, it says my client is FMP with [FullAccess] privileges. The DB is hosted on FMSA 8 on a Win 2K3 SP1 box. What gives?

When using my database in a browser (via instant web publishing) I can't seem to get it to copy and paste more than one field content. Any ideas on a fix? Cheers elliot

Hi all, I have a database published for the web with IWP, however everytime a user hits the 'Back' button, it sends it a bit screwy. Is there any way to either disable the 'Back' button, or have the brower actually go back to a previous page? Thanks

I can't figure it out. I'm logged in with full access, the button works fine in the client application but the web browser isn't copying the record. What could it be?

My sidebar is locked and hidden. How do i allow my user to logout?

Hi there does an FX.php query return the name privilege set ? Glorifindal

Hi Guys, Is there anyway to hack the CSS files that FileMaker uses to bring it's layouts to the web with IWP? I only want to change the font-size for the fields because it is ridiculously large... Cheers, Alex

Hi there a newbie here, hoping for some help from you experts. I now have success in returning data from a Filemaker DB per FX.php but need the data (Name) formatted in a way that makes it work like a link to post a form (no javascript allowed) How do I turn the following code into a link that will post the recid to the next page ? (I do not have to display the recid, just post it) <?php if( is_array( $arrData ) ){ foreach($arrData as key=>$salesListData) { ?> <?php echo $salesListData['Name'][0]; ?> <?php echo $salesListData['recid'][0]; ?> <?php } } ?> Any help would be…

We are having trouble getting our databases to accept data from web forms using using FX.PHP. We get a message about scalar values not being useable in an array and the "current" function is not recognised. The error code is as follows: fx_error Object ( [error_message_prefix] => [mode] => 1 [level] => 1024 Code: => 100 [message] => FX: ExecuteQuery XML error: mismatched tag at line 6 [userinfo] => [backtrace] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [file] => /Library/WebServer/Documents/ACWA CCWT Web Site/web-content/FX/FX.php …

I have two files, customer and photo. Customer file contains only data and Photo file has photo container. I make a relationship between two files by customer name. If photo container is inside of customer file, it is o.k to view customer picture, but photo container field is another file, I can not see photo from IWP. Is there any way to see picture of customer when there are two files, customer and photo?

This should be a simple problem, but I have been scratching my head about it for a good while now. I have a CDML application that collects survey information. There is a link on one of the pages that uses JavaScript to render the results of the survey questions as a simple bar chart. Currently, the link renders the bar chart for ALL records in the database because I'm using "-FindAll": Horizontal Bar Chart I would like the link to render the chart for the current found set, whatever that might be. I have tried replacing "-FindAll" with "-Find" (does the same thing) and "-View" (renders charts with no data). I have also tried using [FMP-CurrentFind], but…

Hi all, I am an FMP 8 web-publishing newbie. I have a small project for work where I would like to give one or two people web access to a db for reports that I would normally show in preview mode. Of course, you can't show preview mode using IWP. What alternative methods work for you guys? What's quick and easy? Many thanks

Hello again... I have a one page website that is an application for a contest. So there is a form with about 20 fields. Two of them I want to associate drop down lists from a FM valuelist and the other two are radio buttons from an FM valuelist. I cannot figure out for the life of me to display the valeue list without doing a new query or a recordset. Can anyone tell me how I can accomplish this. Do I need to create a new record when anyone goes to this page? If so, what code would I use for this? Any help would be great. Garry

I have an image map with transparent buttons overlaid on key words, triggering scripts. The buttons work very well in IWP on any Mac OS browser and on Firefox with Windows. But they don’t work at all with Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows XP. If I give the transparent buttons a, for example, visible blue border, the buttons work fine in IE. But it is very ugly and defeats the point of a nice image map. Does anyone have any hints on how I might keep my buttons transparent and yet have IE see the buttons and work with the underlying scripts? Thanks, David

Hi everyone, I have a database published via iwp. The main layout consists of multiple tabs. When I first log in and want to change to another tab, I get the following error message: http:// Access restriction: You do not have access privileges to perform the action. NEVERTHELESS, the action is actually performed. Once I click the OK button on the error message, the desired tab is displayed. I suppose the error message is giving me some hints as to why this is happening --> Access privileges .. thing is, I'm kinda happy with how the privileges are right now and don't really know which one to change to avoid this error message .. any…

Is there a way to insert HTML into the web page generated by IWP? I am trying to solve a printing problem and being able to insert some HTML would greatly help me.

Hello everyone... I have a site that I created with Dreamweaver, FX.php and I have 5 pages with 5 questions. Each question has a set of radio buttons that are loaded from a value list in FM. I cannot for the life of me find a solution that will force the user to select a radio button for each questions before allowing them to continue to the next page. Any help or ideas would be fantastic. Garry

Hi all, I would like to provide a 'login link' to clients so they have simply click on the link and automatically login to the database through IWP. I have seen this explained before, but I didn;t make notes on how it was done. Any advise would be welcomed. Thanks.

How can I create a button in the layout to submit records via web? I can't find anything about it =S Thanks!

I need to identify whether the client is using a browser or Filemaker client to access the database and branch a script depending upon the answer. HELP!

I am publishing a local database created with Pro 8.5 with IWP. It has two web viewers. One contains a URL for an external web site and works nicely. The other is a chart using the wv.html and wf.swf files from the Web Viewer Charting Example download from FileMaker. When viewing the database with the application, the charts display fine, but I cannot access them from a web browser. I split out the web viewer from the tab so that is not the reason. Any ideas on why this is happening would be extremely welcome.

Hi Friends, I required a solution for the below condition, ---------------- we need to be able to send data directly (via a FMP script) from FMP to mySQL tables AND we need to be able to have a website action send data automatically from a mySQL table to FMP ---------------- Thanks in advance.

Can I remove the standard menu that appears in the left of the bd when you open with a browser? I'm sorry but i don't know what that is called. If you don't understand i can try to explain better. Thanks!

I am using fx.php and fmstudio. I am proficient in Filemaker, however am new to bringing it to the web. I have created a search form using fmstudio based on two fields. I want to specify 1) a value is required for a particular field, 2) a min number of characters that are required for the field, 3) the search should show results "exactly" as input. I appreciate any help Thanks

The University of Berkley has created a remarkable website using FMStudio. Below I will let David describe the details in his own words. http://kahlo.bampfa.berkeley.edu:8080/ ------- It's all written in PHP with Filemaker's API, using FMStudio to do the interacting with FMSAdvanced. Raw templates were started in Dreamweaver 8 and the finessing with BB Edit/Text Wrangler. Out of the 90,000 pages that a user can hit on our site, there are maybe five static pages that are not using Filemaker/PHP/FMStudio to display the content. http://kahlo.bampfa.berkeley.edu:8080/ In Kindness Stephen Knight

I've read that the values in global fields in a table are different for each user session. However it seems you can't use just one record in a table to store all those different values because I've encountered record locks when two users try to access a global field at the same time. Is the only way around this to create a temporary record for each user session?

Hello fellow Filemaker experts! I'd love to know your thoughts on this one even though I know there is already another topic that touches on it 'Printing Issues with IWP'. I'm in the process of writing a fairly complex and fully featured school Information Management system which is going well and, in fact, quite close to completion. It organises everything to do with students, departments, teachers, classes, assessments, correspondence etc. Basically, the teacher has a 'portal' which is a separate database which acts as their 'front end' and it behaves contextually. In other words, when the teacher logs in (through directory authentication), it provides tasks t…

Hi Folks, I am using FMP 5 Unlimited on a Windows 2003 Server. Today Instant Web Publishing became active without me enabling it. My question is: is there anyway that it could have enabled itself ( let us assume no person went in and did it)? Has this ever happened to anyone? Another query: Is there any way to permanently disable Instant Web Publishing? Addendum: I still want to use the Web Companion but only with my own pages not the automatically generated ones. Sorry I did not make this clear. Thanks Vaughan.

We tested one of our databases on IWP. We have several databases. The find feature works on 2 of them, but not on the one we want to use! The main screen only shows 2 fields (out of 48 fields). If I switch to another layout using the layout drop-down list on the left, it won't let me type anything in any of the fields -- the cursor won't show. Worse, somehow while we were testing the find feature, IWP erased the data in the name fields on 2 of our records.

I am having the same problem that Andy has reported. The sorting parameter is not working for me either. I've "cut and paste" the code but nothing seems to resolve the issue. Any suggestions?

How can I limit which layouts are available to a user based on the account login? I know I can build new layouts with buttons to go to only particular layouts, but is there a way to limit which layouts show in the layout menu (in the status area) based on the current user account that is logged in? Thanks. Ken

We have uploaded a new update, learn more at http://www.fmwebschool.com/fmstudio.php The new update enables you to use FMStudio with FileMaker 5 & 6! Check out the great movie at: http://www.fmwebschool.com/fmstudio6.php Enjoy! In Kindness Stephen Knight

This new update works with the FX.php Module only! As promised, you can now connect "live" to Dreamweaver with FileMaker 5 & 6. Watch how using the client version of FM 6 (not unlimited) I am able to connect to Dreamweaver, see all of my Fields, Scripts and Value list (inside Dreamweaver) and build a website that allows me to Search Records, Create Records, Delete Records, Edit Records etc. See FileMaker 6 Website built in under 8 minutes FMStudio works within Dreamweaver, so there is no copying of files, you are already in the most popular web editing programs environment! So relax, crank up you iPod and Create your dynamic pages, all within your favori…

I am trying to create a new web site for long surveys. Im trying to create a -new record (with only a few survey questions) that when clicking the "submit" button the -new record will be created and and another web page will appear with more of the survey questions that will now be in the -edit record mode. Can this be done? I have heard that others have done it but I cant find an example. Has anyone done this and can they share the CDML code with me. I am using CDML with Filemaker 6 unlimited. Thanks in advance to all.

Hi all I got special permission from CodeGear to show you guys Delphi for PHP. I know you will be excited as I am! This is a first demo just to wet your appetites. I will do more. Fx.php and PHP API for FileMaker will be encapsulated as part of the data access model that will make it seamless as MySQL, IB etc http://fmsearch.org/fxd4phpDemo1/index.html Feel free to email/call or reply here thanks Joe Mele www.youseful.com www.fmplugin.net

I did an update from FMPro 6 (webCompanion) to 8 advanced on a mac os X and started having a 958 error code appearing when using a form to transfer data from a web page to FileMaker... I found a solution that created another problem. It was to use urlencode to transform the variables of each form fields to be UTF-8 and url compatible. But once in FileMaker, the data stay encoded and difficult to read... Does anybody have a clue? Is it to change the Apache configuration file and in what way exactly (i've read about changing Apache character set in the httpd.conf file but did not find how to do it)? Finaly, is there a way to force FX to use post instead of an…

hello everbody!. Is my first time in this forum. i have one problem in IWP, my problem is: when create in the FM8Advanced the picture or image show good but, show in the IWP this picture change and look deformed. please i need one solution, i looked the Page FileMaker and the solution for this problem but it does not work to me. look that picture, TEST. I need show great that picture. That image is the FM8ADVANCED That image is the IWP

When you create a file reference to another FM file you can access value lists from the other file. However, you don't get the option of showing a different field instead of the index field (i.e. a field that means something to the user). I know that I can include the table from the other file in the relationships graph and then create a value list from it. Then I can make the second field appear. Is there something I'm doing wrong with accessing the value list directly instead of having the table in the relationships graph?

I've set my IWP to show the status bar (the one on the left) when I login as Admin but its hidden for everyone else. When I move from one layout to another via a script and use go to field to bring the focus to a particular tab with the field on it, I end up with the choice of cancel or submit in the status bar and the value from the first record for the underlying table showing in the field the script took me to, no matter what record I am actually in. If I click submit the value from the first record (for the field the script took me to) overwrites the correct value but leaves the rest of the values in that record untouched! Users who can't see the status bar don't expe…

I'm experiencing difficulty integrating our in-house Filemaker database with our existing PHP online solutions. I've configured our server/instant web publishing and IIS to the specs of FX and it seems to be reading the layouts fine but not the records. This is what we see: http://www.o-d.com/FX If you have any suggestions please let me know! Thank you for your time. (sorry for being a newb)

I have noticed that when I use IWP to publish an application, there is about 12 pixels of white space located at the top of every page. I made sure that the space wasn't there in the layout, and I'm not using a header, so I'm not sure why it's there. I coudln't seem to find a setting that would add or remove padding, like you could normally control with HTML. I have also noticed that there is about the same amount of space added to the right side of my layout as well. So, even though all my objects fit onto the page, the browser window is forced to have both horizontal and vertical scrollbars. Does anyone know a way to fix this?

You've undoubtedly heard this before. Turned on IWP, created accounts, set access privileges, turned on Safari, typed in 192.168.1.8:79, voila, I was accessing my file via the Net....until that is I tried stepping into the next office and entering the same thing there. No response. So, what am I doing wrong? Do I need a static IP address (I can buy one, no problem)? If so, how do I get it linked to my files?

FMStudio 1.3.3 New Update Please use your original download links and passwords to download the new update List of Changes / Updates: - Dynamic File Link is now included as part of FMStudio - Dynamic File Link code has been slightly improved to compensate for some FMSA errors - Dreamweaver 8 Mac users now get notified about the Database Information floater automatically Please read the important notes below before downloading the new version. REMEMBER! Once you have installed the new update, you must reinstall the API and FX.php. If you use FTP, you must make sure you reupload the newly updated folders! Installing Movie http://www.fmweb…

I trying to use IWP with my computer connected to a router. When I turn IWP on, FMP gives me the IP of 192.168.xx.xx, instead of my real IP of 71.xx.xx.xx. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks

Hi everyone, Please let me know if this is a dumb idea to begin with! We have a small e-commerce website built w/PHP and using Filemaker 5 DBs on the back-end. Currently, we have Apache on Mac OS X serving the PHP files, and a separate FMP5.5 Unlimited machine to accept requests from FX.PHP (which in turn is connected to a separate FMP5 Server machine). To help reduce load on our in-house machines & network, we would like to begin hosting all PHP/HTML/image files with a standard online web hosting company. But we would like to maintain our control & access to the DBs and continue serving them in-house for logistical & security reasons. Can …

I am building an IWP contact management DB and considering to use the built in list view instead of the slightly more complicated portal route. The 25 records is ok with me as long as the user has a forward and backward button to display the next list. My question is i would like to hide the status bar and would therefore need to create a script to replace the "Next Range of Records" page button presented in the status bar but can not find it. "Go to Record/request/Page [Next] will only take me to the next record. Is there a way of doing this?

This was asked before but never answered. Is there any way to get the "include other item" option in the pop-up menu to work on IWP? http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/180163/

I have a database with about 12 tables. I want to grant access to only 5 tables but the tables contain fields with Valuelists using data from non accessed tables. I have tried allowing access to view and modify the fields containing the data being accessed by the value list but it doesn't work. For instence, I have a table called "papers" related to 2 other tables, "grants" and "personnel". The papers layout has an author field with a dropdown list containing a value list using the data from the "employee" field on the "personnel" table. The "papers" layout also has a field called "related project" which uses a dropdown list that contains a value list using dat…

I have created a custom homepage for IWP. I placed the revised "iwp_home.html" file in the FM Advanced "Web Publishing/IWP" folder but I have no idea were to put the support images. It looks like they belong in "fmi/iwp/res/images/" based on were the current images are, but cannot find that directory. Please help I'm pulling my hair out on this one!!

Hi, On a IWP Database hosted on Filemaker 8 Server Advanced, I have been getting an Error at least once a day and does not allow Web access, the Error is "Unknown Error Number 13". The error is only present for the web users, the Filemaker Clients do not have any problems connecting. If I just use the Filemaker Admin to stop and start the DB, it still does not get rid of the error. Even a Recover of the file does not solve the problem The only option that seems to work is import all the records into a clone and repost and start. Does anyone know what would cause the error and what is the best way to get rid of it? Thanks, Mark

CDML Now Available for FileMaker 7 & 8 Demo site running on FileMaker 8 and Server Advanced http://blackbeltdemo.pointinspace.com/ ) Glen Allen, Va - February 27, 2007 - Thousands of FileMaker users have not been able to upgrade to the current version of FileMaker because their websites are created with CDML. FileMaker discontinued the CDML web language with FileMaker 6. CDML developers have not migrated to the newest versions of FileMaker because their websites would no longer function. We decided to create a tool to enable FileMaker users to continue using CDML with FileMaker 7 and 8. Recently FMWebschool sent out an email to the FileMaker…

I have a simple IWP database with basic navigation buttons: previous record next record find show all log out and as I flip through the records, layout objects move around or disappear. I am hosting this to test it using FMP 8v3 Advanced. After flipping through a few records, eventually all the buttons stop working and I have to quit and login again. Any ideas?

Hi there, I'm trying to publish a file locally with IWP that is hosted on filemaker server 8 in the same building on the same network. The file opens fine using open remote. However when I try to enable IWP, the file is not listed. i can't enable it in the IWP preferences because it doesn't show there. None of the other files open that are served by filemaker server 8 appear either. IWP works fine for local files on my own machine. Can anyone help? I'm trying to do this to test whether publishing the data to remote users would be of any help to them. I'm reluctant to spend the £1000 to upgrade server 8 to server 8 advanced so need to test it first. Se…

Hi, Is it somehow possible to refresh lookups without pressing submit button? In my opinion, it's not so user-friendly or quick to press the submit all the time if theres many fields. : Thanks!

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Would any of you be happy if you could use CDML flawlessly with FileMaker 7-8.5? You could upgrade your sites to 7 or 8, and the CDML would continue working. You can program with the same CDML code as before. Nothing has really changed, except CDML now works with the current versions of FileMaker. * You would have to have FileMaker Server Advanced, or use a FileMaker hosting company with server advanced. * We developed a solution called BlackBelt that works flawlessly. We've beta tested numerous CDML websites, simple to complex. All work perfectly with 7 - 8.5. BlackBelt also enables you to use the new FileMaker API for PHP on your pages as well. So you…

My last FileMaker web project was back in 2000 and it involved using CDML. What is today's version of CDML and what is a good book on the subject? Do I need to have the server version or will 8.5 Advanced suffice? I am trying to web-enable a database without using Instant Web Publishing. Thanks, Tony

Hello! I have run into some snags with printing issues and IWP. I'd like to create some sort of scripting routine within the DB to make printing easier (page setup issues, hiding status area - then open a print dialog box, etc), but of course these script steps are incompatible with IWP. Has anyone else run into issues here? And if so, what solutions did you find? Any help would be appreciated.

We need someone that can remotely (via Timbuktu) set up a Mac Web Server (Tennon iTools Server v8.2) and a FileMaker Server (FMS8A) and then link them via PHP using FX-PHP and the new FileMaker PHP-API. After you get the servers configured and talking with each other we need help redesigning our company's websites. We have graphic designers and FileMaker programers on staff but we lost our technical person that normally handles server setup and web programming tasks. If you are not a web designer but you CAN help us getting the servers talking to each other with PHP...that's good enough. The person that we are looking to hire for this project must know how to …

Hello All: I'm having problems setting up FMStudio and FX.php, and the documentation and movies, etc., aren't helping me. I'm on OSX, and am connecting to my web server / FMSA server via VPN. I have been able to install FX.php, and create a page - everything goes to the right place. Then I go to select a database, and I get a 404 error, indicating either a mapping issue or that I have no testing server. I'm not sure I even understand what these things mean, in the end. I have access to the FMSA server via the local connection, at the IP address I specified in Dreamweaver, because I can connect to the database via FMP via that route. What am I missing? I'…

I have a database that is set up for IWP. There are two accounts: A master account with full access privileges and a password, and the guest account with read only access and no password. When I get the IWP home screen and click on the database, it simply enters the opening layout but never asks for a login. Have I missed something? I want to require a login to limit access to some users. Thanks! Ken

My database records curriculum activity for a number of participating schools. When I'm working in my original copy, the conditional value list works just fine, showing only those activities that are related to the chosen topic. In IWP though, the second list (the conditional list) doesn't even show on the page. I've tried a drop-down list, pop-up menu, checkbox and it still doesn't work. Is it me? If so, how do I fix this? I'm using FMA 8.5 on a Mac G5 running OS X 4.8. Thanks for listening.

I have a simple IWP question. I'm a real newbie at IWP, in fact I'm just starting my first project so be gentle. This will just be a simple approval process. I would like to have regular Filemaker Pro (not IWP) create and send an email message to the approver when the record is ready for approval. In the body of the message I would like to have a hyperlink that when clicked would take the approver to the proper database (IWP) and to a specific record. With the little experimenting I have done so far I can make the correct database file open but I don't know how to go directly to the correct record. Is this even possible with IWP? If not can it be done with …

I am running FileMaker Pro 8.5v1 on OSX 10.4, now 10.4.8. Instant Web Publishing had been working until the reboot after installing the combined update to 10.4.8. Now when I try to start IWP, I get the spinning wheel for ca. 30 seconds and then the following dialog: "FileMaker cannot share files over the Web because Instant Web Publishing could not be started." I have Personal Web Sharing turned off in the firewall settings and a separate entry set up open on port 80; this had been working until yesterday. Network sharing still works. A Google search for "Instant Web Publishing could not be started" reveals that others have had this problem but is not so…

Helo All, I'm working on my first major IWP solution. My main user interface, relies on globals that are set by logging in. On the user interface there are numerous portals to display information. My main concern is multi-users, and the problems I can expect from it. For instance not bineg able to use a record, because another user is using it. Can someone give me some theory on how to handle this, or point me to some sort of reference material? I could create a new record for every time someone logs in, and delete when they log off, but what happens when they do nto log off correctly?

IWP has a lot of limitations. One of them is that you can't make a new window. Is there a workaround for this?

Hi again, I've been trying to get one of my valuelists to show up and so far it doesn't want to play. It works perfectly in FM7 client, but not via fx. If I uncheck the "Include only related values" box it does what it's supposed to. Has anyone else been able to access a related value list on the web via fx.php, or is this not possible? Thanks, Sean.

Hi everyone, I've been searching all over and can't find a simple answer, so I thought I should ask the experts All I want to do is display a list of records in a table (easy) and in each record have a couple of fields that users can change. At the bottom of the page a button to submit all the changes in one go, instead of having a seperate submit button for each row as I have now. I'm using FX and Filemaker7. Any pointers greatly appreciated! Many thanks, Sean.

Hi I have been working with LAJAX and have successfully got it working at a basic level but have reached a point where I could do with some help. I have a PHP new record page with a form that passes the values to a second page that creates the FMP record and then redirects to a details page. What I am struggling with is preventing this process showing in the browser, when I click the submit button on the initial form the browser loads the new page but not within the AJAX div tags. I can see that you are doing what I am trying to achive in the Filemaker feature requests section of FMPug. Any chance you could share the technique. I am really wanting to know how to chan…

Hello, I use IWP with a pocket pc, so my screen is very little... I made little layout and screen BUT I have a problem... Every time I lauch IWP, I see the status bar (left on the screen were we see the layout name, number of records etc...) my question Is it possible by script to hide automaticly the status bar??? thanks Bruno

Hi, Can anybody tell me what the correct SQL syntax is for querying a date field in FP 5.5 via JDBC? I'm looking for something like WHERE mod_date > . We've tried several variations but just can't seem to get it. In FM dates are displayed as mm/dd/yyyy.

Hi, When the Back button in the browser (both IE and mozilla) is clicked, filemaker locks up and displays a message "Record Not Found: The Specified Record Is Not Found". Further attempt to do any changes fails. The only solution to get out of this is to quit explorer. Please suggest me any idea to tackle this problem. Thanks tgit

I have a custom IWP page as per Mikhail Edoshin's guidelines at http://edoshin.skeletonkey.com/iwp/index.html and it works as intended going INTO my database (Thanks Mikhail!). But when the user logs out or if the user types in the wrong password, the user is returned to the default FMP IWP interface, which is a bit jarring. Is this something that can be changed? I'm running this on a Mac with 8.5 Advanced, no Server. Thanks, David

Hi there, I have an order form which gets its products from a FMPro DB including the price of each item. When a customer enters a Quantity, and clicks an Update Order button the form is supposed to create a subtotal of all orders. However I gettting this eror message: Fatal error: Unsupported operand types in /Library/WebServer/Documents/order_publications.php on line 94 Here is the code: <?php include_once('FX/FX.php'); include_once('FX/server_data.php'); $publications=$_REQUEST['publication']; if(isset($_GET['skip'])){ $skipSize=$_GET['skip'];}else{$skipSize='0';} $groupSize='50'; $Pub_Search=new FX($serverIP,$webCompani…

I have in mind a solution that seems simple, but maybe FileMaker doesn't let me do this...or maybe I just haven't quite figured out the right coding to make it happen. Here's what I'm after: I have a long online survey (using FileMaker and CDML) with a total of 50-60 questions in 9 different categories. Rather than feeding all of the questions to my online respondents, I'd like to split the questions into multiple format files so respondents can easily review their responses bit by bit, and build their complete response through a series of submissions. What I'm thinking of is a form with the first part of the survey on format file "survey.htm". The "Submit" button wo…