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I am building a registration system that processes multiple registrations by the same payer (eg a student registering in more than one course and/or more than one student registering in the same course). If I use sessions to keep all variables in play, how do I process the web form data to a database? Do I do it bit by bit using a Submit button on each web form or wait until I have all the form fields entered and do one big processing to the database at the end? If so, how does the final Submit button know to process the data from all the earlier forms as they are not connected by the same HTML code? Cheers, Steven

Hi there, I am trying to add some validation checks to a PHP web form processing script so that required fields are not empty, email addresses are corrrectly formatted etc. I have found two different coding solutions neither of which is working - I get a parsing error in both cases. Option 1: <?php include_once('FX/FX.php'); include_once('FX/server_data.php'); $firstname1 = $_POST['firstname1']; $lastname1 = $_POST['lastname1']; $gender1 = $_POST['gender']; $dateofbirth1 = $_POST['dateofbirth']; //etc etc if(!$_POST['firstname1']) {echo "Please enter a first name"; die();} $newregistration = new FX($serverIP,$webCompan…

We have some admins that have the client and then notify a user when they assign a task to them and send them an email and they respond in IWP. It'd be nice to send them a link directly to the record and don't want to create a custom solution when it's just this 'ONE' issue as everythin else works fine. I know it's wishful thinking and obviously thinking of Lasso/Custom Web publishing, etc. But is there a way I'm missing to link to a specific record using IWP? I'm thinking of the syntax: http://server/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=databasetosearch&-layout=layouttodisplayresults&id=idtosearchwith&-find I can do the search with XML syntax, why not …

I'm new to FX.php and just started with FXForge, and I’m not able to get a page that works. Here is what I’m using: Adobe GoLive v.7.0.2 (from Adobe CS) Mac – OS 10.4.7 FM 8.3 FXForge v.3 The db that I’m using is hosted at an FM server. I also have a copy of it on my computer. I have unstuffed the extension and put it in the FXForge Extension folder. Then I have run the wizard, and followed along with the video on FMWebschool site. I end up with an GoLive page, but I don’t think that there is any link between that page and the database. The page has the graphics from the template and shows the table for the info from db, but no info shows up. …

Hi, My IT department administers our Filemaker Server (Server 7 Advanced). I was told that IWP is enabled and should be available at a certain IP and port: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:16080 but when I pull up that IP in a browser I see a Mac OS X Server web site (apache) default page. Based on this info, could someone make a guess at what the problem is? (is the web server also running on that port?).. or.. do I need something after the 16080 ?

Hi, I have a problem with the instant web publishing. I have 46 databases published but just one cause this problem. Each time a user reaches this file, the system blocks! Blow, all my users Internet are blocked. To regulate the problem, it is necessary that I start again the service Filemaker publishing engine. When I use this file by Filemaker pro 8.0, there is no problem… Did somebody already see this problem. Excuse me for the quality of my English. Thank you...

Hi Everyone, I just thought that I would give you guys a sneak peek of some software that will be released next week. The two movies only show the basics, FMStudio includes code coloring, code hinting, a site builder and much much much more : You can now see your live FileMaker data in DreamWeaver http://www.fmwebschool.com/movies/fmstudio/fmnew/fmnew.html Quick Overview http://www.fmwebschool.com/movies/fmstudio/fmsite/fmsite3.html Complete FileMaker website built and displayed in 15 minutes. Includes search page, list page, detail page and an error page. With the site wizard the same site can be created in less than 5 minutes. Enjoy :…

I have an app that uses table view and I want to publish it with IWP. When I do, I loose control of the record navigation unless I move up and down with a button-script and it only shows the current record on the first line and not all the records in the set. Is there something I need to do so that Table View works the same in IWP?

I am using server adv 8.0v4 on a Win2K3 server. Users with IE6 or IE7 are not able to login, because iwp_auth.html is redirecting to iwp_home.html. Because they didn't get the login page, they end up with a iwp_home.html with just a blue bar on top and no db's listed for them. I tried installing and using Firefox instead, and that works. I want to fix this issue in IE though. Hopefully someone has seen this behavior before and knows what to change either on the clients browser or the web publishing settings.

I have got a find button on the main database layout which is as follows: Close Window [ Name: "Failed Search"; Current file ] If [ Get ( PrivilegeSetName ) = "Web_User" ] Perform Script [ “find_SearchWeb” ] Else Perform Script [ “find_SearchFMA” ] End If This works fine in that the user is taken to the find form layout and the relevant script is run. However when the user enters search criteria into the form and clicks on the Find button which is set just to Resume Script the Find button is not seen as an active button and the script isn't resumed! The find_SearchWeb script is as follows: Allow User Abort [ Off ] Set Error Capture [ O…

I just upgraded from FM Server 7 to FM Server 8, and in the process, broke my Lasso connection. When I tr to run the Lasso8Service, I get an error of "ERROR: Site process /tmp/lassosite_1 unable to create pipe". Any ideas? Thanks.

OK, so I just re-installed EVERYTHING on my server: Windows Server 2003 Web Edition FileMaker Server 8 Advanced PHP 4.4.4 FX.php But now I can't get FileMaker talking to PHP. Everything looks fine, like the PHP code is being parsed, but there's nothing from my database showing up in there. Take a lookey and you'll see what I mean http://data.honoluluacademy.org/ The thing is that I can't figure out where the problem lies: 1) My database and cart files communicated fine before the re-install, so I don't think it's a problem with my fx.php setup. I used the exact same files and IP address. This leads me to believe it could be a PHP problem. 2) …

Hi, I have a system with embedded pdf-files and have run into what I think is a domain-user related kind of problem. But I am not 100% sure. When using iwp and displaying the container-field on a layout it becomes a link automatically. And clicking that link normally opens the pdf-document. Yea, fine on my laptop if I am not logged on as a domain user. But if I go over to any of the other employees computers (they are inlogged as domain users)I get a message that says an error occured - could not display the file. I am only using the guest account to automatically get in to the system without typing any username or password on the webpage. So, first I thought…

Ok I was warned, but I just need to clarify that I am understanding this correctly. My goal: Create a travelling_app database that has a layout on the web (via iwp) for folks to fill out on the web. An admin type person will have filemaker 8.5 on her computer to access other reports and layouts in the database. The database will be hosted by Filemaker Adv Server 8 sitting on a Mac OSX (10.4.7 or so) I was hoping to have a submit button for the user to push when the app is completed. With the button pushed, the record would be comitted and an email will be fired off to the user and admin confirming the submission. It is my understanding that an email ap…

Just started with FMP and am in need of some help. I want to use a modified version of the Photo Catalog template on our local network. Its a very simple layout, 3 fields: Product Code Product Name Notes and another field for a photo. I have made the modifications I want and it all works well. I would now like to publish it (using IWP) on our local network so people can use it without having the FMP application. However, I believe there are some limitations that may prevent this. If I understand correctly some scripts will not work with the IWP feature, such as Import Picture and Export Picture. Is there anyway around this or maybe a bett…

I have a survey db, with lasso front end. each question in the survey is a record. is it possible to have all questions show in a form and have a single submit button to submit the found set? I did an IWP test, with a survey layout that had all questions in a portal. after answering all question in the portal the sidebar submit worked perfect.

Hi, Is there a way, with IWP, to enter a network path to a folder into a field, for example; "NetworkDomainFolderSubfolder", click on a button and the folder opens up, showing the files contained in that folder. Currently I am using the Open URL script step and it works in Filemaker. It does not work in IWP. Do I need to use a different syntax? Is there a different way of accomplishing this with IWP. Any help would be appreciated.. Thanks, sifter

I want to use IWP for finding and browsing records. As such, I would like to have IWP use a different layout than my default layout in Filemaker. Since I use Guest to access IWP, I was wondering if Guest could be taken to a specially formatted layout. Thanks.

Yet Another AJAX website with FM (XML/XSLT CWP): http://www.ropeways.ethz.ch/ The keyword box and the shopping cart are driven by AJAX.

I am at a loss.. I can log in to my databases via IWP (IWP sharing is on in the files I am trying to locate and the account has permission to use IWP). The OS permissions on the file are also read/write and owned by fmsadmin. When I try to log out or commit any changes to the data, I am getting a message that says access to the server is forbidden. I had the whole thing set up on port 80 but then the server was beeping at me that port 80 was in use by something else. So I changed the file settings to port 591. Still getting the message. Any suggestions?

I have an IWP solution that allows both Guest and authenticated users using different account permission sets. I'd like to have different timeouts for each, but it seems like you can only set the IWP timeout globally?

I am trying to perform an "OR" search when one search parameter is always the same in every new request and one is changing. If I would be doing it in FM I would add new request every time the second param is a different field whereas the first param would be the same in every request. How can I do it in FX? I know there is AddDBParam('-lop', 'or'), but where would I place it? Any ideas are very appreciated. Thank you

I will be developing a database in the near future and am currently designing and brainstorming. The basic idea is to have a travel form (a layout) published on the web that will be filled out via a web browser by the masses. When a user hits the “submit” button, the record is committed and an email is sent to that user and an “administrative type person” confirming their data form completion. The “administrative type person” will then have other layouts for detailed and summary reports and might have to do some minor data entry. All this I think I can handle without many problems…. But I run into questions about security when I think of how “it should be”. …

Greetings all, I have a client table with over 700 records. When viewed in list view with a browser, only about 50 records show in the window. There isn't any way to browse the next window, or the next fifty records. I have script buttons which list just a certain salepersons accounts that work, but still only show around fifty records. Can IWP just show all found in a scrollable list view? Thanks, Mark

I have FM Pro Advanced 8.0v3 and am serving a DB via IWP. Whenever I exit Filemaker, I get an error that reads: FM Web Publishing.exe - Application Error The exception unknown software exception (0x0eefade) occurred in the application at location 0x7c81eb33. Anyone know what this means? Seems like it started after I updated to v3, but I tried reinstalling and re-updating and it still happens. I don't care if it's not going to cause problems down the line, but don't know if that's the case. Thanks, Stephie

I receive xml-files which I extract and make records in a FileMaker database. My problem is that files come to me in iso-8859-1 giving me trouble with some charachters. My lasso file do: - read incoming files to variable - extract first file to variable (xml_extract) - loop through variable setting datas to array What command to use and where should it be applied?

I'm revising existing PHP code and trying to change this: to: an output that adds a textual watermark. I've got part of it (this function) $img = imagecreatefromjpeg($img_src); $white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255); $imagestring($img, 3, 5, imagesy($img)-20, 'Watermark', $white); // header('Content-type: image/jpeg'); imagejpeg($img); I'm just not sure how to "call" the function (passing the $img_src) to display the image rather than using the HTML img. If I include header('Content-type: image/jpeg'); , as recommended, I get an error saying the header is already called (and it is). If I don't include it, I get the image (as bin-hex…

Hi guys I have a database accessible via IWP. I want to be able to give different groups access to certain records in the database, depending on the referring web page. E.G if a user gets directed to the database from web page 'a', they will only get access to 'a' records. I can hear you thinking, 'set a variable according to the account they use to log in', but this is the problem, I need to have everyone automatically log in with Guest access. My workaround (in my head at least, I haven't tried it yet) is to have seperate 'log-in' databases for each group, that the users automatically log-in to, which then transfers them to the main database and sets …

I just started using Lasso with Filemaker, and I am having problems with the FMScript. I have a database, and layout that I have used successfully on the web, but when I try to run an FMScript, I get no results. My script works from Filemaker, and as a test, all I am having it do is change a global field. I have my extended permissions set up to allow Lasso Full Access, but I guess I must be missing something. Anyone have any ideas for why my script isn't running? Thanks, Danny

Hi there, I have a course search results page that lists found courses. Each result is clickable and takes you to a detail page that displays full information for the course. A Register button on this page opens the registration form where the student can enter their details. I am trying to get the Course Code to be automatically entered into the new registration database record and have it displayed above the blank registration form before the student enters theoir info. How do I get the Course Code which is in a database field in the Course Information DB to be transferred into the new record in the Registrations DB when the student clicks the Register button in th…

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I haven't been able to get this to work. I have tried several browsers on my treo 650. Does anyone know if it is possible?

we have an glassware database( FM6 upgraded to FM8) that keep track of glassware produt in our storeroom. The database have fields like: Description, company,quantity, type of material( glass plastics, etc.) and now who own it. We need to keep track of who purchase what and how many of each item. All the info related to a purchased product will be the same as the remaining products in the storeroom ones except the quantity and new owner, it make sense to just duplicate the record and simply modify the new owner and quantity fields. We would like to automate this process and also prevent the purchase of more items than what we have in stock. We are also accessing the dat…

I have created a db that includes a drop down list on a repeating field. It works great in FM but the entries don't appear in IWP. If I click the field it will activate the drop down list and let me enter. But the data from the db is not being display (for this field only). Any suggestions as to why? Thanks

I am not sure if this is an IWP or a scripting issue that I am having. I have a form that contains a script that is supposed to automatically put in a date to be processed. Hit and miss I am having CSR's who fill out the form and submit it and the screen goes blank on IWP and the date does not get entered into the record. I have checked my log file and not found any IWP errors associated with this table. I did find an error code 500 at the time near one of these records. This code is "date does not meet validation entry options". My problem is that this table has no validation set for the date or any other item in the table. I have two scripts running to set th…

Hello, I'm using FM7 Server Advanced and FX.PHP on a Mac. One of my web pages is occasionally giving the user an error 958 when the page is submitted. I've figured out that this happens when the user copies and pastes data from Word into one of the fields. Special characters like the trademark symbol will result in this error. I can't prevent users from doing this: because of the nature of the data that the field requires, some of them will be copying and pasting from somewhere else. Is there anything I can do to allow these characters to go through without generating an error message? I tried stripslashes, but that didn't help. Thanks for any help!

my db bases on clienttracker starter solution. there is the client table and there is a contact table, related by the clientID number. we have some products for which we want to have the contact's interest registered. I solved it with a many-to-many-relationship (see http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/179213/post/216866/#216866 ) but this doesn't attend the needs completely. the interest in each of our services needs to be with the client/company name, but we need to be able to indicate which of the various contacts related to a company would be responsible for each of these services. to cut it short: in the client table one should be able to as…

I myself have never had this issue -- and can't replicate the problem firsthand, but 2 of my users see a blank IWP homepage (only the blue FileMaker header bar on the screen) when they try to view our DBs from home. The most recent case involved a user on Windows XP, and both IE and Firefox produced the same results... We use FMServer 7 Adv on a PowerMac G5 running OS X Server 10.4.... Any experience with this kind of issue?

Hi, I recently installed FM8 AS on a Mac OS X 10.4. System. The db access works so far and IWP is working. But now I'd like to "hide" databases, so they aren't shown on the index-page. Like hinding tham while browsing the DB server with FM clients. I'd like to give the names of special databases only to some users, so that thay can open the db by IWP. Is there such an option? If so, where? Or is there an other work around? Thanks for any hints!

This is an advanced topic and I need some help to sort our character encoding for fm5/6 data. This is centered around iso-8559-1 vs utf-8 To send data successfully to an FM5/6 database requires iso-8559-1 encoding. Example: when creating a new record [FMNew() ] Québec is entered into the filemaker database as Qu@A#5bec if the encoding is UTF-8. When the encoding is iso-8559-1 Québec is entered as Québec. Now the question: If a person with a browser set to default coding UTF-8 override my page settings (ISO-8559-1) and still enter garbage characters into the database? I tested with Safari set to UTF-8 and it did override my page settings. …

greetings, I just setup Server Advanced with IWP... after publishing to the web.. I log into the database but neither logged in as an admin or guest will allow me to create a new record or enter data... I have the db set to allow ALL USERS to access via web publishing... any suggestions? Thanks in advance.... Clayton Lewis The MacTech

I've been wading into the waters of IWP with trepidation. Thus far layout problems when accessing databases from a browser have been limited to small things like radio button sets being cut short. But now I seem to have a more serious problem. I have a layout which has a number of check box sets created with the option "Include 'Other...' item to allow entry of other values" turned on. This is fine, but when viewed on a web browser, this last 'Other...' check box doesn't show up. And when I tried just manually adding to the value list a value for other, I got errors from the browser whenever this option was selected. Any help please!?

I am trying to get a form to search the FM database and having trouble remember what to do about apostrophe's. Whenever we search on a word like: l'étude I get no results using the PHP form. On the list.php page I see the form is adding '' so when I print_r($_REQUEST) I see: l'étude ok fine - so I then use stripslashes to get it back to l'étude and put to a FMFind() on the new data and.... no results However when searching for the same string in filemaker we get the results. What do I need to do? I have a feeling it is something to do with Filemaker 6 and the encoding (UTF-8) vs Latin, but what can I do? Thoughts please...

I would like to use IWP only for viewing and finding records - not for creating/modifying records. As some graphics and scripts in the database are not compatible with IWP, I would have to change all of them which would affect the database used in FMPRO application. I wonder what the best approach would be? Create another copy of the database, change the graphics, scripts and convert it to IWP and use that? Using this approach would mean, that if records are created/modified in the master copy of the database - they would have to be imported into the IWP version of the database. I would appreciate your input. Obviously, I do not want to use CWP as I ha…

IWP has been working fine 1yr..suddenly unable find server. Using FMP8v3 on OSX G5 mac with Dynamic IP wich has not changed 6mos. Was running on port 591, switched to 8080 & 80 did not help. Suggestions?

I'm not sure this is the right forum for this, but I am a newbie to FMP8 and I have created a database that runs under IWP. I have users that will be filtering data, but then needing to export the results into Excel. However, I notice that the Export to Excel capability is not possible under IWP, from what I can tell. Is that true? And, does anyone know of an alternative way of exporting data under IWP?

I have a file that NO checkboxes are active for IWP under Accounts & Privelages but yet it still shows on the IWP page.. any attempt to access it with any password fails. How do I remove this file from showing up all together?

I have a db that has a global field in it. They only way I can get the field to be propagated from FMP (the non-iwp application) to IWP is by closing and opening FMP. I've tried flushing cache, moving from one record to another...for some reason it just doesn't like global fields. This seem like a rather big bug.

Hi, I am currently trying to refine and develop a new/additional version of a FMPro database I have online that allows users to find a narrow selection of products based on criteria they input. Currently I have a setup of one large form with multiple selections in multiple categories that they can either check off as a desired feature or leave unchecked if unknown to them. Based on what was checked off a Find is done and any product that matches all of the selected features is returned. This works well and is what my client wanted. Now they want something new. Instead of one large form, they want a series of questions to be asked, each question narrowin…

I have a general performance question. I am running FMSA 8 on Windows2k3. I am also running lasso 8.5 on Win2k3. I can do an Inline search and get back 500 records in about 6 secs(Thats Great!), where I am having problems is when I do a nested Inline. I am searching for those 500 records and then updating them 1 @ a time. It updates about 3 records a sec. Is this about all the speed I am going to get when it comes to updating records? Thanks for any input. [inline: -Search, -Database = 'db', -Table = 'table', -UserName = 'name', -Password = 'pass', -MaxRecords = 'All', 'job_name' = 'y500629' ] [records] [Va…

SpiderShell - v1.0 is a free plug-in. To receive a free copy join the FMWebschool newsletter at: http://www.fmwebschool.com and we will send you a free license! Watch the movie of how you can use it with PHP. http://fmwebschool.com/resources/SpiderShell/SpiderShell.html Overview SpiderShell is a plug-in for executing command line compatible applications. Simple specify the command, and capture the output inside of FileMaker! Limitations Currently SpiderShell is only supported on the Microsoft Windows operating system. Within a few weeks a Mac version will become available. Installation This plug-in simply needs to be installed into either t…

I've been exploring web publishing with FMP 8.5 and have a question. I have a field formatted as a value list that uses the values from the field itself. I have further checked the "include Other item to allow entry of other values" box in the field format window so that users can add a new value to the list. Unfortunately this does not appear to work in the published version of the database. Instead of seeing "Other" at the end of the pop-up menu, there is a blank and you do not appear to be able to enter an "other" value. Any suggestions?

What are thoughts on interfacing an fx.php solution with SOAP. Where are some resources available or more information?

Anyone figure out a way to increase the session logout timer for instant web publishing past the max of 60 minutes?

Hi All, I work for a very small company, we are growing very fast. We opened up a UK division, and now have an IWP database for them to access parts of our database. Now i'm not the engineer who maintains our network, and i do not know all of the settings and stuff. But i am responsible for maintaining the databases, and adding new feature sets. Our partners in england like the database, but they complain about the speed. Even when i go to the IWP page internally, it still is slow, probably not as slow as them, but i've seen one or two tutorials on fmwebschool and their internal IWP pages were loading extremely fast. Are there tweaks that i can do…

I'm having trouble with calculation fields (yes, they're indexed) with Instant Web Publishing. I can perform finds with other fields, but the calc fields do not work (sometimes I go back to find mode, without any of my requests saved; sometimes I get an error message). The finds work perfectly from the same layout when I use them in the file. What could be going wrong? Is this a known Filemaker web-publishing bug?

When I use IWP, the formatting of my checkboxes and radio buttons wind up looking funky: not all the choices are available, the choices aren't lined up, etc. I've tried a few things, such as changing font sizes (which works for some browsers but not all), but otherwise I'm at a loss. I gather this is a common problem, but I haven't seen any solutions except creating value lists via fields (which I don't think I know how to do...). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Gregg

How do I serve FileMaker through a router? I can access the IWP from my network, but not from outside it. Kevin

Am trying to view data from a portal on a layout. In looking for answers I saw info and examples from FMWebschool, but they seem to prefer using dual-searches, one for parent and another for related data. I have "PHP in 8 hours" but their example again is dual-searches for simple relationship models. I don't want to tie up server time (many simultaneous connections), plus I have very complex relationships (4-6 AND stipulations for each relationship) already set-up with many portals on the layout all viewing related data from many relationships. I already have php web pages sowing standard fields but want to view selected portal data (already being displayed on t…

How does IWP determine which layout to display on first login? I've set a layout to be on the top of the "Layout Order" list, to switch to that layout on startup, and to run a startup script which also switches to that layout. But IWP NEVER shows that layout on login. I can click on a button after login, which runs a script and switches to the layout, but I can find no way of getting IWP to start with the correct layout on login. Very frustrating!!! Any ideas or tips?

I upgraded from FMS7A to FMS8A and now I can no longer access any of my databases via IWP. I see all of the databases in my web browser but when I try to click on any of them I get a dialog box that displays the IP address and says "Database not available." I verified that the extended privileges is still active and all appears correct on the database side of things. Any suggestions on how to correct this problem?

I am trying to disable "Shaw All Records" from the generic Instant Web Publishing Tool Bar for particular users when they login thru the web (FMS8A). I've tried the Custom Menu command set but that doesn't work for the tool bar. Any ideas? Thanks! Otto Krauth Vancouver, BC

So I've got IWP up on my local network and users can log in and access the files. But I would like to make it available over the Internet. I gave a few folks the IP address used to share the files from my computer but the guy down the street can't access it. All the documentation I've read is vague or perhaps evasive. What is the next step to allowing anyone I give the IP address to access to the files? Do I need to be running FMP Server? FMP Advanced? Register a domain? Is there a setting I've missed. Thanks in advance!

I didn't know where to place this post. Do any of you feel it would be a great asset for Filemaker to allow a container field to display a fully interactive flash movie? I am just wondering why it doesn't - It would add to the value of filemaker by millions. Just wondering. Dave

Hi, I saw some discussion on this but didn't see a definitive answer. Can the black line at the left hand edge of the slected record be eliminated? It still shows if the staus area is hidden. Thanks, ft

Hi, I'm trying to get a project off the ground using IWP and a Google web viewer. It's a store locator, whene users enter their zip code, get all stores within 50 miles, blah, blah. It's running on 8.5 client for testing at the moment while I wait for delivery of Server Advanced. The problem is, when a user clicks on a link to show a map of the store in the Google web viewer the 'bubble' locator does not appear in the web viewer published via IWP. The locator always appears if the FMPro file is searched directly. This the non-appearing-bubble behavior is consistent across different records (and countries) using IWP. Creating a larger web viewer …

Hi All, I am using PHP and FX.php, I am working in a webpage that requires a login in order to read the article and it works fine, so now I do have a problem because the page was designed to do not have a logout option, I am wonder if has a way the page can have an automatic logout, if yes, how do I do that? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you, :)

this keeps printing to the screen above the page and the page is non functional SetDBData('Student','stureg',$groupSize); $register->SetDBPassword('','Admin'); $registerResult=$register->FMNew(); foreach($registerResult['data'] as $key=>$registerData); ?> im using server 8 adv, in the php fx folder the file server_data.php am i correct port is the port numbe rof the machine my wbe publishing egine is on and ip addy is the fm server machine?

ok, normally the way I would do an exact find in a form would be to use the "==" method in a hidden form field... ex. my question is, how can I get this same effect in a URL instead of a form?

I am trying to set up Instant Web Publishing with FileMaker Pro 8.5 in Windows XP but I keep getting the message "FileMaker cannot share files over the web because Instant Web Publishing could not be started." Here are some of my system details: 1. I installed FileMaker on the admin account of my computer. 2. I use FileMaker on my personal account. 3. Computer is hooked up to a network at my work. 4. I was able to get Instant Web Publishing working on the admin account, but when I tried to access FMP from another computer it would not load in Internet Explorer (I had FMP running at the time). 5. IWP does not work at all on my personal account…

I can access the db but it always displays first record in container field. All other fields display correct data. Code: <?php session_start(); include_once('includes/verify_login.php'); include_once('FX/FX.php'); include_once('FX/server_data.php'); require_once('FX/image_proxy.php'); $company = $_SESSION['company']; $companyrep =new FX($serverIP,$webCompanionPort); $companyrep -> SetDBData('xxx.fp7','xxx'); $companyrep -> SetDBPassword($webPW,$webUN); $companyrep -> AddDBParam('Company_Name','='.$company); $query = $_GET['query']; $companyrepData = $companyrep->FMFind(); $currentKey = key($companyrepData…

Hello All I have an interctive flash animation integrated into an FM container. This works fine but runs very slow and sticks when too many movie symbols are active. There are 11 movie symbols. If I run only one or two there is no problem but if I run more than 6 - even if they are on hold waiting for a play action - the whole animation starts staggering and eventually friezes. Any ideas?

Hello All, I am in the process of creating fx.php pages for our internal invoicing system. I would like to know if there is a commercial system out there that I can reference in creating my system. I would like the interface to be a seamless as possible for the user. Any response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

Is there a list of errors that fx.php might throw ?? are they fx.php errors or php errors ?? or other thanks in advance :/

We screwed up our server during an upgrade to FM8A and we are looking to hire a PHP/FileMaker expert to help us get our FileMaker/PHP server and our WebServer talking to each other again. Both servers are running on Macs. We will also need help with a bigger project after this temporary fix when we switch our entire website over to PHP and FIleMaker. We are in a real jam here, please contact me ASAP if you are interested.

I've got a small IWP app developed by a guy that works fine, except we can't get it to stay up on the server. We need Filemaker 8.5 to automatically come up on the server, when the server boots. Otherwise, we can only run it by logging on to the windows server...remotely, we're in Colorado & the server is in Texas...we can then use the App, IWP is listening on the port... But as soon as we log off our "admin" remote logon to Windows, FM comes down. A frustrating call to support got a recommendation to go from $300 Filemaker Pro to $1000 Filemaker Server. Pretty much unacceptable, and I strongly suspect I got a moron on the call to support. Anyone…

Just started in PHP.. I know that you can display portal data on a PHP page but can you display it the same way it appears on the FM client with scroll bars.? At this point not asking how to do it just if it is do-able Thanks for the info Stu

<?php print_r($DatabaseData); // pint_r() is a PHP function used to diplay variables // in human readable form. This is especially useful // for arrays. ?>

Can anyone explain this error? Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]:/ unable to connect to XX.XXX.X.XXX:591 (A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. ) in c:InetpubwwwrootFXFX.php on line 610 My database is published online for XSLT and XML. I was able to access the XML through the web browser. Here is my PHP code: <?php // include fx.php include_once("../FX/FX.php"); ?> Untitled Document <?php //declare an instance $raceGenerQuery = new FX("XX.XXX.X.XXX"); …

Announcing the final roll-out of our FX.PHP solution using FM 6.04 unlimited and FM server 5.5 http://bookstore.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca This is the entire publication library for the Canadian Forest Service and connects 6 remote locations entering inventory in Filemaker via TCP/IP

I have successfully used 'explode' and '-recid' to make a first stage search result clickable for a second search. Is it possible to use field data instead of '-recid' for the second stage search? How is this coded? I want to use the ID of a course description so the second stage search shows all courses bearing that same ID. In other words the second stage search will be able to yield multiple search results, not jsut one. All replies gratefully received. Cheers, Steven

Ok I have FX php installed but how do i use it? Is there any exmaples on how to programme it?

Hi, We are trying to figure out how to upload a file from our IWP to the web browser client. We know that if there is already a file in a container field and that container field is on the layout, IWP will upload it to the user when the container field link is clicked. Our problem is that the file we want is dynamically created, and we are trying to decide the best way to get that file uploaded to the client from the IWP. The file in question would be, say, a csv or html file, like a report generated on the fly. One idea that seemed promising was to have a separate process on the server that creates the file and sticks it into the container field by O…

I am using FX.php to pull data from FMPv6 there are approximately 12 files that I need information from (and about 400+ total co nversions). Is there a quick method, either script or key press that will switch Web companion on (Edit>Sharing>Web Companion) for all currently opened files? I appreciate any help. Thank you.

our db is running on a windows xp pc, which also acts as server for a small internal network. access to internet is distributed through the same pc to the networked pcs. when iwp is activated, connected pcs within the internal network are not able to surf the internet or retrieve emails, other internet services such as Skype however work. I myself am connected to the same internal network but using a ibook. with my mac I didn't experience any problems. anybody with an idea? thanks hans peter

Registration Summary <?php echo $newregistrationData['Serial_Number'][0]; ?> <?php echo $newregistrationData['Course_Code_1'][0]; ?> <?php echo $newregistrationData['First_Name_1'][0]; ?> <?php echo $newregistrationData['Last_Name_1'][0]; ?> <?php echo $newregistrationData['Special_Requirements_1'][0]; ?> <?php echo $newregistrationData['Job_Title_1'][0]; ?> <?php echo $newregistrationData['Date_of_Birth_1'][0]; ?> <?php echo $newregistrationData['Employer_1'][0]; ?> <?php echo $newregistrationData['Program_1'][0]; ?> <?php ech…

I want to do an Instant Web Publishing, but I want mainly the table view to be seen. How can I add buttons to the table view? I can add them to the form view but not table view. I am hiding the status bar because I don't want people messing with it. I want to add a button to enter find mode and then to actually do the find. Thanks

I have a database with a number of selection Portals held within Tabs. The database works fine on the client - both on OSX and XP - but doesn't work on IWP - either from the client or from a server. The intent is to select particular records within portals and display further information on that record within the current layout. The function seems to work fine if I use separate layouts for each view - but putting the Portel onto Tabs seems to prevent the records from being selected in IWP. Any clues (appart from rebuilding the database on separate layouts I hope)?

My database is starting to work with installed, but through iwp some problems I can't resolve. For example, the buttons or links from difficult to find. Or better: The browser (IE) displays a layout (more or less properly) but then one has to search for the active patch to activate the button/click the link. most of the time, the active area and the button are just not on the same spot. When I make a search and the result shows let's say 6 records in a list view and I want to click on one of the records shown, it's just practically not possible to find the right spot to get the full record in form view displayed. How can I improve this?

Can anyone suggest the simplest, best way to import contact info (name, address, phone etc.) from a web page form on my site in to my v.8 FM DB (run using FM Server)? Can it be done using IWP without FM Server Advanced? Thanks in advance.

Hi I've just started using Lasso so I can use the Session commands - what I want to know is the correct syntax for to add the current Session_ID via an inline, e.g., [inline: -Add, -Database='orders', -Table='main', -KeyField='ID', 'ClientReference'="[session_ID: -Name='MySession']"] [Error_CurrentError: -ErrorCode] [Error_CurrentError] [/inline] Ta!!

Folks, I've just started using the FX.php module and I'm having trouble finding anything in its documentation regarding how to properly qualify updating a repeating field when working with FM5/6. I tried just specifying the same parameter and repeating the value thinking it would understand that the same field indicated a repeating value which did not work: foreach ($_POST['viewTypes'] as $key => $value) { $imageQuery->AddDBParam('View Type',$value); } And I tried using a format based on what the documentation said was needed when working with FM7 repeating/portal fields which does not work: $i = 1; foreach ($_POST['viewTyp…

my database is a client/contacts database and our company a consulting firm in sustainability. above all we offer customized services but we also offer some 10 preformatted products. so, what i want is to flag each client/potential client as "user" or "potential user" each of these products. I thought it would be a good idea to make a checkbox list for "user" and one for "potential user" with checkboxes of a valuelist called "products". In the desktop version I designed the layout in a way so the names of the products only appear once by defining the field for the second checkbox list very narrow, so only the checkboxes appear. In iwp, however, it becomes a c…

Although the answer may lie in the use of multiple plug-ins, I'm posting this here because it's more of a web problem and I don't know if there are any php functions or anything else that may smooth the process. I'm using FX-PHP for the site. I'm trying to allow users to upload multiple files of a controlled size to their FM record. They will then be cleaned up (resized, etc.) by us and sent back to a folder on the web. The container field is then emptied and the filenames are stored in a text field within that persons record and sent to the page as a path via php. I've found a slew of plug-ins for uploading, moving from container fields and then ftp-ing, b…

I have a layout that is a list view of lots of records. Web users only get 25 on a page and if the status area is open can click the book for the next group of 25. How can this be done with the Status Area hidden?

Hi there, I am building an online student registration system. Once a customer has found a course they want, they click a register button which activates a PHP script which needs to do the following: Create a new Record in the Registration Database (Filemaker Pro 8) //I can do this Insert the chosen Course Code, Course Name, Course Dates, Starting and Finishing Times, Venue and Presenter Names into fields in the new database record automatically without the student having to type the information in manually. //this is what I don't know how to do. Cheers, Steven

I've developed a website using Instant Web Publishing, but wish to link to a specific record in the database from an external html page and display it using IWP. I know I can do it by running a startup script and using the Get (AccountName) function, but that doesn't really work for me. What I'm hoping to do, is create a CWP query and pass that to my IWP solution. Is that possible? If so, could someone construct the query for me, I'm not very familar with CWP. Thanks so much for your help.

In IWP the spell check capabilities are not compatible or at least they are greyed out in the script step list. Is there any way around this? Also what is the best way to create a logout button if the user cannot use the dialog area to the left. Thanks in Advance. Norm

I don't know if this even belongs in this forum, so if it isn't would one of the moderators please move it where it belongs: I have an opportunity to develop a product that has the following requirements, and I don't know whether Filemaker is even the right tool. 1- The database should be available over the web. 2- It is single user, but there may be 500-1000 simultaneous users (maybe more after awhile). Each user will have access to the entire database. Users will not necessarily be part of the same company. Subscriptions will be sold to access the entire file. 3- The data will be updated centrally, and users will have no opportunity, nor any need to …

1. Using server 7 advance to host files but how to I make it so that the address http://ipaddress/fmi/iwp can be https? on port 443? 2. When I use filemaker 8 pro advance to host the file when I use the current window naming it changes the name of the window. When I open the same file from the 7 ad server it simply says Filemaker Instant Web Publishing - NOT what I want to show. 3. Is there a way to log out and kill the window without having to go back to the Filemaker Instant Web home page OR 4. Is there a guide or somewhere I can look for info on how to customise the homepage? I am happy with all other aspects of the IWP and I don't really want to ha…