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Hey there, First time posting here but I got a problem on my hands. I have a Xserve running FileMaker 7 Server with IWP. Customer A sees their databases and works on them and occasionally gets a popup (on both Mac & Windows) of a website of Customer B who also runs their databases off of the same unit (but their website is located on another unit in the data center). My gut tells me this isn't possible but I have had another customer on our Filemaker box say that they are getting Customer B's site as well in a popup window. First of all... is this even possible? Customer A, B & C have their FM databases hosted on the same Xserve. Customer A &am…

Matt Petrowsky of FileMaker Magazine has created a great solution for paging a portal (http://www.filemakermagazine.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=550). With his solution you are able to show a set of records and then page to the next set. The solution works great in FileMaker Client, but I seem to have run into a problem trying to use the solution on IWP. Part of the solution requires the script step "Copy All Records/Requests". This step goes to a layout with one field and copies all the found records on that Layout and then pastes the records into a global field. Copy All Records/Requests says it is web-compatible so it should wo…

FMWebschool has uploaded free resource files to our website to help individuals get started with FX.php and PHP. The first is how to design a gantt chart with FX.php and FileMaker: gantt chart look under the December Newsletter heading their is a movie and download files there. The Second is a complete contact solution, the files and movie are also at: contact solution under the heading "FileMaker Hosting" We also have a new book avaialable, at New FX.php, PHP book I hope you enjoy these files

I am new to FMP. I created a test DB and successfully published it using IWP to my computer. However, now I want to publish it to my ISP on the Internet, but I can't figure out how to change the URL value. That is, when I select Edit>Sharing>Instant Web Publishing, the menu doesn't allow changing the URL value there, and I can't seem to figure out where I can change it. Where can I change the URL value?? Thanks, in advance.

I'm trying to display related grandparent/parent/child records while maintaining the relationship from some of the records in an array (I'm doing one FMFind() to find multiple sets of similiar records) My layout is associated with the time so I have one record for each showtime. The layout includes: film::Theater //Where the film will shown Film //Which film will be shown Time //The showtime TimeID //Unique ID Key I'm trying to build a table that lists all films at a particular theater and under each, their showtimes. Ultimately I need to create a new record in a different table with the TimeID so I'm not concerned about preservi…

I have gotten the statement below to work: <?php if ($searchResult['foundCount']==1) { }else{ echo "There was no match for the email address your entered. Press the back button and try again or call Us at 000-000-0000" ; } ?> It follows the beginning php code (<?php) at the start of the page before . I would like to be able to format the response in html (There was no match...), but don't know how to format or place the above statement within the . Thanks in advance for your help - Sam

Hi I am trying to use the Exit Application script step with a button in IWP. I believe this is the best way to log users out and make sure the number of licenses does not exceed the limit (10) in my case. Unfortunately, I am hosting the IWP on a client copy running under Filemaker server 6, so I dont think I can use the diconnect when idle setting. I dont know any alternative to this? Any suggestions please?

Hi and thanks in advance for any assistance. Forgive me for the length of this post. I've tried all solutions presented here, still with no luck. Here's the problem: I'm running FM Pro 8 on both Mac OS 10.4.3 and Win XP networked on a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. I've set up a trial database on the Mac and enabled Instant Web Publishing on port 591 (Web sharing is using port 80). I'm having the same problem as others here: I'm able to access FM with Safari on the Mac using both localhost and the local IP address provided by the router - http://192.168.1.103:591 - but that's all I can do. My Windows machine running IE 6 can't find this address, ev…

I have FM7 advanced and I have it installed on my 2k3 server with IIS. Everything seems to be working except that none of the hosted databases are showing up in IWP despite the fact that I have it enabled. Any ideas on this? How do I tell it which databases I want to be availiable on the web, and which ones I don't.

I have a difficult search (the search from hell). The form has several fields, so we need to use LOP=AND in order to find all records. Next, I have one field 'PubLanguageID' that I need to do a LOP=OR. The idea being that if a person is wanting to search for all the English publications they could be found in the set: {PL1 = English, PL2 = English / French, etc}, the field only contains codes so that we can change the context of the web pages between french and English. Here is the search query: $search=new FX($serverIP,$webCompanionPort); $search->SetDBData('Pub_Publication_.fp5','ForPHP', $groupSize); $search->AddDBParam('Bookstore_Deta…

Situation is basically this, i have FM Server set up, all good as more than 5 users are always accessing the database locally... However, i have no need for a more than 10 users to be able to access the database remotley, so my question is, how do i keep the database locally hosted on FM Server while publishing it to web using a standard copy of File maker... is it just like hosting the file if it was local to the copy of FM? Cheers, Genx

Hi In iwp, in list view, when u click on next it jump to next record 1 by 1. In my 'next' button script, possible? to di it like jump 5 records or 25 records?? Thanks Kelvin

OK, I am trying to have IWP open a folder on my intranet. The path that I specify works fine when I click the link in Filemaker. In IWP it does not. This is the path specified to open... "file://gpengineeringengineeringWorkingDocumentsPrototypeTonyT008029394SP" It works in Filemaker. It opens up the folder "gpengineeringengineeringWorkingDocumentsPrototypeTonyT008029394SP" in windows explorer. In IWP it changes the URL and tries to open "http://file////gp-engineering/engineering/WorkingDocuments/Prototype/TonyT/008029394SP" Is there a way to get this to work?

Hi everybody, a far better solution than FX.php is FM-and-PHP from Schubec. It is a free class like Fx.php, but completely new designed and improved. Here is the Link to the website: http://www.fm-and-php.info/index.php?switchlang[a]=main&content[v][title]=standard Greetings, Ernschd

I published a database which requires users to create a single, new record from their browsers. I have "Hide/Lock" the Status WIndow and provided buttons with scripts to take them to the next layout. Something funny happens when a user creates a new record and it only happens in Safari. After they create the new record (whether they have entered any data), you can use your Browser Back button which takes you back to Record #1. This means that someone else can modify another's record. Well, only record #1. What causes this and why is Record #1 safe browsing in IE?

Is threre any way to open a new browser window independent from IWP ?. I know this can be done with right click, but I cannot get this as a script

I have a lot of media files (images and movies) to catalog. The problem is that due to size constraints, I cannot put all the files in the Web folder. What I figured out so far: made folder "media" in web folder placed aliasses of original files (can be automated) Use import script to get folder (matching on filename) This gets me the file in container, filename, and filepath as file://Volume/Folders/filename (of original file, not alias) I then made a 2 new fields containerpath GetAsText - original image container (because FM stores a reference to file only, this gives me the path) containercalc - a calculation set to filepath to imagemac:/…

OK, I know I saw something posted on this before but cannot find it... I am trying to get a found set that includes 3 specific publications using CatalogNumber as the search field. My code: $hotsearch=new FX($serverIP,$webCompanionPort); $hotsearch->SetDBData('Pub_Publication_.fp5','ForPHP'); $hotsearch->AddDBParam('CatalogNumber', $hotpub1); $hotsearch->AddDBParam('CatalogNumber', $hotpub2); $hotsearch->AddDBParam('CatalogNumber', $hotpub3); $hotsearch->AddDBParam('-lop', 'or'); $hotsearchResult=$hotsearch->FMFind(); foreach($hotsearchResult['data'] as $hot2=>$hotdata2); This will only find one record (the last one). …

Hi there, This is a basic question - on my html page, I'm trying to pick a record through a select statement. This works fine until I need multiple items in my db field to match one item on my web page. IE, on the web - the user will select Depression/Grief/Loss. Hidden, I need it to also select Mental Health and Health and pull up records that match the 3 criterion. Thanks much. Sarah

Hi guys, So I discovered today that by typing in the root domain name, I have full access to the databases hosted on that computer, including edit, WITHOUT a password!! We allow users to enter a new record, and edit their records by entering their username and password. But this Web Portal allowed free rein. What do I do to fix this?? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. I will breathe much easier when this is fixed.

Hi all.. I am working in a IWP environment with FM 7. I am wondering is it necessary to upgrade to FM 8? What additional features and funtion and stuffs does we have in the FM 8 IWP? Can someone share with me..? Thanks a lot yeah Kelvin =)

Hi.. I just reliased my View List in IWP only shows 5 records at a time... thats horrible.. Anyway can i extend the limit? Thanks a lot.. Kelvin

Hi folks, I created a global field to make a filter in my database. It's working fine in FM, and all my priviledges seem okey, but it just doesn't work in IWP. I mean I cannot edit the field to perform my filter. Can anyone tell me how to overcome this? Thank you

Hi there, I'm building a database which I want to publish using IWP. One thing I cannot get functioning are buttons in portal rows which should set a field with the value of that portal row field. In filemaker itself it functions like it should, in the webbrowser it always uses the value of the first row. Even tests with Get ( PortalRowNumber ) results always in 0 I found that every button in de generated webpage gets an unique value so I guess there should be a way to do it. Any idea's ? Thanks Marcel

Does anyone know if it is possible to create an url which starts a script in iwp7 ? I like to send emails which includes an url to open the iwp website and start a script with a parameter. Thanks, Marcel

Hello Together, I'm trying to publish a small part of my database on the web so customers can fill out a simple form with their personal data. The fp5 book I'm reading doesn't make a few things really clear. Here are my questions, I hope you can help: 1: do I need a static IP address? 2: does my computer have to be connected to the internet all the time in order to have 24/7 availability (which at the same time means it needs to run all the time)? 3: is there a possiblity to place and open filemaker on the web by using a web server? This way I could give customers a link to my homepage to fill out the form. 4: would you suggest in updating to a mo…

I have a wonderful template that works fine in FM7 -- but needs to be implemented in IWP. I am working with a single file with over 9 tables and a lot of relationships, etc. I set up FM for IWP in preferences and open my browser (Safari) to the IP address in the preferences and lo and behold there she is:) However, all the value lists show up with a blue button -- not too bad, but then I find where there are conditional popup lists, ie. requiring one value for a field to be chosen before the popup list with the associated values from another table is available in the second field; the user must make the first choice and then select the "process" ( I think that …

I am new to FX.php and I have only worked with php (never created any) and I can't seem to get FX.php to communicate with our FMServer Advance. Instead, I get a weird error that points to a line of code on my test php page. Here is the scenario: I am trying to test connectivity with fx and our Filemaker server advance machine by doing a simple find all with a test php page. The code I am using looks like this: <html> <head> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <?php include_once('FX/FX.php'); include_once('FX/FMErr…

So the next challenge: I want to send a confirming email and have french characters inserted using PHP. I am using HEREDOC formatting and inserting information from Filemaker using PHP. The trouble is that if the Filemaker data has french characters, they show up as '&233' when the email is received. Any thoughts?

Using Evaluate with trigger fields to auto-enter data via a custom function. Behavior in IWP is strange. My custom function ("MonthList") builds a list of dates from two parameters, Start Date and Frequency (number of dates). The field that gets updated ("PubDates") has this for auto entry calc: Evaluate ( Quote ( MonthList ( Start_Date ; Frequency ) ) ; [ Start_Date ; Frequency ] ) So if Start_Date or Frequency fields change, the month list gets rebuilt in PubDates. User can alternately change the contiguous list of dates through checkbox entry directly in PubDates. As long as the number of checked dates still equals Frequency and Start_Date is …

I'm pulling out what little hair I have! About 9 months ago, I took the FM Web School course and found everything very straight forward and had no problems. I didn't have time to develop in it until now, and now, here is my situation... (I have Server 8 running on my Win Server, so I'm doing this on my Mac running 10.4.3 and with Server 7 Advanced. I don't see any difference in that, but I'm primarily a Windows user so it might be relevant.) - I have 7 Advanced installed and running. - I have tested before and after all FM Server updates. - All files are published for XML (I am having the same problems with the sample files by Chris Hansen and the FMWeb…

I have a field that shows a value list in Filemaker Pro. The list is a number and a description. eg) 4 Schoolname The number and name are coming from the 2 fields in another file ie) schoolnumber and schoolname. With IWP in a Safari browser the list will pop up but only shows the number. I tried widening the field quite a bit, but still it only shows the number. Has anyone experienced this. Is there a solution? Thanks in advance.

Hi all! And thanks again for all your support:) I have a db that I had set up with a simple logon window based on the user name/privileges feature in server/client FM 7 setttings that used a script: Insert Calculated Result [select, Login Screeen::LogonName; Get ( UserName )], etc. All the creationed by's and modified by's are fine. I would now like to adopt this db to iwp but am totally new to the iwp part of FM7 and in reading the discussions in the forums, I get that there seems to be some issues with logon options. So far, all I am seeing a guest access and that will not do for created/modified by unless I misunderstand something. Now …

Flash XML Connector object and how it can be used to communicate with FileMaker. If, set up correctly, the xml connector will parse out the xml for you. Attached is a sample of what I'm doing. I took a Macromedia tutorial and connected to a FileMaker 6 file instead of the xml file that they provided. In this sample, the xml is update when the swf file is launched. So, if you add a record to the DB the swf movie will not update until you relaunch the movie. NOTE: This is written for FileMaker 6 not 7. I will post a FileMaker 7 version later. Give Me Feed back. FM6toFLP2004xmlconnector.zip

I thought I saw this question on this forum already, but for the life of me I can't find it. Here's the problem... Sometimes when a carriage return is entered on an IWP page via the web, an unkown character shows up (the little rectangle). It only shows up when viewed in Filemaker, and it doesn't happen all the time - which I find strange. Does anyone know why this is happening or how I can prevent it? I'm using IE 6 with windows xp pro. Thanks, John

I'm trying to configure a Filemaker database so that users can log in via the web and view certain records based upon a calculation for custom web privileges that I've set up (each user account has a slightly different calculation). I've also enabled Instant Web Publishing. That part works fine. (I also enabled Instant Web Publishing.) The problem is that the records that are screened out also appear, though they have the notation <No Access> rather than the actual information contained in their record. My question is how can I easily suppress the display of these <No Access> records. Thanks. no access instant web publishing …

I have the following script to create a new record using iwp: Go to layout "Data Entry X" New Record / Request Set Field (Request Type) = (a calculation based on which layout they are on) The layout has a "submit" button which does: Commit Records/Requests Go to layout "Main Menu" This all works fine. However, when reviewing my data, I notice that I'm getting a fair number of what appear to be empty / abandoned records. Of note, they all have a Modification Date exactly 15 minutes after the Creation Date. I have my WPE set to timeout at 15 minutes. So I'm guessing that someone runs script #1, but then walks away from their c…

Hello, I am having a problem with FX.php and getting the 'valuelists' array, it is not showing up I am pretty sure it's a bug in the fx class.. as everything is working perfect.. the code I am using is the standard routine like this: $InstanceName = new FX('127.0.0.1'); $InstanceName->SetDBData('CDList', 'web_view'); $ReturnedData = $InstanceName->FMView(); // stores layout information in $ReturnedData foreach ($ReturnedData['valueLists'] as $key => $value) { foreach ($value as $key1 => $value1) { $valuelistData[$key] .= "t$value1n"; } echo "n"; echo $valuelistData[$key]; echo "n"; echo " …

The instructions in Flash for connecting to an external database state: Set up your data source; for example, in the ColdFusion environment, set up a ColdFusion DataSource component to connect to your data source. How would this be acomplished for FM Pro 7?

I would like to start a discussion on weather or not it is worth developing in FMP 7 and Flash. I have been hard pressed to find one example of how to make FMP 7 work with FlashMX. On the other hand I can find examples on how to make PHP and MySql work. such as http://actionscript-toolbox.com/samplemx_php.php A list of pros and cons would be helpful. Con FMP limited to five connections Con FMP Advanced Server costly Pro MySql free in fact it comes with Mac OSX Server I think PHP has been arround longer and has a wider base of users than XML

Good article on using FX.php and MySQL to cache queries in FileMaker-based applications. You can check it out here: http://www.performancepccanada.com/?defaultarticle=945&defaultnode=516&layout=20&pagefunction=Load%20Layout&formfields[sect_title]=Pro%27s+Corner&tag=fmforums

Hi all I am trying to set up port forwarding with FM7 using IWP running on a Mac with OSX10.2. Has anybody had experience of the dlink di 514 router. I have set up port forwarding to the server computer with a static IP address, set the port to 591 in IWP. I can view it on the LAN but WAN access refuses to work. I have the public IP address provided by my ISP but all I can get is the set up screens of the router using the public IP. Any help appreciated. Ta Colin

Is there a workaround for this limitation? Would appreciate any help/suggestions/ideas -- custom publishing is last resort for this database. Thanks all.

I have several long narratives in a field called "body text". I need to hypertext link some of the words in the field "body text" to various URL's. How do I do this? You'd think you would highlight the words you want to link and embed something, but "buttons" are not available on highlighted "words" in a field. "Buttons" are available for the "whole" field, but that doesn't help.

Why cannot I not select multi values from a pop-up list using IWP. It works just fine in the software. Has anyone experienced this?

I have been using FMP 7 for a while now and it has been working good for me up to this point. I am trying to set up my database to be on the web using Instant Web Publishing but it is not working. I am using XP connecting directly to my Qwest DSL modem (my modem has a built-in router) and I arranged to be on a static IP. I read through all the posts I could find and didn't see the right solution as the problems I have seen posted of this nature is mostly by MAC OS users. From reading the posts existing I think I see the problem but don't know how to fix it. The IP address that I am given by IWP is a LAN address and it doesn't match my static IP address ie. the addre…

I have a database with photographs (JPEGs) stored in a container field and some bitmaps in another container field. They show up fine when the database is accessed via a FM pro client and fine when I'm hosting it using IWP from FMPro 8, but they don't show up when I'm accessing the database using IWP hosted in FMPro 7. I can't use version 8 to host it, as we have Server Advanced 7. Any ideas on how to make my pictures appear via IWP? (I'm using the latest update to IWP for 7).

Hi All I have a database up and running on FMSA 7 which is showing the databases (this is includes the FM demo file) in the publishing window but returns the error "Javascript unkown error 802" when you try to access it. I've seen this question posted but no answer to what it means. Many thanks Flook

I'm trying to get my value lists in a cdml page. When I insert a valuelist manually I can see them in my web pages with the following code: - [FMP-option: field_name, list=ValueList_name] But when i want to display value lists that gets its values from a relation to another database it doesn't work. Can anyone help me out on this one. I have no clue why the relational value lists don't show. Thanx

I have been trying for hours trying to get fx.php to work on FM Server Advanced without not luck. In the past I have been able with little effort to get it all to work on FM 6 Unlimited. I have talked with Stephen Knight at the FMWebSchool and he sent me a new solution that he said would work with Server Advanced, but I still get blank results page from a search (I have attached the file, Username = Admin Password = mysunshine). Here is what I have configured so far: I have configured server_data.php to contain my ip address I have turned on fmxml in the privilge set. Set permissions in FM 7 Server Advanced to fmserver and fmsadmin. I am running Apache on Mac 1…

I have designed standards based report cards that have over a hundred fields in some layouts. Everything looks great in FMPro client but web users report (scream) that input field boxes are not lined up properly and input boxes are overlapping. I have tried increasing the space between descriptors and their respective input boxes but to no avail. Any new ideas or workarounds to this problem? It has caused me hours of grief and aggravation. I am using FMPro 7 v.3 to create the layout, IWP, and FMPRo 7 Server Advanced in a Windows environment. Browsers are IE.

HI.. fm7 does not support this.. sad.. anyone got any idea whether fm8 supports it?? Thanks a lot.. Kelvin

Guys, This is really frustrating me, Have any of you guys, successfully got related container images to display in IWP in List View? When I view my layout in FMP8, it looks perfect, when I view the same data and layout in IWP, my images have dissapeared. Funny thing is, they seem to appear, if I go into Form view. I've tried everything I can think of, i.e. putting my list layout into a portal, storing my graphics as refrence to files...but not had much luck. Any help would be much appreciated, its a gantt chart Im trying to produce...Im thinking at this point possibly to ditch the graphics and use text, does anyone know a x-platform "square" character?…

Hi.. i do not wish to allow user to print how should i go about doing it? I am referring when user access the file on Instant Web publishing. As user can actually access 'print' from internet explorer to print. Can I actually dun allow that? I tried sliding and dun allow printing under password & privilige groups. But to no avail, as mentioned IWP users can print through internet explorer. Really need help on this.. thanks a lot.. Kelvin

Hello Just bought Lasso, although had Filemaker for year. Slowly working my way through the guides, which are excellent. However although I can get the database profiler to spot the db I want to use, and GoLive can access the db fields when it builds a form, I can't get it it pick up data from the db and bring it into GoLive - it comes up with loads of errors. These do not have a number on so I don't know what they are. I can't also seem to work out the address of the hosted db in a web browser. I've put a folder on teh desktop and used this to put the web info in, but no joy in trying to work out the web address! Oh, sorry, having no issues with site admin, a…

I'm having some problems with IWP and images. I've not delved into this area much before, so I may be missing something obvious. I've had a layout displaying correctly on IWP for some time, but all of a sudden images that are 'embedded' on the layout are not showing up on IWP. When viewed on Safari I get the 'square blue box with a question mark' symbol of a missing image, and when viewed on Firefox there is nothing at all. The strange thing is that it was working fine earlier today, and to the best of my knowledge I've not changed anything at all! I've been testing it to try to figure it out, and have discovered that if I add another image (either as part of the…

Hi All, I want to hide the tool bar/status area when using the db via IWP...all ok using a startup script to hide and lock...but what i would like is to submit any info or if a new record created to the db without using the submit button which appears in the status area...Is it possible by setting a button (with script) within the body area? thanks in advance

I've spent so much time on this, hoping one of you experts can help. I'm stumped. I am trying to export text from several text fields via XML and import it into dynamic text fields in Flash with the bold and italic text enhancements retained. I've got the export/import & field population working fine. But the text enhancements do not come over. The information is stripped out (as I discovered after inspecting the XML file in a text editor). I came up with a Plan B--to use paired HTML codes e.g., to mark up the text in FileMaker, before export. Certainly not optimal to ask end users to do this, but I've got to come up with something. The problem wi…

Hi All, Is the only way to hide the toolbar to the user when they log on to the db via the web to perform an open scrip that hides toolbar when opening the db? In short - My end result is that i dont want the user when logging on via web to see toolbar. I want all user interaction through buttons i create. thanks in advance.

Im looking in to using PHP (fxforge or fh-and-php)to create CWP and FM Pro 8adv for my db... Is there anything else i need to get started? Do i need to run FM Server 8? thanks in advance.

I'm having a problem with Instant Web Publishing (FileMaker Pro v8) I'm using one layout that has a portal to get data from a related table. Locally, everything works perfectly, but when I access the database thru IWP, the portal data does not show up. The lines are there, but no data at all shows. Also, I have a couple calculated fields that work fine locally, but will not show as being calculated in IWP. However, When you switch back over to look at it locally, the calculations are there. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I am trying to eliminate a filemaker script and want to do everything in PHP. I am having trouble setting globals. Here is the code $webenglish=new FX($serverIP, $webCompanionPort); $webenglish->SetDBData('Publication_.fp5','ForWeb'); $webenglish->AddDBParam('-recid',$recid); $webenglish->AddDBParam('gWebLang',1); $webenglish->AddDBParam('Count_Detail',$Count); $webenglishResult=$webenglish->FMEdit(); gWebLang is a global variable that is 1 for english and 2 for french Count_Detail is a hit list count and for some reason I can't update it either. What am I missing. Thanks

Hi, as per my previous post, I'm building a simple web-based site for clients to view and select images. I'm using portals ... eh ... because I can't think of a better way of doing it. Anyway ... I have come to a stumbling block. Portal pop. Is there any way to get around it with an IWP web-interface? Grant

There have been other posts about how to best display checkboxes and radio buttons. Another poster suggested putting a simple carriage return between values ---this works great if you are using static custom values. However, there are many times when we need to use value lists from dynamic information. Here is one solution that I came up with - it is not elegant but it is easy. I find that IWP needs a lot of workarounds at this point. 1) Create your value list using a field. If you want to display info. from more than one field or want to filter only certain records, just create an indexed calculation to show. (since you cannot display a second field or show…

Hi All I am quite experienced with FM7 and HTML but want to use PHP to combine the 2 in an interactive database. Can I use PHP and ODBC and if so how easy is it? Any help appreciated, I am not using FM server. Ta Colin

Hi all, i uploaded my file to the server. When I click and access the file, all the words there are not in line as like the actual document should be.. some words not inline, some field box that use to input data are like shifted to the left... why?? anyway can i solve this.. really need help... thanks a lot...

I think I know the answer to this question, but I don't have a Server Advanced box in front of me right now to prove my theory. My question is if I create new tabbed interfaces with FMP8 Advanced, what will happen when I attempt to host those layouts with IWP? I didn't care for this tool when I first saw it but it's rapidly growing on me. For those of you who haven't tried it, download the trail version of FMP8 and give it a try. It works just like you think that it should and that's the beauty of it. The only downsides are that you can not customize the buttons, and it requires a work around to work with most back button rountines.

I want to bring back the topic of speeding up FX.php So far my solution is working acceptable, however there are time that I think there are tricks I might use to speed things up. Compared to our CDML solution, the speed is noticably slower. What are ways to speed up PHP?

Is there a way to get around the port config not being 80? I have changed it to 70 (which my customer has allowed their firewall to access), 8080 and also 591. My question is I am looking for a global solution that allows anyone I give access the abliity to view the data without changing any settings on their firewalls (if that is possible) Thanks for you help.

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Hi, I am migrating an FX.php solution from FM6 to FM7. The site is for the most part in English, but there are many references to foreign museums (e.g. Colecção Vieira Natividade, Portugal). At one point in my site, I do a search on the database where the museum name is the search parameter. FX encodes the foreign characters in the url, which looks like this: http://host/fmi/xml/FMPXMLRESULT.xml?-db=database&-lay=web_layout&Location=Colec%E7%E3o+Vieira+Natividade%2C+Portugal&-find This search worked perfectly in FM6, and it works in FM7 when the museum name doesn't contain foreign characters or if I truncate the search string in fron…

Hi, I'm building a very simple site to enable clients (I'm a photographer) to view and select images from a website. I've built it using self-relationships and portals. It works fine .... but it's slow, because every time anything gets touched via the web-interface, the whole thing redraws .... sllloooowwwwllly. Are there any trick to speeding up web-interface when portals are being used ? Or perhaps a way of freezing the page for a while and having all the edits applied in one go, instead of individually ? Grant

I am having problems getting certain things to work with IWP. 1. When clicking on a portal row button with "Go to Related Record" - it opens the correct related file (not table as it is based upon separate v.6 files) , shows the related records for a split second, then proceeds to do a Find All and jumps to the first record in the set. I have tried using a script aswell as a direct button command - neither works properly (IE, FF, or Safari). 2. I also have a problem calling an external script. All steps are Web compatible and no other scripts are invoked upon open.. Has anyone else encountered similar problems? Any help is much appreciated.

I've got a table layout that shows a subset or fields of records in a table. When I view this table locally or in remote mode, everything works fine. Clicking on a column header will sort the records on the field. When I use IWP to see the same layout, the initial view is fine. But if I click on a column header, the records get sorted, but the starting record in the table is random. I then have to go over to the record field and set the starting record back to 1. Is this a known bug? Is there any work around? Thanks

I can get to the homepage, I can log in to the database through iwp but when I try to create a new record, I get a message that says "unable to process request because database is not open". Am I missing something?

I read that you cannot authenticate a password against an ext. serverl using iwp. Is there a scripted workaround for this? Is there a way to have the web user login as "guest" and then re-login through the the external server or vice versa. I work at a school and have over 400 students and 150 teachers who are going to need web access to fill out forms. How do I accomplish this task w/out the LDAP server? help, please!

Im having problems because my university network and other universities dont allow connections that are not thorugh port 21 or 80, and my IWP is on 591. And my router is using 80 and 21 so I cant change it, or I havnt figured it out. Can Filemaker publish with an external, "Real" IP? Tks in advance.. - Jimmy

Is there any way to adjust the number of records displayed on a web page with IWP. It seems that in table view only 20 records are displayed. In a custom table only 5 records are displayed at a time until you have to click to get to next five records.

This is a new problem to me... I'm trying to open the IWP settings and every time FM7 quits. My install seems to be screwed up somehow - FM will hang when I open it without using a pre-existing database to launch it (i.e., if I just double-click in the finder on the application it will hang). If I open it by opening a database, it will launch fine. Trying the IWP settings will still make it crash. Any ideas? I'm running 10.4.3. Personal Web Sharing is OFF (I tried it both ways). Sharing over the filemaker network seems fine. edit: running FM 7.0 v3

I am working on an Order System/Accounting Sollution for the company I work for. I was wondering whether it would make sense to design it to run solely IWP. I don't really understand the whole concept yet, and would like to know if it is worth my time. There will currently be about fifteen users, five of which will need to access from offsite. We had been looking into remote control options, but IWP sounds to be better. Also, are there any issues with which browser is used to connect? What I was thinking about doing, is using FM8 instead of what we are currently running(because of OS's), and just having all users, even onsite, use the IWP. Please let me kno…

Hi all, My database has a drop list in it and when i use IWP and log in using the web the drop list only show a check mark, none of info that should be in there. Any idea how to fix it? The funny thing is one of my other drop lists on the page works. Thanks, TL

Do Flash created buttons function normally in FileMaker?

You'd need to abstract the file from the database. Use a File Upload solution to get the file from the user (we offer WebStar File Upload with our accounts), then store the reference to the file (/path/filename.doc) in your Filemaker database. To display the file, you'd then just build a link, adding the value from the reference field in the database to the end. - John

I seem to have the IWP set up correctly so as I can access the shard database from the web. However I can only access from within my LAN. If I go to another site and try to access the file i get "cannot locate server" message. Also, I set up the port (80) to forward all requests on that port to my private IP. so if I type my public IP into the browser within my LAN it works, I just cant understand why its not working from a remote site. Am I missing something. Is IWP intended for accessing information from anywhere on the web or only within your LAN?

Im new in the whole Filemaker world, and Im loving it so far. I hope to be able to help in the forum once I get enough experience soon. I have encountered what appears to be a common issue, like many as I have seen throught the forum as I tryied to search for an answer before posting. So here whats going on: Ive enabled IWP, Added FM and FM Web Asistant (what ever that is) to the exceptions on Windows Firewall (I had to turn off Nortons, since it was bugging me too much), as well as adding port 591 to the exceptions for IWP to use. When I enable it, I get en Internal IP, but I am NOT through a router, ive tried using http://External.Ip:port/ but that doesnt seem…

I'm having a lot of trouble with scripts in IWP - steps that should work, don't. My big problem right now is my OnOpen script, which is set to run upon opening the file (set in File Options). The gist of the script is: Go to Layout [Main Menu] Enter Browse Mode Go to Record/request [first] Show/Hide Status Area [hide] None of these steps seem to work - when I open the file, it brings me back to whatever layout/mode/record I was in last. And the status bar is ALWAYS there - I have it toggled in different layouts in different scripts and it has never worked. I have one script that runs with limited success - it will take you to the correct layout, and…

Using any browser. I have a portal on my layout with (of course) some related records, along with some graphics in container fields that are related to that table. (To show if there are new messages in a ticket, etc...) Works fine in FMP, but in IWP, you get the white box with a red X. I tried readjusting my relationships, etc... but to no avail. If I drag the container field out of the portal it works fine also. Anyone seen this? :-/

Hi Guys, I'm just exploring the capabilities of IWP. I've changed the "homepage" and placed it in my webfolder, however I'm not quite sure how to get the web page to display the list of files that are ready to access via IWP. Has anyone got any basic samples of a customized homepage. Cheers

I found a workaround, this is obviously a flaw in version 7 - I don't think many people are using FM as a PDF database available for browsing/downloading online. If there is anyone currently using FM in the manner, please let me know if you have a better solution. After importing a folder of PDF’s, only Thumbnails of PDF's will show up online - I had to create a container field for thumbnails & a container field for PDF’s then manually 'insert file' instead of 'insert picture' in the PDF field in order for a PDF LINK to show up online. See attached screen grab for example. Hopefully version 8 will have better online PDF handling, as this was pretty inconvenien…

Hi Guys, I've been trying to get fx.php working, and everything was fine on my little test database of 50 records. Now I am trying to test pulling data out of a real database with 5700 records, and for some reason it is ridiculously slow. Over 3 minutes to return the first ten records. Surely that can't be right? Below is the php code I am using. This definitely works, but I need help to get the speed sorted out. I doubt it's hardware related (the DB server and the web server are both very grunty machines seperate machines, and they are barely ticking over...), so hopefully I have just produced dodgy code. IWP is very fast. Thanks in advance Sean. …

Hi I am facing problem when accessing image from FileMaker Database. First of all my software specifications: Filemaker Server Advanced 7 (FileMaker 8 DB Hosted) PHP Version: 4.3.3 FX.PHP 4.0.0 windows 2003 sever When i access the image for a search result listing. It is showing the image of 1st record and reapeats the image of first record for the rest of records. I am using image_proxy.php for accessing image records. The code is like below: ----------------------------------------------------- <?php include_once('fx/fx.php'); include_once('fx/image_proxy.php'); $fxob=new FX('192.168.10.8',80,'FMPro7',…

I have successfully placed my database list on the web, but would really like to cusomize the IWP front page (the Database Homepage that shows the list of published databases). The page is titled "Instant Web Publishing". I would like to customize this page but can't find its location in Mac OS X 10.4. The page is easy to pull down off the web browser and customize, but now I need to know where to place the customized page to replace the canned screen. Any suggestions?

Sorry for the overlook. I'm using Lasso 8. I'm starting to get the gist of it all, but I'm already running into problems. If I can just get a grasp of the basics I should be able to catch up pretty fast. The current issue: in a reg.lasso file I have the following form: Requested User ID: Password: the regresp.lasso files has the following: [inline: -Search, -Database='onmdlandcards', -Table='users', 'name'=(Action_Param:'name')] [if:(Error_CurrentError)==(Error_NoRecordsFound)] [inline:(Action_Params), -Add, -Database='onmdlandcards', -Table='users'] Your account with…

Is it possible to use IWP so that it can be viewed from a remote site? It works fine over the LAN, but does not appear using a browser from a remote site.

It's been over six years since using lasso. Back then it was simple search / show results / view a records from the results. I just don't know how to get started. I already have a db hosted, now I've got to do the programming. Can anyone point me somewhere tohelp me get back up to speed? Thanks in advance

Could anybody help? I'm looking to chart the total sales of my business month by month, I have a subsummary report that shows 12 monthly totals, but when I use GetSummary on the sum field (to paste to the chart) it only gets the first months total, how do you get Filemaker to read the next Subsummary part?

Anyone know how to change the IWP home page? Specifically, how do you find it to edit it? I would like to modify/replace/redirect it and need to know where to find it, and how to modify it. I could do it in FMPU 6, but can't find it in FMSA7. Thanks in advance.

Using IWP on FMSA 7 on a Mac Mini with 1.42 GHZ with FMSA 7, all updates installed, running on OS X 10.4.2. I made a "home" button on my IWP layout, which uses the script "Open URL". When I press the button, the script works, but it always opens a new browser window, but I don't want it to. I want to go to the URL in the SAME browser window. I have tested this on IE on XP and IE on Mac, both do the same. Anyone know how to do that? Is there a better way to have a hyperlink activated from a field? I could use the link to get to the home page, if I knew how to do it. Thank you in advance.

On the IWP home page, when clicking on a link to a published database, what password is it asking for? I'm getting to the IWP homepage, so its not IIS, I tried the admin login/password for the individual database. I tried my domain account, the local admin account, everything. What am I missing? Thanks!