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I am using a custom solution to find a set of records to edit. It returns onto a page with the FMP-Record tags. Editing the record works fine but I cannot get it to do a hidden tag to insert the current date in a date field in the file. my syntax is: <P><INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="APPROVALDATE" VALUE="[FMP-CurrentDate]">/p Does the currentdate replacement tag work for this? Thanks, Wayne

on our site, you do a find on the database which gives you alist of results. This is fine. Problem is that later on in the site I have a "back to search results" button which needs to do the obvious. What cdml tags do I need to use to do this. I am quite new to Filemaker so any help would be appreciated.

hi there. i have some solutions that need to be on the net. the problem is... no scripts work. how does one go about learning how to create pages to pull info from the database. i know html i just don't know where to start. do i use cdml or lasso? are there any books? this is just a vent i guess. for those of you that know how, i ask you were did you start? what should i have (books, programs) to get going? thank you for the ear Peter Bucciarelli

Hi, I been trying to do a complete customisation of the built in webcompanion and have changed quite a few things. But how do i get rid of the database name at the top of the page and the home & help buttons. Also after the user enters a record i want him to be redirected to a different page. Any ideas gratefully received, Thanks Neil.

When I try to do a search using Instant Web Publishing I get the following errors: 'this.nav.db.html' in null or not an object, 'none' is null or not an object, and 'range' is undefined. Any insights on what is going wrong would be appreciated. (this is not exclusive to a particular field)

is it posible to change a cells colour in a table with and if statment what i am trying to do is if a field is a certain values i want the cell to stand out as a different colour

I have set up a CDML page to send an email using the following code: code: [fmp-inlineaction: -db=security, -mailto={email}, [email protected], -mailsub=Knowledge Base Registration, -mailhost=mailhost.name.com, -mailformat=reg_thanks.txt, -recid={field:recordid}, -find] [/fmp-inlineaction] When I tested it using Filemaker 5.5 as the machine with the CDML, the databases and the browser, it all worked fine. However, our live environment is FileMaker Server 5.5, FileMaker Unlimited 5.0 which are on separate machines. Now the code doesn't work. Any ideas? BTW when testing was using Mac 9.0 and 'live' has OS X for the server and 9.0 for U…

I'm publishing a solution using the instant web publishing. The main table is a list of universities. I'd like to be able to give users a drop down list or something equivalent allowing them to easily navigate to the university they want. I've tried several solutions that seem reasonable in theory but none seem to work in practice. Does anybody have any ideas?

I am serving a FMP5.0v3 custom web publishing solution with Windows 2000 server. I did most of my testing using a PC running Win2000 and everything was working. When I tried it from home (Mac OS 10.1.1) the page just kept on loading and never worked. I thought it might be a OS X related issue. I asked a couple of my friends to try it from their PCs (running a variety of OS)and there didn't seem to be a problem.. But now I got a reply from a friend using Mac OS 9.1.2 and he says it's not working..... Any clue on what I can do to insure Mac compatibility ?

Hi, I want to serve, using web companion, a DB that is already served internally by FM Server. The DB is located on a different computer and has relations with other DBs also served by FM Server. What is the best way to do this to avoid confusion ? Thanks

help i am trying to make a form in cdml where a user can edit a bid price they have made for a country report. the bids are set prices from a repeating field in a related file so that depending on which country it is they get different choices at which to bid at eg brazil is priced 18k 15k 10k 5k where tunisia is priced 12 6 4 3 this works fine in filemaker i get the conditional list, brill but when i put this in to a cdml form: <form name="form1" method="post" action=""> <p>The country that you are currently bidding for is: [fmp-field: report country] : [fmp-field: Bid Placed]</p> <p> …

Is there any way of setting up web companion to let me take a PC with a filemaker database running on it, off the network and still view it using the Pc's IP address through the browser? (I know it sounds a bit weird but I need to show the web view of the database to a customer and there will be no network avalible) Please help Thanks Chris Brown

I have 2 simple conditions on a page, the first one : "[FMP-if:Field:Conditions code 2.eq.1] <p align="center"><b><font color="#FF0000">No third party allowed. You will have to contact the embassy directly.</font></b></p> [/FMP-if]" Works perfectly. But this one : "[FMP-if:Field:Conditions code 1.neq.9] <p align="center"><b><font color="#FF0000">You do not necessarily need a Visa, see the Requirements for more information.</font></b> [/FMP-if]" Completely refuses to work ! They are one after the other... I have tried to switch them around, same thing. I can't even figure out a way to…

Hey All, Is it possible to perform a find when submitting a form that is updating records so that the results page includes a found set of records? In other words, I have a site that when a record is updated, I want to have a summary of all records related to that one record returned, rather than having a results page returned and then having to have the user click a link to generate the summary page. If so, how would you go about it? Thanks.

ok... here's the situation: Want to set up an inventory page and have it interact with the inventory database. In the database is a number formatted field containing the current number of an item in stock. Wondered if/how you could change this number (simple adding or subtracting by one) from an html page. Want to have it so that when a person clicks on a link, it subtracts one item from the field. Thanks for any help!

Hello All, Another question... Anyone know how the guest limit (preset to 10) is counted? Is it 10 connections to one database file? Is it 10 total connections of database and actual access? When do these timers reset? The doc is really lacking on this? Is it 10 connections in the 12 hour period of time mentioned? Up until a few minutes ago, I've been able to access my site over the net without a problem. I've checked my IP address and reset it via the router. Both computers can access the internet but not the IP for the application. I tried changing the port number from 80 to 591 with no change in the result. I have also rebooted the host machine. I will now rebo…

I currently have a FileMaker 5.5 database that is being shared over CDML. It is a knowledge base and has six fields. What is the best way, or is it possible for a user to enter their email address somewhere and a email gets sent to them with all of the information in the current record they are on. Thanks

I'm trying to include a "Print" button on a page and don't want it to print itself. This can be normally be achieved using Java Script and using a frameset. But include CDML into the equation and this solution no longer works. My first priority is to achieve a non-printable button, but I would also be interested to establish whether framesets can be used in conjunction with CDML. Many thanks Mike

QUESTIONS: How do I require that a certain field be filled-in in cdml? MY SCENARIO: I have a form that they are filling in via the web. Each time Users make an entry into this db, I'd like for Users to specify *the intended recipient* of the entry by checking on one or more of the checkboxes alongside peoples' names. At least one check would satisfy me. The User may check all of the boxes - that'd be OK. I know about the FMPro button for Validation: Not Empty ... but how do I make that requirement stick when on the web? Geez, I hope someone can answer me (in a way that hopefully is not beyond my level.) - jenn

What do you guys think of the idea of adding scripts to the web security dbs to add/modify/remove users. These scripts would only be accessed from the Filemaker client - not the web. What about taking this a step further, and adding a group type that I use to determine what type of priveliges get put in when the record is added. I haven't been able to find anything that says this shouldn't be done.

Hi, I am using Instant publishing with my database, but I need to customize more the page. Is there any html editor or web design application especially compatible with FM pro 5.5? (... in addition to FM unlimited) Thanks in advance

I am setting up a simple searchable DB using Custom Web Publishing. I started from simple examples provided in the book "Database Publishing with FileMaker Pro". Somehow the pages are served but the [tags] are not replaced by the appropriate info, they appear as text on the page... What could be the problem ? I bet it's quite simple. I have done this before but it's a bit rusty... Thanks

Hey All, A quick question: Can an inline action do a sub-search and display the results in a seperate HTML file in its own frame? If so, how. My head hurts and the wall is only getting harder. Thanks.

Hi, I am testing instant web publishing, but it only works with the computers inside my office, not when I try with an external one. (It doesn't even show the main page) What could be the problem?

I have been migrating a FM 4 solution with a Lasso-based web interface to FM 5.5 using the Web Companion and CDML. Most everything is done, but when we started testing, we began seeing problems with Windows Internet Explorer clients. When trying to open ANY static or dynamic web page, graphic, etc from the Web folder, some Windows machines (both 98 and 2000) using Internet Explorer (various 5.5 and 6 versions) produce a "Bad Request" error stating that the server could not process the request due to a syntax problem. On the other hand, other Windows machines with similar setups work fine. Using Netscape or Opera on the machines with the "Bad Request" errors also works…

Hi: In out site, we want to allow the users to edit each FOUND record, each record is a page with multiple fields there. Now, if 4 records are found and I've shown the first found record page and then at the bottom, there should be an "Edit this record" button and "Next Record" button. I wonder how I can make "Next Record" actionable using CDML tags so as to go to the second found record page when clicking on it? Moreover, when people click on "Next Record" button but there is no more found records left, how can I distinguish this and show user a note sth like "All found records have been edited, thanks!" Thanks in advance! Catty

I have some standard DHTML rollovers inside the [FMP-linkprevious] tags - they work fine in IE5 but not in NS4 - The rollover functions are working fine because they work outside of the FMP tags. Does anyone know if you can trigger a function from within the FMP tags in netscape? Thanks in advance.

We have a series of databases all linking from one to another passing information every which way, and a master database that sums up the information in a very nice and neat way. The Master has 2 portals gathering information from two different databases. Now here's the problem. We want this stuff to be accessable to 350 people living in towns across the entire western side of our state. So many of the databases have websites set up to allow users to look at their files, sign up for workshops, that kind of stuff. But we would also like the Master database to be on the web, BUT we really need the information from the portals. We would like 2 areas that expand with each en…

I wanted to post some info that I hope would be helpful to those implementing an Instant Publishing Web Companion database. Expedience was the key driver. Elegance of database design was not. Functional and well designed web pages are absolutely necessary. That's where the extra effort went. So, please don't criticize any implementation details. They worked for me. Lessons learned: Keep in simple. Keep number of pages to a minimum. Be willing to change the flow and rework the way you implement once you begin to understand what's going on. Some of you initial conceptions and design considerations may likely change. Use a readable font. My database will be hosted on a M…

Just downloaded Netscape 6 for Mac. Tested my web site and found that Netscape 6 does not display "dynamic list pop up menu".It displays a pop up menu with no list. Tested the same thing with IE and Netscape 4.x and it works perfectly. Does any one have observed the same thing?

Hi, I was trying for a good part of my day to figure out why my pages weren't working after I put in a refresh page to send an email out. I swore I had it set up right, but nothing worked. Well in the end I thought I would try my page through Internet Explorer.... and ahh!! My Question is can this Meta refresh work in IE and Netscape or others? If so how would it be done? Thanks in advance.

Hello & Help! I am writing a password login page. The login page enters the username and passwords into tokens 1 and 2 and sends the data to a null database (no records using -view action). The response page has an inline action that finds the username and password. In the inline action I want to set a cookie if the CurrentFoundCount.eq.1... [FMP-InlineAction:-db=users,-Token.1=username,-Token.2=password,-find] [FMP-If:CurrentFoundCount.eq.1] [FMP-SetCookie:cookiename=field:userid] [/FMP-if] [/FMP-InlineAction] The problem is it is not setting the cookie. If I insert a [FMP-field:userid] tag between the InlineAction tags I get the userid displayed on…

I have a simple table export that works just great if I could prevent FMP from changing characters... The table is generated via. FMP (4.03/Mac OS 8.6) and exported using FMP export table html function. My script can generate dozens of tables and within each table we can have 1 to 20 entries or more. The mailto: field is calculated and linked to the record number so each mailto:... is unique. This field is intended to be an active and unique e-mail link. All HTML code needed is stored in the field definition of the file structure. However, when the file is generated and exported (Export HTML Table), FMP makes changes to the basic format and character set. That is…

I am trying to create a web page that will create a new record in my FMP 4 database. In my Filemaker db there is 4 fields were information is critical 1. New part number -which has an automated serial number, and the user doesn't enter any info in. 2. Description field - User needs to enter from the web page 3. Originator Name - User enters from web 4. Comments - User enters from web The page I have made is a new Record page which has fields 2,3,4 but not 1(Part Number) because it's auto mated The thing I can't figure out is how to make a results page that will show the New Part Number issued aswell as the rest of it (which I have no problems with)

I think that is in FM 5.5

Does anyone know how to get a browser to disconnect after x minutes. I am trying to create an online examination test using FileMaker. What I need is to give the user x-minutes to complete the test. Once the x-minutes have been reached they either get logged out or re-directed to a results page. Thanks in advance Richard

Ok, I've looked everywhere and can't find the answer to the following: How do I view a database in my web browser which is being hosted on a (Windows) Filemaker Pro Server (v5)? Is it possible, and if not, how should one be going about it? Can someone point me in the right direction please.

Hi: In my FileMaker Pro 5.5 database, I have a Date field named "A" and a calculation Field named "B" which is calculated by (int)((Today - A)/7). Now I'm generating a data entry form, the user shall type in a Date in "A", then I'll return a page with the calculated result in "B" field, how can I do it using CDML? Thanks in advance! Catty

I am having a problem with web based Custom sorts with CDML code: ....&-sortfield=parma&-sortorder=custom=parmalist.... It works fine in FMP4.0 but not in 5.0? Is there a known FMP 5.0 problem? I am sure it couldn't be me...... Thanks, Maxcy Dickson

Help! I'm running the latest version of Mac OSX server 10.1 and Filemaker Pro 5.5. When I go to enable web companion I get the message that port 80 is in use (it is indeed, I'm using it for my Intranet) and to pick a new port number. I pick port 591 as suggested in the Filemaker Pro help docs. Unfortuantely I get an error message that states; "The Web companion canot share files over the Web because it does not have enough memory or TCP/IP networking could not be started. (-1)" TCP/IP is started (I have access to my Intranet on the same box" I'm stumped, any help would be appreciated...thanks..dl

Thanks Cyber, The PC link worked. However, the Mac link did not since FMPro no longer supports it. Since I use a Mac, can anyone else give some suggestions?

I've looked in vain for anyone else experiencing this problem, and i'm getting pretty steamed up about it. the FM support line only support instant web publishing. great support. now before i go mad and call an account manager at FM, has ANYONE when upgrading to FM5 (unlimited) found that their lovingly created CDML-based web solution is suddenly about *10* times slower. We're still trying to pinpoint the problem, but it does seem to be just very slow at processing CDML. we took out the FMP-IFs and this reduced a 30 second request to a 4 second request.

I want to do this and I would like to know if it's possible. I want to force to the all clients to daccess to my databases throught the IIS (with web server connector) using SSL and they haven't any posibility to access directly from the browser to the database's server. I haven't any firewall. 192.168.0.100 ---------- | IIS 5 + | |Web Server| |Connector | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | ---------- ------- | Databases| | | |FMPro 5.0 | …

Thank you all very much for your VERY timely responses that have been most helpful! I had looked in help with "error codes" but did not try help for the status(currenterror). THANKS Again! Howard Hello All! Anyone know what error code 102 is? I am trying to enter some data remotely over the internet and i get this error message about not having access to edit. I did access the tech info base and found article 106794. Only thing, was that I could not access it. Many thanks, PigDog (aka Howard) [email protected] [ November 25, 2001: Message edited by: PigDog ] [ November 25, 2001: Message edited by: PigDog ]

I am a real novice yet willing to learn. Mac is the host at work for fm. PC is the guest from home, When I type in the ip address it reads files ready to share with "My companies name" when I call work to have them open a particualar file and then I type in the ip address i get page opened with errors and nothing else! I am really frustrated. I feel there must be a simple solution, read everything 3x plus, but still must be missing the answer as to why this is!! Please help!! Lisa

Hi everyone. I'd be grateful if you could help me! I'm using an iMac G3 on MacOS 9.1 with WebStar Server Suite 4.4, Lasso 3.6.6.2 and FileMaker Pro 5.5 to host my web site. This web site works great when viewing the pages on another Mac through Internet Explorer 5. But I have a problem when I try viewing the web site on Windows 98 and Explorer 5 (using Virtual PC emulator - which is just the same as the real thing only slower). My website works like this: After the user has successfully logged in with the correct username and password, I set a cookie in the user's browser using the following code: code: [Variable_Set:'Client_IP'=Client_IP] [Cookie_S…

Hi - I want my index.html page to automatically call a second page when it is loaded. The second page generates a visitor id and sets a cookie. The index.html page does not have any CDML tags. I have been able to do it by putting the URL in a "PreLoad Image" behavior in Dreamweaver. There must be a more elegant way though. An "open a new browser window" script will also work but it is annoying because it pops up every time the user hits my index.html page. Essentially, I need an onLoad java script that will send info to FileMaker Pro but not display the format file. Hope this makes sense. Can anyone help? Daveman

I think this is know problem with NN and Instant publishing. From memory choose the plain instant publishing theme, the one that does not need CSS.

i have built a picture database that shows a thumbnail as part of each record. i would like the user to be able to download the full rez picture by simple clicking a button on the form view. The database is built, I just don't know how to make the button download the file. Is this possible? thanks.

I'm wanting to generate CDML on the fly and then study the reference manual in depth at a later time. Does anyone know where I can get a download Homepage 3.0 since it's no longer available? I understand that this is the only thing out there that generates CDML in an editor. I use Dreamweaver but there is really nothing out there except MacTherapy's CDML tags for Dreamweaver.

Hi everyone. I'd be grateful if you could help me! I'm using an iMac G3 on MacOS 9.1 with WebStar Server Suite 4.4, Lasso 3.6.6.2 and FileMaker Pro 5.5 to host my web site. This web site works great when viewing the pages on another Mac through Internet Explorer 5. But I have a problem when I try viewing the web site on Windows 98 and Explorer 5 (using Virtual PC emulator - which is just the same as the real thing only slower). My website works like this: After the user has successfully logged in with the correct username and password, I set a cookie in the user's browser using the following code: code: [Variable_Set:'Client_IP'=Client_IP] [Cookie_S…

I have an html page of fields and their values and also a portal. The portal is displaying its portals properly, but after an update has been made, the portal will not update correctly. Instead of updating the record within the portal with the changes, it goes and create a completely new record in the portal with the changes. If anybody has any clues/tips/hints, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi again ya'll, I have a form for persons to sign up as members. One of the fields is Gender, which on the form is represented as radio buttons (i.e. Male, Female). The person signing up just selects which gender they are, fill out the rest of the form and submit it (which creates a new record in the filemaker database. Now here's the problem. I have a link whereby a member can edit their record. When they click on the link it brings up the edit form which displays their information so they can edit it. I want to show the gender radio buttons again, but I want it to already have their gender selected. How do I get it to show which one is selected? Hope this makes sense.…

Interesting bug exist in Web Companion Unlimited 5 5.0v6 8/3/2000 on W2000 code: Syntax example(s) Returns the current date using an HTML file Current date is: [FMP-CurrentDate] <!-- After processing it could look like: Current date is: 3/3/98 --> With our settings the date used is in format 18.11.2001 In some forms I am using the [FMP-CurrentDate] as auto entry of posted date. Works OK 3 years. We are currently analyzing the W2000 compatibility. The code is the same as is running on NT4 server. Forms using [FMP-CurrentDate] inserted into date field cannot be used because of errors. Problem is simple but it is hard…

I'm pulling my hair out over this...reasonably sure I'm doing something stupid... Have a simple order entry setup, three databases. One parent with the address info, one item entry database for the order items which looks up another child with the item description. The order item info is displayed in a portal on the parent. This works great in FM, but when I try it out in a web browser, I can't enter data in the portal! If I do the entry in FM, it displays properly in the browser, I just can't enter via the browser. I'm lost, and I'm hoping it's a simple, stupid thing that someone will recognize quickly. Thanks, Daryl

Has anybody had problems with FM-Remote with Mac OS 9.1 and above? I have been running it with 9.04 with no problems - I've just upgraded my servers (which will not accept earlier than 9.1) and FM-Remote now decides not to see any of the hosts! (fresh install and just copy of WebSTAR folder etc from old computer) I've tried everything (that I know) - WSC works fine - it will see the databases on the specified host(s) - FM-Remote won't see WSC either (this would be my preferred setup) Databases appear in the "hosts" list when viewed from another FMPro client. ive tried it with every possible config of WebSTAR and Lasso (4.2, 4.3 4.4, Lasso 3.6.5, Lasso 3.6.6, Lasso 3.…

I would like to be able to experiment with CDML and see the results immediately in a web browser on the same machine, but I can't seem to get FileMaker 4.0 to do this on my Mac. Even though I have the web companion plug-in enabled, when I try to open web pages marked up with CDML, it doesn't serve the data. Any tips on making this work? Thanks.

List of Know Problems With FMP 5.0v3 & Web Companion5.0v6? Does anyone know of a list of, or documentation on Know Problems With FMP 5.0v3 & Web Companion5.0v6? Your assistance would be greatly appreciate. Thanks, Maxcy Dickson (Wayne, PA, USA)

Hi, everyone: I'm a newcomer for FileMaker, I am now using FileMaker Pro 5.5. I want to use "Custom Web Publishing", but I just have a WEB folder and can't find WEB TOOLs folder, not even to say "CDML TOOL in WEB TOOLS folder". I think I have installed FileMaker Pro 5.5 completely, but why? Moreover, do you think it is necessary to buy HOME PAGE 3.0 so as to simplify the HTML coding? How much is it? Looking forward to hearing from you! Catty

So I built this ecommerce site in CDML and know I need to redo the thing in LDML- I have good bit of the manuals but is there any refernce for converting the CDML to LDML, cause I have a lot of junk that I would prefer to just change for lasso not rebuild the whole thing. Thanks

I am relatively new to the world of FileMaker. I am trying to created a database which can be used in a web environment. I have managed to get this element working. My problem is that the buttons I have created using FileMaker do not function at all in the web environment, but work fine in Filemaker itself. The buttons are to take the user to a different layout within the same database. PLEASE PLEASE HELP Thanks, Michael (ravenswood) [We don't allow duplicate posts, please answer in the "Using FileMaker Online" forum. I'm closing this thread. -bd] [ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: LiveOak ]

i installed filemaker pro 5.5 in server using operating system nt 4. i do share file filemaker to user. users use filemaker pro 5.0 and they open through application. sometimes it's happening when i try to open through web browser..it's not working... when it didn't work, i tried to change port number 13920 but error message said that the file can't share through web companion because of network error. and then i close all file and aplication in server and open it again it's working......and tomorrow that problem's happening again. anybody know..how to solve it ? thanks very much

I've developed a database and in the process of publishing it on the web using Web Publishing. However, while the radio buttons look fine in FileMaker Pro 5.5, when it is display in IE 5.0 the items in my radio buttons are not lining up correctly. Any suggestions?

have been testing this out with 5.5 but does anyone know if filemaker plan full script support when they are published online, as i have tried to publish a large solution with the instant publisher it looks great but none of my scripts run as the publisher only supports about three lines of scripts.. is there anything out there that will work with or like instant publisher to run all my scripts in a browser in the same way they run in filemaker [ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: thewalker ]

I keep coming up against the same problem and cannot find any answers in the forum ... yet. Suppose I have a CDML page which is using data from file A. Inside the page I run an inlineaction pointing at fileB. What i want to do is take different actions to fileA based on the search results in fileB, thus: blah fileA blah [fmp-inlineaction: -db=fileB, -recID=5, -find] [fmp-if: <test condition like currentfoundcount.eq.0>] do something to file A eg edit currentrecid [fmp-else] do something else to file A eg edit another record [/fmp-if] [/fmp-inlineaction] The problem I have is that the currentrecID inside the inlineaction tag refers to the current …

Hi, I'm running File Maker Pro 5.5 on a MAc OS X server. The template I'm using is "Lavender" which utilizes Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Perhaps someone here can help me with a problem. When I try to edit records online via an internet connection by clicking the "Edit Record" link, it takes me to a page where i'm supposedly able to edit the fields, click "submit" and then have the record updated. Unfortunately, it does take me to a page with a link "Submit" BUT I can't "click" any of the fields to edit anything (there is no cursor). I can't change anything. However, on one of my forms, there are "check boxes". After I have found a record I want to edit, instead of…

I am running FM 5 backed custom web site with CDML. On one page that I have, I have it auto-sort by last names. Users can click on the last name to see a detailed information on that person. How would I give the users a capability to sort alphabetically with first name as well as last name?

I am running FM 5 using CDML and web companion. I have users log on using the Web Security feature that is built in Filemaker. I would like to add a 'log out' button to make sure that noone has an access to the database unless they log on again. So far, I have not been able to find the answer on this. I am thinking that I sure write a script to close all Internet Explorer sessions. I would really appreciate your thoughts on this.

Hi All, I need some urgent help regarding FMPro v4.1v3 on Mac OS 9.1 using Web Companion. We have 33 open databases (with several related fields) and we're trying to pull data back to web clients form one particular database (which is identical to 29 other databases in structure), which has over 775 fields of data, most of which are summary fields (i.e. we want to do on-line "statistics" of user-entered data). The requests take 2-3 minutes, and often fail with error -50. Has ANYONE b…

my database when accessed through a browser will not accept the UK style of date dd/mm/yyyy . my regional settings etc.. are ok this is with ie5.5 pc / ie5 mac using fm app it's ok on the browser you have to use the usa entry mm/dd/yyyy but after accepting this it will insert the correct format into the database as dd/mm/yyyy , why will it not take this format as an entry?: this is puzzling me

Hello, I've been experiencing an interesting issue with files named "index.htm" or "index.html" and the Web Companion. When working with 99% of pages using CDML being hosted by the Web Companion, edits can be made at any time with no trouble. However, if a page is named "index.htm" or "index.html" - it's usually able to be edited for a couple of hours since the Web Companion started. After that time (and it's indefinite) it's locked by the Web Companion. Has anyone noticed the same issue? I'm curious to know if this is a bug or a feature.

If you have a good Mac, you can have a pretty heavy user base and still get by without server software. We have several G3 and G4 Macs here running FMP Unlimited and FMP 4.0 without any special server software (not quite an RAIC because they each work independently). Several of these systems get hit nearly 7,000 times a day, with 98% of the hits coming in between the hours of 7:30am and 5:30pm, (about 700/hour) without problems. Thanks!

My CDML portals are empty, though my FMPro portals are not. I've triple-checked the file names, field names, relationship names, etc. Simple Replacement Fields work, but portals do not. Am I missing something obvious? I know the answer to this was probably posted six months ago, and a good developer researches the forums, etc. I did search this forum for references to portals, and did not find anything that made me see the light. I'd appreciate any help! I have only 2 pages: default.htm contains only a button. The CDML tags are: form action="fmpro" method="post" input type="hidden" name="-db" value="ADMIN Athletics" input type="hidden" name="-format" v…

Help! I am introducing the datbase to teachers as a way to create report cards. However, when you click on the submit button (created by Instant web Publisking....an error occurs it states....repeating related fields not supported Repetitions in related fields are not sopprted by the web companion

Hello- I am currently demoing filemaker in order to eventually purchase it and I would like to know is it possible to set up different access levels with the Web Companion? As far as I can tell there is never a prompt for a password with the web companion. Please help and thank you for your timed.

Hello I have a database that is published online with cdml. I would like to have the ability for the user to click a link (created by the text in a field) that downloads a local file. For example... To download a pdf document in html I would make a url- http://addresstoserver/file.pdf How can I insert this information into a FM field, such that when cdml renders the page I have an active link? I tried entering this <a href="http://addresstoserver/file.pdf">download pdf</a> as my text in a field and tried the different text display modes [FMP-Field:Fieldname,raw] [FMP-Field:Fieldname,url] [FMP-Field:Fieldname,html] [FMP-Field:Fieldname,blank] …

The 'login' error is usually generated by the browser because it is a part of the http interchange. The WebCompanion (web-server) talks with the browser looking for an http authentication, hence CDML has not been used at this stage and the error cannot be captured. Hope this helps. Garry

When I access the FileMaker Technical Info Database and I save the source page on my disk I can access it locally by using the following link "file:///Macintosh/Desktop%20Folder/techinfo.htmlnk"(the file is on my desktop). It works great. No need to use the "http://" URL. When I try to do the same thing using a my local HTML file accessing my own database hosted locally I get an error message "Format File Not Found..." When I use the file via an "http://" URL it works no problem I have looked at the HTML code of the FMP TID file and modified the "Form" tag of my file accordingly. Any idea why it does not work. I use FMP5 and Web Companion. Thanks [ October 31, 20…

I'd like to use the good old FM WebServerConnector with WebStar V under Mac OS X. Since there is only a version 1.0 of FMWSC, I'm wondering if it works or needs an update ;-) Regards, steve

I've had a look around and I can't find the answer to this little poser, so here goes: Is it possible to include the contents of a cookie in an inline command? If so, how!?! I think the problem revolves around the syntax I am using, thus: [fmp-inlineaction: -db=blah, fieldA={currentcookie:cookieA}, -recid=5, -edit] Also I am trying to include a cookie value inside a -mailformat text file with no luck. all help gratefully received. Graeme

Forgive me if you have received a similar post... I have set up a few filemaker databases on Win 2000 and are serving them with the web companion plug in at 216.216.217.117 (you can enter the guest database using: username: Guest and Password: password). I am trying to figure out how a record can be emailed directly from the web page to a customer? Can this be accomplished using only the web companion and a script or CDML? If so could someone point me in the right direction? Thank you for your time. Corey Jackson [email protected]

Ok everything is going smoothly so far.. However, I ran into some problems. Here is my contact page form. <FORM ACTION="FMPro" METHOD="post"> <input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="contactsUs.fp5"> <input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="thankyou.htm"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-LAY" VALUE="Main"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Error" VALUE="error.htm"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-MailTo" VALUE="[email protected]"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-MailSub" VALUE="Test"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-MailHost" VALUE="mysmtp.com"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-MailFormat" VALU…

I have form with this code: <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="-Edit" VALUE="Submit"> and the 5 mail tags plus the necessary text file and it sends a mail just fine. BUT I also have a form with this code: <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="-New" VALUE="Submit"> for the submit button, and the same mail tags (with a different text file specified) and it does not send mail. Does using " -new" mess up the use of mail tags??

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How can I format the output of an email form? Everything works fine except that when I receive a message I shows up like this. Subject: Contact Us Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:11:01 -0400 From: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] -DB=contactsUs.fp5 -Lay=Main -Format=index.htm -Error=error.htm name=joseph email=cisner subject=test type=Information message=this is the message I want to parse the text so it shows up like this get rid off all the junk at the beggining then Name: Joseph Email: [email protected] Subject: Test Type: information Message: this is the message any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced. T…

Is there any way to eliminate the equals sign from an email form.. Maybe I am doing something wrong but everytime I get an form email It comes out like this <FORM ACTION="mailto:[email protected]?SUBJECT=Contact Us" METHOD="post" NAME="MAILFORM" ENCTYPE="TEXT/PLAIN" ONSUBMIT="Validate()"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-DB" VALUE="contactsUs.fp5"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Lay" VALUE="Main"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Format" VALUE="index.htm"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Error" VALUE="error.htm"> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> <!-- function Validate() { return true; …

Can anyone help? I'm trying to set a cookie to be the value of the FMP-Link as follows: [fmp-setcookie: temp= {fmp-link} ]urley brackets. Anyone got any ideas?? Thanks in advance Graeme

Hey People, Geez I got a real humdinger here. Here's the problem. I have a filemaker enabled site I'm building. Now when users login they are assigned a code. This code is stored as a cookie. Now in the members database, another code is inserted in their record (this code is essentially the same as the cookie code but with some additional characters). N.B. For reasons too complicated to get into here the two codes can not be the same. Okay, I have a link that the users can click on to edit their record. The link essentially performs a find using the data in the cookie to locate the user's record and display it in an edit form so they can make changes. This is where th…

Anyone know of a good reference for this??? Since I completed it in CDML and the server I just put it on is running lasso so I need to convert everthing, sugjestion on where to look and so forth, books etc. Thanks

Does anyone know if there is a way to add "custom" email headers to the -mail tag. For example I'd like message to send with a "Charset=utf-7" rather than the typical "Charset=iso-8859-1" -A

Hello People, How does one go about creating a custom login system using lasso as opposed to using the web security database? Are they tags and so on that one can use? And what are they? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Using Portals on the web is pretty tricky. And how they work depends on which version of FMP you are using. To get what you want, try developing custom HTML pages instead of using Instant Web Publishing. If you are using FMP4.0, go the the FileMaker.com website, and under Support look for articles #104644 and #104782. If you are using FMP 5.0 look for articles #106549 and #107206. And read the FileMaker Pro user and developer guides. Good Luck!

Hi, hopefully someone can help me here! I need to store the value of [fmp-link] somewhere, so it can be reused later. For example I want to do the following: -SEARCH SCREEN Let the user specify search criteria. Perform the search. -SEARCH RESULTS Display a summary list of returned records. Let the use click on a record id to edit the details -UPDATE SCREEN Let them update the details. -back to the SEARCH RESULTS And finally, (the part I can't work out how to do) - Perform the original search again to show the updated results. Is it possible to store [fmp-link] into a cookie? Thanks for any help on this one - I'm getting more bald all the time. Na…

For some reason when I moved my website from 4.1 to 5.5 osx I lost 2 cookies on a page. They are both using web companion! Is this a bug? or has something changed?

Hi all, I have set a cookie in a form and assigned a value to it. However, I want to later assign a the value stored in the cookie to a field in order to perform a find. But when I put the cookie in the link it doesn't work. I put it like this: -snip-&interaction=[FMP-Cookie: usercode]&-snip- When I click on the link I get the no records found error. If I then go to the filemaker database and select modify last find it pastes [FMP-Cookie: usercode] in the field instead of the value of the cookie. Can someone help me out here? Thanks in advance.

I have read dozens of posts pertaining to [FMP-InlineAction] and I still am fuzzy on how it works. Examples make it real. Would any of you experienced folks have a minute to post how [FMP-InlineAction] has solved a problem for you or situations where you should turn to it for a solution? I'm sure others would be interested too. I want that lightbulb over my head to light up!! Thanks!

I am in the process of creating a web-based database running on FM server 5.5 on a Mac (if that makes a difference). Guest users will be allowed to search through the database (having registered a username/password programmatically). My question is this: does anyone know a good way to log what searches they perform in a separate database so that i can see which queries are most popular - so that for instance I could hardcode those searches for a 'quick search' page. Thanks in advance. Graeme

I have a page that displays the results of a search by last name. Later in the page I want to show a list of people that are age 10 but do not have the last name that was searched. Bizarre, i know, but thats what i want. So basically my question is, in an FMP-If, within a FMP-InlineAction, how can I compare to a field in the main page. I tried. [FMP-If: field:last.neq.{field:last}] but that doesn't work? does this question make any sense?

I'm developing a web based solution that requires to publish data at certain intervals from my filemaker database. I with the refresh tag but the hole page contains 6 databases related to a master database that display the hole information. It looks as a portal with news, quotes, reports, and a ticker that display some online quotes. My problem is that I want to display this online quotes in real time, avoiding the user to refresh the hole page . One solution is to make a frame for the ticker, but if I have more than 100 users for example online that means for this purpose they will perform 100 request per minute and as all of you know Filemaker isn't multithreaded. So t…

As FileMaker is not very generous in providing us with documentation about the new CDML-tags in FM5 I am not sure on how to use the InlineAction tag. I thought that the tag was used to call a action upon a database within a html-page without having to go to a response page. I'm not able to implement it in this way. Can someone please give me some documentation with examples of this tag? ------------------