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Hi Lasso people... I have a problem with my cookies and I was wondering if anyone could help me out. When I was using CDML, I had the following code: code: [FMP-SetCookie: DCLoginCookie=DC{FMP-field: UserID}{ClientIP}] But now with LDML, I'm a bit confused because it's not working! I know the following LDML works: code: [Cookie_Set: 'DCLoginCookie' = (Field: 'UserID')] But that misses out my "DC" and my "Client_IP" in the cookie value. I've tried code: [Cookie_Set: 'DCLoginCookie' = DC(Field: 'UserID')(Client_IP)] But that brings up an error: quote: Expected: PARAMS_START but got: "(". The openin…

Using Web Companion in FMP 5.5, I have been unable to search on a calculated field (we can't enter anything in the search field). Is it possible?

I'm trying to format my format page to only display 4 decimal places from a calculation field. Within FMP, I can format the fields to display only 4 decimal places but the formatting doesn't transfer to the web. I was wondering if anyone can help me out. Thanks in advance.

Can anyone answer me this? A few weeks back I upgraded my filemaker pro from 5.0 to FM 5.5. I was told this would fix some problems. Now I have a worse problem then I did before. I am using WebComapion to access some of my databases over the web. This all worked fine till I upgraded. Now if you try to search it either brings you back to the same record or it does nothing at all. How can I fix this? I have tried to go back to the older version but now it keeps crashing. Please help me resolve this before I am stoned by bunch of angry users. RET

Hi, I'm using a lasso/filemaker solution. The login page takes the data and searches in a Db called "WebUsers". To set the value so that I can carry it forward, in the Home Page, I'm setting both "FMP-ClientUserName" and "-Username" (for Lasso) to the login name. The values show on the page as the values setting the above fields named above. However, from this page, any link with either FMP-ClientUserName or Lasso's Client_Username doesn't show any values?: The links I've used are:- action.lasso?-db=wListEst&-lay=All&-format=search_tvcs.htm&Dept_TVC_Press_wLE=TVC&TVC_Press=TVC&ID_WebUser_T_wLE=[Client_UserName]&-new an…

Hi, I am a student at the University of Kansas. I am putting a database online and am trying to customise the search interface? Does anyone know how to customise the search interface? Right now, FMP 5 give me default search interface that includes all the fields in the database. I would like to limit that. So far, I can only change the layout of the data after you performed the search. Thanks for the help.

Hi, I've got a set of pages in CDML that I suddenly had to convert to LDML. Thanks to this forum, I've got a lot of my problems sorted out. Now I've got hit by one that's really strange. I've got a results pages (showing results of a search) that displays data from the file being searched, as well as a related file. This works just fine in the CDML page, but on the Lasso page it gives an error as shown below, though there is no mention of not using related fields in the Lasso 3.6 manual !?! ________ Message:

Does anyobody has an approximate in the development time with CDML compared with XML? I mean, how much time can i save if development is done using CDML rather than XML? Any factors to consider? What are the advantages of using CDML or XML? Thanks.

First make sure you have Filemaker Pro running, and the database open in which you want the form to send data to. You should also put your .html document inside the 'Web" folder within Filemaker Pro's Folder. There should also be some hidden fields that tell the filemaker application, which database to send this information to. Here is some sample code: <form method="POST" action="FMPro"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-db" VALUE="dbase_name.fp5"><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="results.htm"><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-lay" VALUE="layout_name"><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-error" VALUE="error_page.htm">

There was a suggestion made in this thread http://www.fmforums.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=21&t=000050 to store the username in a token after logging in, so that the user does not have to re-enter the username constantly. I am wondering, whether that is a good solution or not? If somebody had a look at the Form that is being submitted on login, he would pretty easily see what is being done (username stored in token). Couldn't he then get around the whole security by simply entering a -token=someUsername into the URL at the top? Then he could continue working with the username ha just entered without having to go through the login procedure. …

quote: Originally posted by Arin: I've got a Belkin with a USB connector that came with Mac software for scheduled shutdowns, it works great! (*actually I think I may have had to D/L the Mac software from Belkin, but either way they provided it, and it works ) Apparently "Belkin in the UK" do not provide a UPS with a USB interface for the Mac. All they provide is the serial version for which there is no Mac software for scheduled shutdowns. I thought of getting a USB to Serial cable but will the software still work properly? I think the Voltage Amperes (VA) is different for the serial RS-232 UPS (625VA) and the USB UPS (650VA). I would be grateful if …

hi, i have a search results page which is working just fine. The problem is that I'm trying to provide a link for each retrieved record. This link would provide more in depth information. However, when I test the link, I only get the first portion of the page, but none of the field will show. Here's my code for the link. Maybe I'm missing something... [FMP-RECORD] <b>[FMP-FIELD: Category]</b><BR> [FMP-PORTAL: event] <a href="[FMP-LinkRecID: format=detail.htm]">[FMP-FIELD: event: ate]</a>--[FMP-FIELD: event::Course]--[FMP-FIELD: event::Location]<BR> [/FMP-PORTAL]<BR> [/FMP-RECORD]

Just when I thought my superiors where happy with the one DB solution, they task me with another... To make this as simple as possible all I have are three fields and I what I am trying to do is collect data from an html form. The fields are firstname, lastname, and phone. Here is what the following form looks like and I am sure that I am missing a few things: <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>test</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FORM ACTION="form.fp5" ENCTYPE="x-www-form-urlencoded" METHOD="POST"> <P>First Name:<INPUT NAME="firstname" TYPE="text" SIZE="25"></P> <P>Last Name: <INPUT NAME="lastname" TYPE="t…

Hi Lasso experts... and everyone else! I've been converting all my CDML to LDML using BBEdit's Lasso Tag Converter and the LDML 3.6.6 Reference DB. But - unsurprisingly - I am having some problems! I'd be grateful if anyone could help me out. quote: John May - Point In Space said: If you're running Filemaker and Lasso Web Server on the same machine you're accessing it from, it's going to be slow because everything's in the background. I'm using a single computer network using appletalk and I'm finding it extremely slow. It takes nearly 10-15 seconds for pages to appear. How would I create a network so that I can use two computers next to each…

Is anyone using Lasso with WebTen (MacOS 8-9), or iTools (OS X Server)?

hello I'm doing a registration form so people can sign up for events and so on. This should be done in Filemaker Pro 5. But it seems like I can't convert the register to html, its just a simple register that I want to convert, so I can fill out the form and then press a button and it makes a new post. I've been reading the manual, but it only throws me between the pages and I cant get a real answer from it. Does anyone know how to deal with this problem?

Is there any way to log where a person came from to your site? E.g. I have a counter database which logs the IP, Date, Time and the browser they used, is there any way to get filemaker to also log how they got to the site? (Ie which site they came from). I'm using an Extreme tracker, but the FM database is logging _loads_ more hits than the tracker is, and frankly I'm more inclined to go with my Filemaker counter. I only really use the Extreme tracker to see where ppl are comin from I'm assuming it would take some sort of Javascript to do so... Any ideas? TIA

Hi, I've had to suddenly switch to Lasso. Fortunately, most of the changes are easy (just ran a find & replace for FMPro to action.lasso, & removed all .fp5 tags) However, whenever I create a new record in some databases, I need to know who the user is. With CDML, I was just using FieldName=FMP-ClientUserName. Now I have to use Lasso security. How do I extract the Username, so that I can utilize it while creating records ? Also, are there any specific pitfalls I shud watch out for ? TIA, Partha

I have a search page with a drop down menu to search for locations. Right now I'm using another drop-down with search operators (equals, begins with, etc.). But I'd rather the user not have to worry with this. I don't want a drop down for this at all, but rather have it default to the equals operator. I've tried using a hidden field or just getting rid of the operator drop down altogether, but then I get an error message because CDML defaults to searching with "begins with". Thanks in advance!

How much actual rewriting of code is involved in switching from FM 5 CDML using Unlim and the WSC on OS X Server 1.2 (Apache) to Lasso Lite for OS X ?

Hi. I'm currently using FMPro 5 Unlimited and Web Companion. But I want to serve SSL secure web pages. Is it possible to do this by using Lasso and WebStar? Also, if I'm using Lasso then do I have to have Web Companion activated? Do they communicate with each other? I'm going to use an iMac as my server. Can you recommend any firewalls (software/hardware)? Thanks for all your ideas and help!

I have a page that loads data from several databases. It uses InlineAction tags to do this. Now, on the same page, I have fields that can be edited. The fields are from several databases. How can I edit multiple databases with one submit? I am aware their might be a way to do it using InlineAction tags, however I have no clue what the syntax would be. Could someone please help me??? Thanks!! C

Hello Is it possible to create a search criteria to extract the highest value in a field/fields. To be able to search the most recent records in our database, I have created a field that contains Year number:Week number. This way I can find records created a certain week any year, wether we created one record or any number that week. But how do I create a link that dynamically finds the highest number? (This week s "number" 2001:30). And preferably how do I find last weeks records too with another link? TIA -Anders

Hi everyone, If this one is in the FM forum database, please forgive me. I searched it, but couldn't find it. I made a simple search engine with FM4.1 on client

I'm using Filemaker Pro Access Privileges. The Web Security Database is lame and doesn't work with what I need. Instant Web Publishing is enabled. I have all my groups and layouts and passwords set up. But, when the users click on the database, it never asks them for a password, so all my gorups and passes and layouts are useless! Do any of you guys have any idea about what I'm doing wrong?

I am using a series of FMP-IF statements to display my records on my website. One of the FMP statements is comparing the date of two FMP-fields with eachother and displays the one that is most recent. Well, that's what it is supposed to do, anyway. However, there seem to be some problems with that. The IF-statement I use is this: [FMP-IF: Field:responses::ResponseDate .gt. Field:mm_stats::PostDate] some action [FMP-ELSE] some other action [/FMP-IF] In the example I am having difficulties with, the ResponseDate is 1/8/2001 and the PostDate is 28/7/2001. If I am not mistaken, the IF statement should be true and therefore the first action should ta…

Hi, I have created a search database in FM protected by the web security database. The web security prompt currently pops up when the "SEARCH" button has been clicked. I was wondering how I can change this so that the prompt pops up upon loading of the search.html page, and not when the "SEARCH" button has been pressed. Thanks in advance for any advice. Andrew

Hello, I'm running mac os x , apache and trying to use Filemaker's Web companion tool to publish my databases online.I tried to change web companion's port number to 591 ( instead of 80 ) but It keeps giving me the same error "The web companion connot share files over the web because it does not have enough memory or TCP/IP networking could not be started." I don't think the problem is with memory and my TCP/IP connection is always on ( i use an ethernet connection ). Please let me know how i can get rid of this problem ? Could it be becuase of Apache ? Thanks, BBGOL

I have just upgraded to FM 5 from 4 using custom web pages and my IF ELSE statements are working and I can't seem to find the problem. I check a field to see if it contains a specific text value and if so I present the user with a defined URL to a different area. my code is as follows; <td align=LEFT valign=TOP width="41%"><font size="-1"> [FMP-If: field: idmFileExt .eq CT]<a href="ftp://*.*.*.*/archive/images/[FMP-field: idmFileName]">Download Image</a> [FMP-Else]<a href="ftp://*.*.*.*/archive/[FMP-Field: idmJobNo]">View Job Bag</a>[/FMP-If] </font></td> The reuslt on screen is a blank entry in the Table. What have I…

Hi, I have two databases. One current inventory and one removed inventory. If I remove a product, I want to be able to enter the quantity, but I don't want users to be able to enter a quantity that is greater than the current quantity in stock. So ... how do I check my input versus the quantity I have already found? thanks

I have a FM database that has a field called Owner and that pulls from a ValueList called OwnerList. I'm trying to write the CDML that will show a drop down with the values from OwnerList in it. That way, if I add another owner in the database, I don't have to go back into the page and add that name (hardcoded)into the CDML. These forums say the code should be: <select name="Owner"> <OPTION VALUE="" SELECTED>- Select Owner - [FMP-option: Owner, list=OwnerList] </select> However, when I look at it in a browser, I don't see the list of names in OwnerList. Instead, I see a window that says "- Select Owner - [FMP-option: Owner, list=OwnerList]" …

I have FMP 5.0v3 Unlimited and I am using CDML and try to do a find for all records for today using the following url: FMPro?-DB=DATABASE.FP5&-Lay=1&-Format=webpage.htm&wo_date=[FMP-CurrentDate]&-Find What then happens is it does a find for 9/13/1900 instead of 9/13/2000 Any suggestions? Thanks. ------------------ DIMO

I am trying to use the web security databases to perform record-level access restriction for web users. I have a LogonID field and a Password field that I would like to use with the ExactMatch feature. ExactMatch works just as expected with the Password field, but is unreliable with the LogonID field. Some LogonID values work as expected and allow access to the relevant records, while other LogonID values cause Web Companion to return an error message. If I disable the ExactMatch feature for the LogonID field, then all values of LogonID work when performing a -find to pull up the relevant records. As far as I can tell, web companion 5.0v6 (windows) can't perform an e…

An open URL button (script = Open URL [no dialog "URL"]) works prefectly within Filemaker but when a web page has been created this converts to <DIV STYLE="background-color: #666699;border-color: #AAAADD #222255 #222255 #AAAADD;border-style: solid;border-width: 1px;height: 14px;left: 427px;overflow: hidden;position: absolute;text-align: center;top: 181px;visibility: visible;width: 86px;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #FFFFFF;font-family: 'Arial';font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;">Visit Link</SPAN></DIV> which clearly will not take you anywhere. How can I correct, such that the link also works from within a web page? N.B. The sam…

I've set up Web Companion (Instant version), running off desktop machines (FileMaker Pro 5.0). When browsing a database, the view of the host FM application changes to match the view of the browser. This is obviously a problem to the person working on the host machine! It happens whether PCs or Macs are hosting or browsing the database. Anyone had any experience with this?

I just installed FMPro 5 on an NT machine, converted our database, and published it by enabling Web Companion. In FMPro, I can see all the data. On the web, I see the forms, but there's no data in any of the fields. Can anyone help? Thanks, JWilson

Is it possible to get fmp tags to be substituted with a macromedia fireworks document. It produces a lot of javascript that I do not understand and I wish to have the cdml in links replaced below is an example <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function fwLoadMenus() { if (window.fw_menu_0) return; window.fw_menu_0 = new Menu("root",278,21,"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",14,"#000000","#ffffff","#6666cc","#000084"); fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Business School Review","location='fm'"); fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Register for World MBA Tour 2001","location='fm'"); fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("Postgraduate Education","window.open('fm', '_top');"); …

I'm totally confused here!!! I'm getting a "Format File Not Found - The format file "search.htm" could not be found" message and the file does exist in the same directory as the default.htm webpage calling the database. What gives? Is anyone familiar with this problem??? Here is the CDML code I'm using ... <A HREF="http://162.49.66.42:591/web/007%20racing/FMPro?-db=007%20Racing&-lay=game_main&-format=search.htm&-view">

I'm using Claris' Home Page Filemaker Connection Assistant to create my web pages. It's somewhat easy to get a single layout to display, but I need to have all layouts in an .fp5 file to be displayed. How do I do this?? Many thanks, Kenny

I have just implemented a three machine RAIC and web connector on my website and can not believe the performance change I am now seeing. My set up is a 500MHZ Pentium 3 with 500MB Ram running Filemaker Server 5 two 1GHZ P3 with 384MB Ram running Filemaker UNlimited 5 and one of these machines with IIS5 running web connector. All running under Windows 2000 Server. I have found the following great advantages. 1. Obviously the fact that now when one database is busy the other serves the next request. 2. Then IIS sends the data to the browser so that web companion can get on doing the next request and obviously IIS is multi threaded. 3. Security is so much better as web …

I have Filemaker Pro 5.5 installed on a Windows NT 4.0. With Netscape and IE, everything works fine (and fast). But as soon as an Opera 5.x Client gets on my machine, the system comes to an almost complete halt. Filemaker uses 100% of the machine's CPU and it's almost impossible to close Filemaker, using Task Manager. Has anybody got a clue? vermeul

Does anyone know how to manipulate this CDML from the Filemaker web-site to reflect the following? My results page only shows 1 record at a time, this one is set up for 25 per page. I have tried changing all the numbers to one, then 1, 2, 3 etc. However no luck. <--From the Filemaker web site--> The CDML that creates this on your web page is this: <P><B><</B>[FMP-IF: Rangestart .gt. 1] [FMP-LINKPREVIOUS] Previous [/FMP-LINKPREVIOUS][FMP-ELSE] <FONT COLOR="#666666">Previous</FONT> [/FMP-IF] [FMP-IF: CurrentFoundCount .gt. 0] | <A HREF="[FMP-Link: k]&-skip=0">1</A> [/FMP-IF] [FMP-IF: CurrentFoun…

Help! How do I sort a hit list with my predefined "Value list" (or what the english term may be). I need to do it with a link. Have tried this link, but it wont work properly. It doesn't sort the title <a ref=" http://193.10.179.106/lankar/FMPro?-db=lank.fp3&-format=search_results.htm&-error=search_results.htm&-lay=Layout%201&Filering1_1=P&Filering2=2&-max=10&-sortfield=Filering1&-SortOrd er=custom=lank&-sortfield=Titel2&-SortOrder=ascend&-Find ">Whatever</a> The list must be sorted according to two parameters: 1. Classification, by my predefined rules. (Eg A(x) must! come before A etc) 2. Title, ascending…

Does anyone know how or if it is possible to have one form action but two different submit buttons that would send them to different results files? I've tried just putting another <input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="results2.htm"> above the second submit button but the first "-format" prevails on both buttons. Thanks in advance.

I have a CDML form that gets filled out by the visitor. When they hit "submit" a new record is created. In Web Security I have defined an "All Users" user that can only "Create" records. So, after they hit submit, the form is filled out and the record goes to the dbase, then it takes them to a redirct page to send our office staff a notification e-mail that a record was created. The problem I am having, is the Filemaker Pro web site says to use the following address to accomplish this: FMPro?-db=aureal.fp3&-lay=cgi&-format=reply.htm&-mailto=[FMP-field:Email]&[email protected]&-mailsub=Thanks&-mailhost=smtp.yourhost.com&-…

I am having a frustrating problem. I have been using HomePage 3.0 to create custom web pages. I created a folder for each database. However, when I "save as" out of the folder for FacultyStaff into a Teacherlogin folder the pop-up windows quit working. Here's part of the HTML. I don't know why the pop-ups quit working. Thanks for any help you can give me. <P><FORM ACTION="FMPro" METHOD="post"> <P><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-DB" VALUE="PRCommentsQ1.FP3"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Lay" VALUE="Web"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="new_reply.htm"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-error" VALUE="new_error.ht…

i have just upgrade to 5.5 from 5 and i find that although a bit faster its web companion is very ustable with custom web pages (cdml) i find that a lot of the time it will not show the images embedded in the html on the web pages such as title bar even though the links to the images are fine, i have now upgraded to version 2 of the web companion from FM pro website but this is in french, it does however solve my problem, but French... Ah . and the people at filemaker support tell me their will be no equivalent in english, does any one know of a way to fix this in the english version or will i have to learn french

I am doing an inventory of this publishing company. I have One database to list computer ID, serial number, ram, etc, and a portal to a second database that has software title, it's version, and its serial number. I want to use web companion so that I can go to each computer in the company, and enter all of the data for that machine over the web. The problem is, I go to make a new record, I fill in all the data, but I am only allowed to enter one item of software. When in Filemaker, I can enter as many software titles as I want into the portal, but on the web, it only lets me edit existing entries, not create new ones.... Can anybody help me?? I'd really appreciate …

I've got a form which has a drop down value list and was wondering if anyone knows what the code would be that would enable it to automatically post the form when a value is chosen from the list. This would do away with having to get the user to click on a submit button.

Can anyone tell me how to take field info from a Macromedia Director web page I'm developing, create a record in Filemaker Pro, and store that field info in the new FMP record? Detailed help would be greatly appreciated if sent to me at [email protected] [ July 18, 2001: Message edited by: wchammers ] [ July 18, 2001: Message edited by: wchammers ] [ July 18, 2001: Message edited by: wchammers ]

Is there a way to have FMP data load into a page, without a redirect html page, or some sort of user action, like a button press on a form? Meaning a user visits a page, the page loads the FMP data, on page load. Reason being, I can do this with a redirect page, however if someone bookmarks the page without the initial redirect page, the user will see the CDML tags instead.

Say I have the recid's, is there a way to edit all the records?

I have created a sudo bulletin board, where the general public views a CDML template page with the postings. Then I have an admin side, where the moderator edits the posts through another CDML template that is designed to Create, Edit, or Delete records. Here is my issue with passwords. If a user enters the public CDML page, I have it set with "no password" and a certain layout to view. This works fine. However if someone goes to the public side first, and then wishes to go to the admin page, the browser remembers that the passord is "no password" and allows them in. Granted, I have the Passwords and Groups set so they can't see anything they normally could…

I would like to change the standard FM home or splash screen in Web Companion. That is, I want to minimize the adds by FM or delete them altogether. And, maybe adjust how the home screen presents itself. I see this done at severl sites, how can I do it??? Larry.

I am new to CDML and I am developing a website to my FMPro5 database. I would like to populate a field in the database without the user "seeing" in on their browser. For example. I have a field called "Contact_Method". This field will always have "Web" when the user submits from their browser. I want this field to be automatically entered for the user. I just cannot figure a way to do this via CDML!? TIA.

Maybe this is to easy of a question, and that is why no one has answered: I want to change the content of the index page that Web Companion displays to users logging on to my files. But, I can not find the page in my FM app folder, or anywhere. Can someone tell me where it is?

I'm trying to port a FileMaker 4.x Mac database to the web, and have been testing it from other computers on my network through their web browsers. I get in just fine, it lets me search, all the field labels display, but the fields are completely empty. After looking at related posts on this site, I tried deleting a group that I'd defined, and inserting http:// before the IP address when accessing it through the web browser, but nothing works. What am I doing wrong?

I have a new record page, with relevant fields as text boxes. This works fine, except I need some of the fields to be pop-up value lists from the database. I tried playing with the listitem tags, but the page simply displays the tags (i.e. the pop up options are: [FMP-ValueList.....] etc). I presume that the page would need to be processed as the format for the results of a previous page's Form posting, rather than just being a HTML link. What is the way around this (if there is one)? How do other people fo this? Thanks

Hi, I have a field called quantity and a form on the web where a user can remove or add a certain quantity of the record using an input form. Supposing I have the recID, how do I update this? I don't want to edit it cause that will replace the value. Do I use a script when they click the submit button?

This is the CDML code for the totals (plus some) <P>Displaying records [FMP-rangestart] thru [FMP-rangeend] of [FMP-currentfoundcount] records found. ([FMP-rangesize] records displayed). As far as the columns, the standard for display for multiple records is in rows, it's easier to scroll down than over. But if you know that there will be a limited number of records, look here for a column solution: http://www.fmforums.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=22&t=000385

Is there any way to return only the distinct results from a field. Say I have a field called category with a bunch of well....categories. Is there any way to return each category only once? I want to do this so I can link to a page that will have a <select> with the categories. thanks

how do I create duplicate records in a db with one click of the button?

Philip, I just went through the same thing. The solution is this. Have the Submit button create the new record as normal, then have the page go to a redirect page for a brief second, and then on to the confirmation page. The redirct page will handle the e-mail. Example Code for the redirect page: <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content = "1;URL=FMPro?-db=database.fp5&-lay=Layout1&-format=gb_sum.htm&[email protected]&[email protected]&-mailsub=Subject line text goes here&-mailhost=mail.domain.com&-mailformat=mail.txt&-recid=[FMP-Currentrecid]&-Find">

Fields that are defined as 'scrolling' do not show with a scrollbar in the webbrowser, even if the field contains enough data to justify a scroll bar. In Edit-mode the scroll bar does appear (even if the field is not formatted as 'display vertical scroll bar' in Filemaker . Is this correct or am I missing something? If correct, is there a way to make the field auto-size to its content (in the browser)? (I know, I know, Custom offers more control on formatting. But Instant is soooo close to being really useful... I just can't understand why they left out some very obvious things.)

Hi, I have only a few days using FM 5.5, and want to use the Instant publising and i dont want that the default bottoms appears, only those that i have in the layout. I hope someone can help me. Thanks.

I think it says you can't in the directions, but is there a way around this? When a person clicks a name in one of the fields and then clicks save record, I want a small text e-mail to be sent to whomever they selected from the list. Is this possible? Thanks much Matt

What would be the best way to go about the following: On my CDML page that is used to admin the database, I would like to have a pop-up menu with a list of graphics. These graphics would then change on the display/results page upon submitting the change. What code needs to be in the pop-up to tell the database to display only this graphic? How do the fields need to be formatted in the database for the container field. Do I put each graphic in it's own container field? Or one container field has all the grahics somehow? Finally what is the CDML tag on the resulting display page? Probably something like: <img src="[FMP-Image: Name of Image ]"> but this need…

I have been searching and searching for a solution that I know should be real easy for someone familiar with FMP. This is basically for configuration management for a government network. I have a database with information about network drops (it only has 4 fields --Drop, Port, Active, Equipment). For example, Drop B-33 is active and goes to Port P-22 and has a CPU connected to that drop. Pretty simple?, but here's the idea: To have a frameset with a top frame and a bottom frame. On the top frame I have an image map of the floor plan with green dots representing the location of each drop and they are hot spots. What I am trying to do is when someone clicks on th…

It does not seem to be working and I have no idea why. Is there a place I can find information on how to use calculation fields to provide HTML information or do you have another suggestion? This is assuming that the calculation you gave me should have mimicked the CDML tag with the raw attribute.

How do I view all the entries in a db? If this about right? <a href="FMPro?-DB=test.fp5&-Format=response.htm&-Max=All&-FindAll">

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Hi, i'd like to know if it exist a 'plugin' for GOLIVE4 or 5 for using fastly CDML tags... Thanks you [ July 10, 2001: Message edited by: didier_bortolin ]

Help. I have a page called new.htm . A person enters their street address and zip code (two fields in a database) and then clicks OK. I have code on this page as follows: <P><FORM ACTION="FMPro" METHOD="post"> <P> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Db" VALUE="StreetChecker3.fp5"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Lay" VALUE="CGI"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="new_reply.htm"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-error" VALUE="new_error.htm"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-token.1" VALUE="yes"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-token.2" VALUE="maybe"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-token.3" V…

I'm a little confused. Where on the server do my HTML errr CDML pages go?

Can someone give me an example of some CDML pages? Like a page that asks for a field and then the page that displays all the values in this field? thanks

I have just updated to fmp 5.5 and and have problem with image display on the web. when the image field is empty in fmp the web page display an X . Work fine in fmp5 any idea :

I have a question. I want to store my format files on a different server than my FMP server. Is this possible, and if so how do I do it? I have tried using the following link to get FMP to process the format file but it does not seem to work. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. <A href="http://192.168.123.3/FMPro?-DB=Hosts&-Format=http://jhinman.dnsq.org/wwhs/HostForm.html&-lay=FullLayout&-View">Host Application</A></FONT>

Is Lasso a product created by BlueWorld or is it a standard that BlueWorld adheres to?

I have a database I am publishing on the web. It works, but not very elagantly. Currently, I find a record and use the -format tag to display the first page of data. When the user is done with that page, the submit button takes them to the next page, etc, etc. Finally-the question. I want to have buttons that will a) save the current page's data and.. go to the page the user wants to edit next. Seems like this might require some meta-refresh or token passing. If I just saw one example I could get it. I think. Probably. Thank Joe

Hey all! I have a form which I submit to perform a "-find" action. The problem is I want the form to automatically submit when the page loads. I thought I could use the Javascript onload command, and then do a frmSubmit.submit(); command, but apparently a submit() command isn't exactly the same as pressing a submit button. How can I make a page submit automatically and still perform the "-find" action?? Thanks! C

We are trying to use ValueListChecked with a repeating field. However, only the first repeating item is being recognised as the checked 'Checkbox'. Is there a way to have all corresponding values checked for all repeating items? Thank you. Garry

Ok, I've gotten the if/else thing down pretty good, as well as the relationship thing. Combining them is a different story. Am I close? [FMP-If:RELATIONSHIP2 hoto1.neq.] <img src="http://www.XYZCOMPANY.com/XYZpicts/[FMP-FIELD: RELATIONSHIP2: hoto1]"> [FMP-Else] <img src="http://www.XYZCOMPANY.com/images/empty.gif"> [/FMP-If] Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have an html form that submits it's data to a FMP database. I just realized that on submit of this form, it asks for a password. Probably because I have deleted the "no password" user for security reasons. So what is the best way to set up a basic password that only allows a record to be created. I know how to set this up in FMP, but how do I pass this password from the form to FMP on click of the submit button? I also know how to do this within a URL ie: username [email protected] Thanks

Is it possible to return a search_results page that puts results in 2 or more columns? I am trying to get as many results as possible to show at once to minimize scrolling in a touch screen kiosk. As always, any input would be much appreciated. Brian

Hello, I've received much help from reading previous posts, but can't seem to find an answer for this one. I have a form for users to add a record to a database. I want them to be able to add data to a related field on the same page. It doesn't necessarily have to be in a portal, as it is only the first record from the relationship that needs to be added/edited. Is this possible? I can display related records, but can't add or edit. Any help/advice would be appreciated. thanks neil

Does anybody know how to capture the 'No Records' alert returned from FMP. Rather than have the alert displayed, we want to perform other actions on this condition. Thanks. Garry

I'm a little new to this, so please bear with me. I have a web page where I want people to be able to log in. They enter a user name and password. So my -lay is "login", a fmp layout with just those two values. My -format is "loginreply.html". After the person enters their data, loginreply displays properly, but the only fields that show up on the screen are the password and username they just entered. What I want is for the data from a different layout to display additional fields (name, address, etc). These fields are in a layout called main. I have tried, in the loginreply.html, to set -lay to "main" but the data still won't display. If I change the login layout t…

Cookies and FileMaker. It seems to me, that FileMaker and Lasso (WebCompanion is Lasso based) are absolutely not reliable with cookies and MSIE. I have 2 experiences. www.golivehq.com (Lasso based) is not working with any of my MSIE on 3 machines, but it is always good in NN4 – NN6. www.golivehq.com is recently down for maintenance. Second is my own experience. I know, that MSIE does not like to write cookie on page and processed the same cookie on the same page. On second or different page it is quite OK. I recently rewrote auto-logon system to our PR portal based on cookies. I’ve got all sort of results from never working to "looks like it’s working OK". In fact,…

I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this and come up with a solution; I've found that if I use Web Connector, and the directory in quesiton is secure under SSL, than any page that was landed on by way of a form based CDML tag cannot be gotten back to by way of the browsers' 'Back' button. The same page will work fine if it is in a non-secure directory. Has anyone seen and solved this before me? very eager to know. thanks in advance for any assistance.

I am having trouble with a instant web publishing file. It has passwords in it that limit the user to see only certain records (5.5) but when that password tries to log on it gets an error saying it does not have permision to "find all"

I am running a webstar server and am just starting to publishing a fmpro database. Am I better off running only the filemaker specific pages through web companion or should I just send it all through?

I am adding a field to a layout in FMP Pro 5.0 - I have then tried to establish the same layout on the web - everything works except for the new field I have added in FMPro. I have tried playing around with the layout but no luck - when I creat a new field and it is added to the lay out - it works on the web. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

I have a little FMP 5.5 application where the goal to send an e-mail message to notify people at the time a status field is updated. The field will be updated on the web. Essentially, the message consists of a URL that points to the record which was updated. We have used Smtpit and oAzium Events to send out the e-mail and that portion works beautifully. The problem is calculating the URL, which works perfectly when the record is updated on the host machine. When it the record is updated on the web the URL calculation inserts the record number for the first record in the database. We watched the host machine as we updated the web record and this is what we saw:…

I've created a set of nine simple databases which are used by a pool of about 80 users, all of whom connect through the Web Companion (5.0v6) once a day to input a small amount of data by editing a single record in only one of the nine databases. What I am finding is sort of random "hang-ups" where Web Companion simply stops connecting to a given database. The database itself remains unaffected, running normally in Filemaker 5 Unlimited (5.0v3). However, any subsequent web users get a "Database is closed" message when trying to access the "closed" database. Other running databases are not affected. The problem is remedied by simply closing and re-opening the database fil…

I have set up "Remote Administration" within Filemaker. What is the URL to access it? I have to say the book provided with Filemaker is quite poor. It leads you all the way up to the final step, and then leaves you hanging. I have run into this many times using the book. I contantly have to refer to this Forum to get real answers....thank goodness this Forum exists! Off my soapbox now....

Hi, I don't know if it's hard- or software related but it's impossible to get FM 5.0v3 and Companion v6 to share the files over the web without crashing and returning error -2. This problem does only occur on our brand new G4-450 Cubes! 3 of them with the same problem. I have tried all companion versions. I also installed FM 5.5 but the problem persists. Since it works on every other machine it must be a Cube related problem. Is it something with MacOS 9.1? Grateful for any help or ideas. regards Hannes

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i think this should be fairly simple. whenever a particular format page of mine is visited, i want it to create a new record in a database named "tracker.fp5" i want it to do this automatically. no buttons or anything. how do i do this? thanks a million, tim.

I have my Main page that lists a bunch of Product Categorys (works like it should), and when you click on one of the product categories it should open another page and display just the companys that have products in that categrory, but instead it displays all the companys from all the categories, I have no idea why it does this, it looks like it should work, Any help would be great.

Hi, Can I use WebCompanion and WebSecurity Database to show the logined user's record only? I don't know HTML and CDML, and I want to publish record easily to every Intranet user. Any Idea? Thanks in advance!! Kent