Custom Web Publishing

I would like to know if it's possible to display a value list that has "Other..." as an option (like in the FMP interface). This needs to work with Web Companion. I have looked through the documents and spent some time searching this site, but I can't find reference to this for Custom Web Publishing. I know you can't do it with Instant Web Publishing, but I'm hoping that's not the case for CWP. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Ken

I can see how it was put together (Inline Action etc)? many thanks

Just new to this forum and hoping someone can help me. I am setting up an online store but would like to have some data displayed differently for different regions My idea is to set up a number of addresses such as region1.company.com, region2.company.com etc but have them all point to the same database. I would like to capture the address the user is selecting and then display data with an if statement. e.g. if the site region1.company.com. is being used, display data from field1 Is there a way I can capture the URL. Hope the question makes sense

We are running FMPro unlimited on one computer which is connected as a guest to FMServer which is installed on a seperate computer. Unlimited is then serving several databases and static web pages to our intranet through the use of Instant Web Publishing . We would like to start using CDML to overcome the limitations of Instant Web Publishing and expand our intranet website by hosting these static html files currently being served by Filemaker(Web Companion) on a IIs web server. I have created and tested some simple CDML files by swithcing from IWP to CWP in the Web Companion Plug-in and placed these files in the Web folder of Filemaker along with the other static we…

First let me say hello, I am new to this BBS. I stepped into a FM pro driven site awhile ago. The site is somewhat of a news portal, and serves several databases on the home page. Serving multiple databases on a single page: The only way that I could find to serve multiple databases on a single page is to frame the different database callouts and lock the scrolling function to prevent the page structure from getting goofed. Example of frame cell: Remote File: http://www.site.com/FMPro?-DB=archives&-lop=and&-op=eq&Ad Type=reprint&-token=[FMP-currenttoken]&-sortfield=magazine number&-sortorder=descending&a…

I'm trying to make a little helpdesk database that can be accessed through the company Intranet. In the filemaker database I have a date field which enters the date automatically and prohibits any other input. I want to be able to do this via the html/cdml interface as well. What I have is: <P ALIGN=right>date:</P> </TD> <TD> <P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=date VALUE="" SIZE=30></P> Okay fair enough. So I tried putting the value in as [FMP-CurrentDate] but this only shows up as [FMP-CURRENTDATE] in the browser. If I try to remove the INPUT TYPE and just have it show up as the date it just sho…

Here's the situation: One database, nothing fancy, with a couple of text fields: UserID and PassWord One calculation field (ftpURL) goes like this: "ftp://" & UserID & ":" & PassWord & "@ftp.myftpsite.com" Then created a script called ftpURLscript with the following: Open URL [No dialog, "ftpURL"] THEN made a button that performs the ftpURLscript script. AND THEN... sharing this database via Instant Web Publishing. Problem (and you thought I'd never get here): any user connecting via Internet Explorer on a MAC can click on the link and get connected to the FTP site just fine. But PC users are running into a problem wher…

From a HTML form on a page within my site, I would like to "on submit", access my FM Web published database and using the "Job Number" entered, serve a read only view of the record relating to the job number entered ie: 1. User enters job number "xyz" in field of form on html page; 2. Submit button calls up the database at dns and searches for "xyz" info 3. Displays a read only layout with necessary data. Any help would be appreciated...

... is this possible at the same time? Hello, I am thinking about using such a design: abot 30 users should gain access to some basic information and edit functions over http (web compagnion) and about 5 users are sharing the same DB in a LAN enviroment - what tricky things have to be considered?? Greetings Harald

Hello all! This is my first post, but I have enjoyed reading a lot of the advice given in these forums! Now it is time for my own question... I work in a high school that basically runs on FMP databases. We use them for student progress reports, our master schedule, and pretty much everything else. Prior to working for the school, I was a data integrity consultant with experience in everything from Access to DB2 to SQL Server, so I'd always kind of scoffed at FMP as a database for "Mac People." I have recanted that judgement as FMP has proven to be about the simplest DB I have ever used! But back to my post... When I arrived at this school, the dat…

This one is easy.... but I don't know the answer. Anyone know how to best prepare images so browsing sites, that are being served by filemaker pro 6 server, is fast. Correct me if I am wrong but if the image placed into the container field is a pict (mac) and not a jpg, filemaker will convert on the fly as the page request comes in.... Hope this makes sence to someone.... cheers in advance if you can help.

Hi guys - Again, thanks for a great board; I have learned so much just by perusing and posting here and there. I have another basic question: I can access/view my changes and coding when I point my browser to the http://localhost address. However, when I try to replace "localhost" with my IP address, I receive a "Page Cannot be Displayed" error. I've fiddled within the FMP settings with port numbers and all of that and still, no luck. Is it a network security issue on my end? What little detail am I missing? I'd like to give the IP to a coworker so he can see what I'm up to. Thanks, Vic

My setup is as follows: IIS with SSL & Web Server Connector on one server (A) and Filemaker Unlimited on another server (:. I've been able to get a Server A working with the Filemaker server (:. I've got my old Web folder files (Server : also on Server A. The Problem : My organization doesn't want/allow any non-SSL web servers and that's what I get on Server B since Web Companion is turned on to get WSC to talk to Filemaker. How do I get rid of the non-SSL server?

Hi, you guys are great. I got help with my last problem, so here is another. I need a text box, for a field on a new record page. I tried examples from my HTML book, but cant make any work. I want 10 rows of 50 chatacters. What do i have to do to this line, to make that possible? <P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=ad VALUE="" SIZE=500></P> Thanks in advance, for all your help, Wayne

Hey all, Our current setup: Dreamweaver-made website using some Javascript and Cold Fusion. I upload to our ISP via FTP; the pages are all static. We have FileMaker Server hosting on a Windows NT machine on our LAN. Our DSL modem is our router and DHCP server. My problem: Prices and other content on our website sometimes tend to get out of date if decision makers do not alert me or I simply don't get around to updating the pages. My goal: Somehow make my parts database (which includes the part number, name, price, etc. integrate directly with that part's product page. My questions: Does my ISP have to get involved? Do I need FileMaker Unlim…

Hi I'm trying to get scripts to go in my CWP solution. Basically, what I want to do is to allow a user to select a user from a client database and then allow them to create a new job in a jobs database by - selecting a script that; - copies the CustomerID from the client database - pastes it into the Jobs database and uses this as the relationship between the two databases So far I've tried a simple script that copies the CustomerID from the Clients database and pastes it back into another field in the same database. It works fine in Filemaker client but does nothing if done via the web. I'm running OS X on all systems and FileMaker Pro Unlimited is in t…

I am building a simple solution for employees to log their hours spent on tasks. It seems a little much to have a full copy of FileMaker on each employee's machine for this purpose. I don't have much experience with instant web publishing... would you consider it a viable alternative for this type of application? The employees should be able to create log entires and enter some basic information (date, total time, task category, task subcategory, project number, description). I would also like them to be able to view a list of past entries (from a specified date range), with totals at the bottom. Two other simple questions: Are value lists supported by…

Is this possible? I have a field in a record, that is a customer URL. After a search is run, and the matching records are listed, the user clicks on the results they want to view and the detail page opens. Along with other information is the customers URL, if they happen to have a website of their own. I want the URl to be clickable so the user can click on it, and open a new window that leads to the website. As it is now, the WWW.:.XXX shows up, and I have not been able to make it a hot link. Thanks in advance for your time & help, Wayne

Hi ppl. This is my first post here, so please, be gentle. I have a cookie implementation on JavaScript working on a web site, so that when a user tries to access a certain page of it with a bookmark, it detects if the cookie exists and if not, then a redirect is performed. However, I've been asked to evolve this solution, so that I could store additional info of the user in the cookie and therefore pass it to a user login database for statistical purposes. This is where the prob begins. Here is a sample code of an html for info detection and cookie storage: <html> <head> <title></title> <script language="javascript"> …

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)

Hi there I have created a database using values from 2 other files - total 3 files I can see my files on the web (www.thin.com.au) but when I click on the ccom (primary dbase) it does not utilise the value lists to give me the info in the other 2 files. any help appreciated

I've been working on an online poll using Filemaker & CDML. I have it working, however I'd like to limit users to one vote per hour. I was able to do this using [FMP-ClientIP] to set the IP address of the voter in the database and then compare the creation date & time of the latest record created by that client using a JavaScript. When a client votes they first do a search for records with their IP address & date & question ID. If no records are found the vote is cast. If records are found then creation times are compared with the current time & either the vote is cast, or a message appears to try again later. This seems to work fine for clie…

I consider myself at the intermediate level of knowledge for filemaker pro5 stand alone version as well as some html editors on the market today. I want to bring a Filemaker Pro database online without ANY restrictions at all. I believe whoever hosts the site will need fmpro unlimited & server? How will fmpro developer help me? What HTML editor is best to integrate with filemaker pro (windows based)? I would like to create a data driven website and can use as much guidance as one is willing to offer. THANKS

Hi Folks, Im am using FM 5.0 a database server and web server (internal web server of FM) I have some static documents (word and execl documents) in the web server, When I click the link of the documents I receive the document like a ascii document (I receive contents of the file) . Why I could not receive the file like a word document. I think FM web server does not know what the word document so it send me all the contents of document. What should I do, Any help is welcome -) Regards, Yalcin

I have a web shop. Once the customer has confirmed his/her order it is supposed to send it as a mail to the customer and the shopholders. It used to work fine, but then the mailserver here where I work was replaced by a new one, and after that it's not working anymore. I changed the mailhost IP adress in the mailform code (in the html page) to the IP of the new mailserver but it still isn't working. Is there anything else I could check? What could be wrong??! This is the mailform code: <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="FMPro" NAME="checkoutform"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-db" VALUE="Orders.FP5"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="thanks.…

Hi all, I have 2 machines that I need to setup, one with Server and one with unlimited. One machine is a relatively old P3 500M, the other is a new P4C 1.7G. Both have 512M and the same type of hard drive. My question is, am I right in assuming that unlimited would best be installed on the P4? I'm assuming that server is more disk than processor intensive, but I'd like confirmation. I do plan to upgrade the old clunker, but not for a while if I can avoid it. Cheers, Sean.

Hi, I'm sharing a DB on one of my servers in my office. The port on the router is open, and others can connect to the database. However, the important person (the client) cannot see the database in the Hosts dialog. He is connected to the internet via AOL Broadband, and is using Windows XP. Does anyone have any ideas what I can check to see why he does not see the database? I'll supply the IP address to those who would like to test it, please email '[email protected]'. Thanks for any help you can provide. David.

Very new to FM, how to put hyperlinks in a text field so they are clickable & launch a browser as in eg Office docs ? thanks in advance

Hey all.. Please help, I'm *very* frustrated! I'm running a Filemaker DB off a windows 2000 server. Well actually, I'm running it through web companion on port 591 of that server. In any case, IE works great, as does Netscape versions 4.xxx. I haven't tried Netscape 6.0, but Netscape 7.0 is not loading my pages. The browser just sits there and says it's loading--but I know it isn't. Dagnabit. Please help. Thanks, Brian

Hi Gang, I have a name/address database in Filemaker nad need to fill out an online form, which shows up in MS Internet Explorer. The form has a dozen fields to fill in. In the past, I've used a Quickey sequence to successively switch to FM, copy a field, switch to IE, tab to the field, paste, then go back to FM and get the netxt field. Needless to say, this is slow and unreliable. Is there any better way to accomplish this? The form is UPS Online Shipping, if that's any help. MANY THANKS! -Cliff

Hi folks! We host about 30 databases on FM 5.5 on Mac OS 9. This morning we upgraded to Mac OS X 10.2.2. All is well internally (as we have a few client computers within the server's premises), but our remote (DSL) clients can't connect anymore! When connecting to host, nothing happens. Setup: FM Server 5.5v2 for OS X on an iMac, Cable modem plugged into a router. We're connecting via TCP/IP using FM Pro 5.5v2 clients on Mac OS 9 and X. Now, since this worked in Mac OS 9 before, you probably guessed that the router's configuration is the same, nothing changed on the client-side, and I did make sure that port 591 and 5003 are open, I even tried sniffing the …

Hi there! I've got a security question: My webroot is like this: - index.html - index2.html - mailme.html ^images ^admin --adminindex.html --adminindex2.html Now i want to protect my admin directory with a login (login.html form)(i have a Username and Password field in my database), after login they have to go to the adminindex.html file. I also want that adminindex2.html is protected, so that file has to check if i'm already logged in (cookie?). I hope somebody can help me with this one! Thanks, Denniz

I am currently useing frames to hide certain URL information. For example, my main page loads which is comprised of 2 frames. The top frame contains nothing and is for all intensive purposes invisible. The bottem frame contains my CDML contents. On this page there is a find field with a submit button. When a find is completed the resulting information comes up in the bottom frame. But since it is in the bottom frame, none of the URL information such as record id, database name, layout name and the likes are shown in the address bar since it is still controlled by the top frame. This all works perfectly for what I want it to do (hide all the URL information). But here…

How can I take a field that is showing in a CDML results page as 5000000 and show it at $5,000,000? I am hoping there is an easy answer. Thanks in advance!

I have a weird problem, and this has just happened recently, and I have not made any changes on this box. This was a database created in FM Pro 5.5, and hosted on a server that also has 5.5 running, although this does not have the FM Server running on it at all. When I try to double click and edit the field, the hand (pointer) does not let me edit it. I have to click on submit, and then go back in once more and it will let me do this. We have this on 2 separate databases, and the other db's were created with FM Pro 5.0, and they work fine??? Any help, please send me a PM (Private Message) on this if possible. Or a post will work the same!! Thanks in Advance g…

I have another question!! Is there a way, via the web and IWP, that when a user clicks on submit after adding a new recored, that I can have it automatically email specific users that new records have been created? I am running FM Pro 5.5

i have set up 5 db (graphic inventory, graphic orders, line items, project info & vendors) we need to set graphic inventory & orders for use via the web (using IWP). I've set up Web Companion & sharing but the layout that shows up via the browser is all wrong or if I go to edit via browser the correct layout shows up but some for the fields are missing or placed incorrectly or both. PLS HELP!!!

My organization would like to access our FM database via the internet. It's currently hosted internally with FM Pro Server 5. For now all we want to do is provide a web page with a simple form able to search our FM database by name then return residence information. Is it possible to host the same database using FMP Server 5 and the Internet at the same time? My understanding is in order for the db to be availiable on the web it would need to be connected to a secure port on our router and we wouldn't be able to access it internally via FMP Server 5. Currently we're exporting the data to a txt file and using ASP scripting to draw the requested data from th…

I have a product database on Filemaker Pro 5 which works fine. I want to use this to populate web pages using a number of html templates, which I can then tweak using an html editor like GoLive. This is for viewing only - I don't want to create dynamic web access to my database using Web Companion etc. How should I go about this? Am I missing something obvious? Do I need the developer version? At the moment I am cutting and pasting descriptions/images etc into my GoLive files.....

I don't know why, but there seems to be all sorts of questions other than the obvious one that I wish to know the answer to! How do I publish my database onto the web? Scenario: I have 16 fixed IP addresses We have 5 PC clients in the office For outside access, I am using 512k ADSL connection I have a mac running Filemaker Server on a fixed IP We have an Alcatel 510 speedtouch router with firewall we have set up port forwarding on the router (protocol is TCP/IP) We want to access just one part of our database which is an 'on-site call log' from a client's location. We have two engineers so there will not be a great deal of demand of use on this…

Hi All, I am new to both Filemaker and FM Forums. I have a question to ask. I have developed a solution for my work, including scripts (for email options and go to preview mode on reports). I find that once I set the Web companion, that these function buttons containing these scripts are disabled. I have search the help file on filemaker, with no luck. Any ideas?: Cheers, Jase

<textarea name="Jobnotes" size="6" style="width: 550px; height: 150px; font-size: 11px" wrap="virtual">[FMP-field:Jobnotes]</textarea> Anyone played around with the wrap="virtual" or wrap="physical" feature. It seems to work fine in Explorer, making the text fit the box nicely. But in Netscape it does not work. Turns each paragraph of text into LONG single lines of text. Larry

As i have mentioned before, I have inherited a beast of a database, which I am trying to tame. My boss (a pharamacist...not a techie) has promised some of the higher-ups that we could have our data online by April. I have been looking over what the programmer before has left behind (months of work) and trying to figure out where he left off and where I need to go next for this particular project. It seems as though he spent months working in Developer 5.5 and I have found mutliple fp5 files with multiple layouts, buttons, scripts, etc. It appears to me, however, that what the previous programmer has developed is a somewhat functional client database. There are …

I have created a search and results and detail template on a FP5 file. How can I go directly to a results page and bypass a search. It is probably very easy, but I am having problems. Thanks in advance!

I am hosting a few database-driven websites from a Mac G4 running OS X, and in the past year I have had (only) three people inform me that they cannot access the pages where the dynamic data is generated by FileMaker Pro 5.5. Evidently in each case it has been because the users were behind firewalls which were blocking port 591. Because port 80 is used by the Apache server in Mac OS X, I am using port 591 for FileMaker. Recently, however I read that better performance might be gained by choosing a port number higher than 1024. Would choosing a port number >1024 solve my occassional access problems, or would it introduce more problems of people not being able to…

Hi folks, I've searched this forum high and low, and Google, etc. Now, unless I'm completely missing something, I've yet to find a single basic tutorial for how to use the "Web Security Database". FileMaker 6 has terrible documentation from this perspective, everything presumes you know the intricacies of the system. Well, I don't, I'm new, and I like FileMaker because most of it's easy and quick to understand. All I'm trying to do is use Instant Web Publishing but I need to give different Web-based users different levels of access. Most to just search the records, but a couple need to create/edit/delete. I have been able to set the web interface to allow o…

Sorry if this isn't the right forum, but I am working on two different FileMaker projects. One is a web shop and the other is a project database. Now we have them on two separate pc's, but how do we make both of them work on the same computer? Do we need extra software? (We now have Filemaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited). Both projects are web projects. This is a little urgent, so any help is deeply appreciated. Thanks!

This might be off the subject, as well as a bit odd, but it is something I have been curious about for quite a while. It is easy enough to include in an html link the code required to have a browser open that link in a new window. But is there a way to include something in an acutal URL address to do this? Now I don't mean include it in the HTML, but to include some sort of text string in the actual URL address that you type in your browser to force it to open the URL in a new window. Strange question, I know, just wanted to know if it could be done. LR

I already have existing Filemaker Pro database(s) using Filemaker Pro 4.0 running on a network. It's working out fine. Just got a "designated lease line" for internet use and would like to know what are my options in order to improve/enhance my solutions. I also need to connect/update some fmp [on remote computer]. Have been hearing web companion. what is it? and is it applicable with me.

Help. I am completely flummoxed by the web publishing options, and can't grok the docs. I have built a nice little FM6 database of film info that I need to publish on the web. I need it to be a real database, searchable by the user. My ISP will not allow me to serve from my machine, so it has to be on an ISP server somewhere. I do not understand what instant web publishing orthe web companion are, and think they might not apply to me. As I understand it, my server options are --to find an ISP that sells FM services --to translate to mySQL and use php on any of a million linux servers In the second case, I know what needs to be done to genera…

Hi! I've got a question about the InlineAction tag. I want the last record from type "news_topics" show on my index page with another type (http://127.0.0.1:95/sdugb/fmpro?-db=mywebsite.fp5&-lay=web&-format=index.html&type=portfolio_links&-find) i've tried: [FMP-InlineAction: -db=mywebsite.fp5="1", -lay=web, -sortfield=datum_start, -type=news_topics, -sortorder=descending, -FindAll] [FMP-RECORD][FMP-FIELD: titel][/FMP-InlineAction][/FMP-RECORD] Can somebody tell me what i do wrong?? (Im using a filemaker 5 database in a Filemaker 6 environment.) Dennis

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I have a database which is running on FMpro 4 and i have a field which stores the URL of PDF documents which will be hosted on my machine. To open the pdf document, I use an <A href="[FMP-field]"></A> (i can't remember the exact syntax but that isn't the problem) . When i click on it, the user is asked immediatly if he wishes to save the document (the open file from location option is not available). here is the problem; the document is encoded as a html document. I have tried the different variations in the A HREF such as Raw, URL, HTML and they all behave the same. Could this be a FMpro4 problem, maybe it can't recognize PDF?

Not quite sure how to tackle this... Like the FMP App... wich allows you to do a find, then a new request, and another if needed, and so on. Then you hit FIND and you get your results. How is that pulled off using webcompanion? I'm using some custom pages and I would like to be able to do that as well. I'm new at this portion of filemaker so please bare with me! Thank you! I wish it was as easy as Javascript!

I have pdf documents on the hard drive of the host computer linked to icons in a container field. This works fine using the database. Clicking on the icon in the container field opens the pdf doc in Acrobat Reader. When the db is published on the web using IWP, the link does not work in the browser. Is there a solution? I am using windows. Thanks.

i have written a production schedule for a manufacturing facility and am looking for guidance on how to "publish" on an intranet. I only want to create a static "snapshot" of the schedule using already created layouts at a given time ( probably daily and controlled by a publish script and button). I do not want to run live as many changes are incorporated daily and the user may pull info in the midst of being modified. any suggestions

I asked a similar question a week or so ago, but I'm afraid it was worded poorly due to my ignorance with server questions. My ignorance remains, hopefully the questions have improved. Here's the situation, I have now almost completed databases running on my own office computer (served via web companion). Basically the databases allow users to search for records and add new records--everything is coming along nicely. Well, I need to switch things over to a designated "server" computer next week. This is the note I received from my contact regarding this switch: "He [our server guy] says that while *in theory* you can run the Web Companion on a separate por…

I am fairly new to Filemaker and I am trying to create a web form for a database that is hosted on FMP Server 5.5, then shared on the web via a Mac running FMP Unlimited 5.5. For example: Let's say I want to enter information for vehicles into the one database. When the user selects vehicle type A,B or C, they are then taken to a different 'form' essentially a different layout of the same database but only showing fields related to the type of vehicle they have. The basic page would look like this: =============================================== Enter your name: [____________] Enter your userid: [___________] What type of vehicle do…

All, I am currently having problems creating/editing/duplicating records from a published record detail page created using CDML. The detail page is part of a simple frameset that has a navigation frame on the left and a published Contact DB on the right. I can successfully search, view results and view the Contact data in this right frame. However when I try to create/edit/duplicate from the record details page using the associated form buttons I always receive an error message [normally type 4] using the correct HTML error files. I have checked the form description multiple times but with no results. It seems that the pages are correctly retrieving th…

I am totally new to FMPro... Can someone please help me with inserting data into the database, I made a custom webpage. When I enter the IP address of my pc and try to insert some data in to the database it gives me an error saying "Format File Not Found.. The format file 'response.html' could not be found". The code is as follows... <FORM ACTION="FMPro" METHOD="POST" > <p> <input type="hidden" name="-db" value="webguest.fp5" > <input type="hidden" name="-lay" value="webby" > <input type="hidden" name="-format" value="response.html"> <input type="hidden" name="-error" value="err.htm"> </p> T…

I'm working w/ FMPro6 Trial, trying to get a rolodex working. I've encountered an odd problem where if I access my instant web published database using explorer 6.0, my search view always gives me an "error on page" message when I push the "start search" button, ie. when searching for a given name like Jackson (regardless of what web style I chose under sharing). I'm not certain how to find out more about the error; when I double click the lower left error message on the task bar, it reads: Line: 1559 Char: 5 Error: Invalid pointer Code: 0 URL: http://162.129.28.68/FMRes/FMPJS?-db=renal%5fdb.fp5&-format=searchcss.htm&-max=1&token.0=25&-mode=sea…

I don't like using the regular submit buttons... I want to write a Javascript function that will set the value of "-SortField"... but there is a dash ("-") in front of "SortField" that causes an error. Javascript get's it's handles from the "Name" of the "Input" tag. Is there another way to get around this? Thanks! ~Addam~

Hi all! Should I bring up a web server, serving dynamic pages with lasso on a Mac OS 9.1 what version of FileMaker Pro would be the best? One particular question: what does IP guest limit (preset to 10 on FM PRO) mean exactly. It seems impossible to have this kind of information. Does it mean that not more than 10 unique IPs can access one of the databases on the server? Does it mean that not more than 10 unique IPs can access the databases (one or more) on the server? Does this unaccessibility regard simultaneous connections or connections over a specified period of time (e.g. 12 hours, 24 hours...) What happens if one database (or more dat…

Is it possible to see my records in search results page in . 2 or . 3 columns instead of one in each row? and Is it possible to see the records in a portal not vertically listed but horizantally listed? and Is it possible to give [fmp-currentrecordnumber] code to the records in a portal? I have tested but the rocords in my portal takes the same record number with the record my portal in

I am using Instant Web publishing in Filemaker v 5.03 with the v 5.06 patch applied. I've got one master table and three portals on the layout. Can this be done? Once _any_ records are added - either in a related field or a master record (Personnel) , the related (portal) records in the layout begins to become uneditable. The master table can still be edited just fine. If you suggest that I just use three different layouts, that would be okay too, as long as I can get rid of the related record editing problem. Thanks in advance. AB

Hello all--several questions. First, how can I make a database downloadable. Well, I know the first I'd like to make the entire database (actually databases since there are several) downloadable--probably via an excel file. Here's another question, can I put information from several dbs into an excel file to download. Next question, can I do the above for a limited portion of said database(s), i.e. just data that users found in a specific query online? Basically, dynamically produce a downloadable file. Second question, although it should be the first because it is probably infinitely more important and speaks to the potential danger I may be in. I have most of…

Once a user posted a new entry to a database that is served on-line, I want an e-mail notification to be sent to a particular email address. Associating the Send Mail from the ScriptMaker does not seem to work on the web. I've read in some previous posts reference to CDML of which I know nothing - I just created the database and turned the web plug-in on. Is there a simple solution to the send-mail that does not require programing? Else, I don;t mind learning, but would appriciate a pointer of where to start... Thank you, -Ezra

I just updated from 5.5 to 6.0 unlimited so that I could get unlimited hits to a web published data base. However, when I open the databases in 6.0, I am un able to access them on the web. Then, if I close them out and reopen them in my old 5.5, I can again, access them on the web. Any reasons why?

I have a FMPro 5.5v2 user who cannot see filed borders created with a pen width of 1pt or lower. Has anyone experienced this problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks!

Anyone know for sure whether Tango 3.1 is compatible with newer versions of FileMaker like 5.5 or version 6? Thanks!

I have a shop in FM. When someone has ordered something he/she get's an e-mail with a copy of their order. The shop is in Norwegian, and when some of the items in the shop have Norwegian letters in them (

I have an address database with instant web publishing set up that I want 2 types of web access for: the admin who can do & view everything (edit/delete/etc.) and a technician who can *only* view & enter a new address. I had two different passwords set up, but using the lavender form view online, the tech still sees the rolodex in the upper left hand part of the screen to view other previously entered records. The "edit only" view works much better for this technician rather than lavender. However, if I relogin as the administrator, the "edit only" view prevent me as the admin from entering or editing records also. So is there any way for the different login…

I am working with Filemaker 3.0 & 4.0. I want to be able to take the entered information from a record and e-mail to people. I do believe that somehow this is possible. But is it possible with these Filemaker versions. Do I need an Applescript? Does anyone know of an Applescript that could make this happen? Any Help would be great. Paul Kudrle

So for those of you following our plight.... We upgraded our FM server (W2K) to ver 5.5 and a new machine at 1.8GHz. Still connecting Web companion on an iMac (500Mhz) under Jaguar 10.2.1 - all reinstalls and updates done. Clean install of all OS's, Jupiter and Saturn are far enough apart... Every morning we find the web companion froze or FM 5.5 unlimited on the Mac crashed (crash log says <EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0X0001)> AND <KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0X0001) AT 0X06376000> Thanks to all who have helped so far - but one year later - still flakey. What is next? WSC? Lasso? JSP?

I'm thinking about getting FileMaker Unlimited, but I wonder if it offers the functionnality I need. I've been trying to get information on WSC, but didn't find enough to be satisfied. My question : with WSC, is it possible to "integrate" CDML within a PHP page ? I want to be able to do some treatment like : /* <?php $someArray[0] = [FMP-Field: someField]; ?> */ Can someone tell me if this is possible using wsc ? I've only been able to find info about wsc and ssl thx, Jerry

I was just wondering... In FileMaker Instant I have a button in my layout that when click on in the web browser sends me to a different layout, basically a table. I have 41 records, but when viewed in the browser it always stops at 25. Of course when viewed in FileMaker all 41 show. Any reason for this? Can it be changed? LR

I have posted a database using IWP, and even managed to suppress the IWP interface successfully. Everything looks great, except my checkboxes and radio buttons, which look horrible!--large, clunky letters. From the FM docs, I find out that checkboxes and radio buttons use HTML, and I suppose can't be formatted within FMP itself. I was poking around to find the stylesheet (maybe that's a solution?) but couldn't find it. Does anyone know of a way to tweak the appearance of these value lists? I really don't want to get into CDML if I don't have to; 90% of what I need to do with this database seems to work within IWP. Thanks.

What does this text actually means about(below)? We have one web server hosting multible web sites. Are these multible web sites same as "virtual domains"? Does anybody here use Filemaker VW on multible sites on one server? Link to page Virtual Domains Not Supported In FileMaker Web Server Connector For FileMaker Pro 5.0, FileMaker Pro 5.5, Or FileMaker Pro 6.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While some web servers that work in conjunction with the FileMaker Web Server Connector support 'virtual domains', the FileMaker Web Server Connector itself was never tested or certified to operate with web server…

Hello there we developed a web application in our dev system using the following: 1. FMU 6.0 with web companion enable 2. NT 4 server IIS4.0 3. ASP scripts calling XML objects The application is working perfectly...but then... Our Customer environment: 1. FMU 6.0 with web companion enable 2. Win2K SP3 Server with IIS5.0 3. ASP scripts calling XML objects With the same scripts and databases but this time the XML/ASP codes does not work anymore. Any help will be greatly appreciated ... Cheers Bongman [email protected]

i'm looking at putting a number of customer databaes on the web. But i only have basic knowlege in using the web server connector and little knowlege in the web side of things. i will have a web server where the dbs will reside. i need to make the front end look something like profesional! and also maybe need the customers to interact with the databases over the web - if this is possible. i don't know any web languages so will need to learn 1 or more. which language would you recomend i learn? is java of use in this area? Thanks, ricardo

Under OS9 there was no problem. Now I'm running under OSX with FileMaker 5.5 Unlimited. users are not able anymore to start my questionaire database. Problem: The database refuges my entries. It doesn't even show me the entry page where I could enter data into the fields. I get the respons: Database Access Restriction: You do not have access privileges to perfrom the action: view The user "all users" may only create new records and may not browse the records. Can anybody help me to solve this problem?

I've been experimenting for a while getting our DBs online, and am ready to go whole-hog. Our traffic will be relatively light. We have just ten people accessing our DBs over the LAN, and I anticipate no more than 100 web accesses on any given day. Everyone says to keep Server and Unlimited on separate machines, and to put Server on the fastest machine you can afford. But being inexperienced, I don't know how much hardware I need. Here's what I'm looking at. Tell me if I need to revise my thinking. 1. I'm looking at getting a G4 800 mhz single processor Mac for FM Server. (Should I think dual processor, or doesn't that really matter here?) 2. Does Unlimite…

Hello, I have a FileMaker DB hosted on a server running Lasso. But, I am using mostly CDML tags (except for the call tag) since Lasso can read those. The web site uses a search page to find a group of products, then it is displayed on a results page. The results page has the following code,and works well. code: [fmp-record] [fmp-field: logoURL, raw] [fmp-field: pictURL, raw] [fmp-field: Item_Name] Part Number: [fmp-field: Part_Number] Description: [fmp-field: specs, break] List Price: $[fmp-field: List] Sale Price: $[fmp-field: Sale] [/fmp-record] This makes the products all display, but, they display one after another vertically on…

I need to give users access to a database via the web. I'm familiar with HTML but really do not know anything about CDML or XML. So either way I have some learning to do. I am interested to know what most are using and the pros and cons of each. Thanks. Cindy

Hi, i have a fm database which i am hosting using the web server connector. Is it possible for users who log on to run scripts (e..g press on buttons)? if so how? i have tried this by placing a button on the db which simply shows a message but when i try runnig this when i log on via the web nothing happens apart from the cursor changes when i go over the button. Thanks, ricardo.

Can this be done? My site and db are hosted and run via Lasso/FM pro. (call this site1.com) I want to make another site, on another server, that doesn't have FM Pro or Lasso hosting. Call this simplesite2.com. Can I have a page withinn simplesite2.com that talks to a db hosted on site1.com? Specifically, can I show results/records in simplesite2.com from the db in site1.com? If so, I guess I need a special call tag to tell is where the db resides. Can someone clue me in? And, are there any problems with this (if it can be done)? Thanks!! Lynn

After inserting a movie into a database I realized that the user has no control over it in the browser, the movie frame is significantly larger then the actual field resulting in a cropped out movie clip. This is the first time I'm trying this feature, any suggestions are appreciated. M,

To view database contents on the web, do I have to have the databases opened using Filemaker Pro Unlimited? Is there another way around this? I having to monitor a web server to ensure that the program is running and all files are open. Thanks!

Hi, I am new to FMP and certainly nerwer to XSL. I want to be able to load in data from a non XML web page that does have consistant captions before the information I desire. For example couild I import information from this web page "http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Wine_Ratings/Search_Results/1,1263,,00.html?text_search_flag=winery&winery=&search_by=all&Varietal=v11%3ABarbera&Price=10&Vintage=&type-region-search-code=&spec_des=&sort_by=score&taste_date=&rowincrement=25&Submit=Submit&rowbegin=1&rowend=0" I suspect that I could use XSL to further format the data and use the XML import. My question is how do…

I'd like to create a FM script which sends the data contained in FM fields directly to a form on an external internet webpage. I found there are external plugin like DoHttp, but isn't there really a way to do that without an external plugin? Note that I can't use GET method to send the form, I must use POST as the data in the fields is really big. Let me know! thank you Caio

I have a small db that has several items listed. The user can select from a list of items and view the record detail. I would like to have a link on the record detail page that creates a form with that records information, Title, Desc. etc but also lets the user enter their name,email and then have that form sent to me. I can get all the way to generating the form with the specific record information on it plus the input for the email, name, but I can't get how to send it to me. I can send it but because it has not been added to any db the email I receive is blank. Is there another way to achieve this? I am using CDML tags to generate my pages. Thanks in advance. …

I need to pass information to FileMaker, I have passed the information from a java applet to java script, but FileMaker does not seem to want the info...Kind of hurts my feelings. Here is the source code: <!-- saved from url=(0022)http://internet.e-mail --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>HTML file Title</TITLE> <script language="javascript"> function postInfo() { // get data from the applet uidStr = document.PWApplet.getUid() ; pwStr = document.PWApplet.getPw() ; // validate the data if (uidStr.length == 0) { alert("User Name cannot be blank.") ; return ; } if (pwStr.length == 0) { alert("Password c…

I am trying to publish a HTML page with publication references for each staff member. I have managed to set up this using portals and all is good BUT! The data comes from another department's database using a relationship, and they are using repeating fields for multiple author names. It is not possible to change their database(believe me I have tried!), so I am trying to work around this. I understand repreating fields will not work in a portal, and I have become a bit stuck on this one. Is it possible to set up a script in the database to bring all the repeating author names into one field, separated by commas, so it will show in the portal?

Hi, I'm building a database for a small company and have just recently moved the files onto the remote server. The company has three offices. I've opened the files from the main location and one of the remote locations. I choose "Hosts", then "Specify host" then type in the name of the server and everything is copacetic. However... when I returned home and tried to connect remotely from my personal computer I can't specify a host. I click "Hosts" on the open file box and get a window that says "Hosts" at the top with a blank box underneath. I have no option to specify or choose any host at all. I have no idea where to go from here. Any suggestions? …

Hi. I wish to host a database on my machine and give up to 5 guests access to it across a pier to pier network. I have FM Pro 5.0. I have just purchased FMPro 6 Upgrade with a 5 user License. This might be a dumb question, but will this do the job? Does this allow me to load FM Pro 6 on 5 machines or should each machine have an earlier version of FMPro that I upgrade to FM 6? Thanks for your help.

Currently have a cdml that looks like: [FMP-Portal:files] <a href="[FMP-Field:files::ftpcal]" target="_blank"> <span class="text">[FMP-Field: files::ftpfil]</span></a> <span class="text">[FMP-field:files::ftpdes]</span> [/FMP-Portal] This creates a url link on my web page. This sits in a table, and represents a portal. So on any given page there might be any number of these links from the portal. I want to add a if statement to the solution, so that only the portal items where a field eq yes shos up. Example: [FMP-If: webactive .eq. Yes][/FMP-If] Where do I add this to my soltion? Does it go at the begin…

If this has been covered already could someone point me in the right direction, I can't seem to find anything that is relevant. I have a FM DB running locally and a PHP/MySQL/Apache webserver (not local). The FM DB is, in effect, the control for the web. You can ad/edit and delete articles etc from the DB, then, every day at midnight, the webserver connects to the FM DB and updates any necessary articles. This stage works a treat (uses FX.php, a top class for FM and PHP interaction) The next step is what is causing me grief. I need to be able to upload files (pics, pdfs, etc) from the local machine to remote. What is the easiest/best/etc. way to first of al…

I have someone that I am trying to get connected to Filemaker via TCP/IP that has a PC with Windows XP. I have others (Mac and PC) that can connect with out any problem at all. I have walked through the setup of FileMaker and the preferences are set to TCP/IP. The person has an internet connection that works (I get lots of email from her) but when she does a Hosts and Specify IP address she can type in the IP address but the OK button is greyed out. I have had her check the dial up settings and they specify TCP/IP connections. I have a feeling it is Windows XP and Security or Filewall setting. I don't know Windows XP (I am a Mac Person with limited Windows 98SE experi…

I am a little stumped. Simple enough. I have a global container (non-repeating) with an image. Used the standard [FMP-image:namehere] But on my web page where the image should now show up, I get a string of text: FMPro?-db=%40hand.fp5&key=94&-img Not quite sure what this is. Any thoughts? LR

Greetings! I already have FileMaker Server running on our private network, being served from a Windows 2000 workstation through services, and what I'd like to do is be able to access this database from home. We have a DSL service (Covad) that brings the internet through a router, and I've been told that we have one static IP address that can be mapped, but they insist that I need PC Anywhere and a port number to be able to hook up the machines. Trouble is, the machine at home is a Mac. Besides Server, I also have Unlimited, and I know FileMaker is supposed to have all these web capabilities. Our network "guy" is a genius on Novell, but hates Macs (which I do all my …