Custom Web Publishing

you add the &tag=value pair I think the tag is FMP-Script but i'd check that the value is the name of your script. I don't use scripts as they can cause problems (if you plan on more than one person having access to it which it sounds like you don't) a search of this forum will get you some info there if you need it.

Hello, We want to put our database which is comprised of Television programs, dates, times and descriptions up on our website. But only a certain table on our site. We want just to show daily time and names of our programs and then when you click on a certain show for a description to pop out. Now, I know a little ASAP but I'm more familiar with ACCESS. We just recently bought FileMaker Pro for this purpose. For an example of what we want to do take a look at: http://wlrn.org/department.cfm?departmentID=2 Right now we are having to plug in each show manually, but it's proving to be a very time-taking procedure. If anybody could help me understand how to do this, I w…

Is it possible to use List View while hosting files over the Web?

I just installed the web server connector for the first time on a Windows 2000 Server running FMPro Unlimited. For the life of me, I can't get past the logon page. I have set both the default website and the admin sebsite to accept clear passwords and I'm trying to login in using the system admin login ans password. Does anyone have any hints? Aaron Savka Thread FX

I would like to know if I want to use FileMaker with CDML tags , how do I go about it.How can I use CDML in FileMaker?I am using FileMaker for the first time :-)

I have a form on our intranet for users to submit new records to a FMPro v.5 database. One of the fields on the form is a date field in the database. The users are able to enter a two digit year (6/11/01), however, on the database it interprets this date at 6/11/1901 instead of 2001. What can I do get have in info enter into the db as year 2001? Thanks

We are moving from Webstar and FMP on the Mac to IIS5 and FMP Unlimited on Win2k server. Questions: 1) can we keep the db's anywhere on our HD or must we use the WEB folder in the FMP application folder? 2) do we also have to put ALL our websites in this WEB folder. We host multiple websites and want a clear structure of folders that can be accessed by clients. Allowing them into the root WEB folder could create a serious security problem, since other clients' data is there too. 3) we also have ftp sites linket to by FMP, do these ftp sites have to be in the WEB folder too? 4) what is the web connector disk for that comes with FMP Unlimited? On the Mac this was …

Can anyone recommend web authoring software that is particularly well-suited for use with FileMaker? I want to create a web site that, among other things, uses FileMaker's layouts and allows data entry. I think I'm going to need more than what the web companion provides. I'm on the Windows platform, using FileMaker Pro v5.03. I have a copy of Adobe PageMill v3.0, but it doesn't seem to have any obvious close ties with FileMaker. I'd welcome any advice. I'm moderately capable with FileMaker, but a raw beginner with web publishing. Ultimately, my site will not be hosted on a Mac. Thanks, Keith Silva

Hi all, How do you go about making a portal display on a web page as it does in FileMaker itself? Instant Web Publishing can do it, so I assume there is a way to do it with Custom, right? Thanks!

does anyone know anything about the interaction between filemaker's Web Security and IIS (internet information services) Security? Any relevant, general, info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Timmy.

How do I get my buttons to work on the web? someone responed to another message to use "custom publishing" but i am not sure what they mean. Can any explain how I can get this to work? Thanks, RET

I know this isn't a Filemaker question but I'm trying to make contact with any Australian CDML developers. My name is Anthony Pugh and my email is [email protected]. I would very much appreciate hearing from anyone down under as I am emigrating there and would like to know how popular Filemaker is, the job situation and where to start looking for jobs Many thanks in advance Antz.......

Hi, is there any way to use the "replace" function from web pages? It would be really useful to be able to make a change to a field in a found set as you can when working direct into the database. I'm using cdml pages with both fmp5 unlimited and fmp4 (on different servers!!) Thanks, Jeff

I have got a database published via the Web Companion. All the user does is view and add entries. The database should be online 24/7. However, every couple of days Filemaker seems to freeze. Suddenly the pages published by Web Companion aren't available anymore on the internet. If I check the server that is running it, Filemaker is still on, but I have to restart it to get the pages back up again. Any idea what the problem could be? Would you suggest to use a different method but Web Companion to communicate with the site? Thanks for your help.

I would like to sort by two fields on the web from my FMPro db. Does anyone now how to accomplish this? I know to sort by one field to put <input type="hidden" name="-SortField" value="fieldname">. Now I would like to add a second sort...

Hi, I have problems displaying information on the web from a FM database in spanish. When I call a record that contains "

okay kiddies. this is what i need: two drop down menus. the items of the second menu depend on the first. it is actually a sort of submenu. for example, the first menu may have the items: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and depending on what is selected in that first menu the second menu may have: Eggs, Toast, Waffles -or- Sandwich, Soup, Pizza -or- Chicken, Beef, Rice make sense? thanks in advance. timmy.

just a simple question. is it worthwhile to index the 2 or 3 fields that i will be using to search, via the web. thanks in advance.

hi everyone, look at these codes: <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-FORMAT" VALUE="newcojobmodels.html"> <input type="text" name="CoID" value="[FMP-Field:CoID]" size=10> <input type="checkbox" name="JobID" value="00" checked>Top Management Executive <input type="checkbox" name="JobID" value="01">Senior Manager <input type="checkbox" name="JobID" value="02" >Manager <input type="checkbox" name="JobID" value="03" >Developing Executive <input type="checkbox" name="JobID" value="04">Director of Human Resources <P><INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="-New" VALUE="New JobModel"> <P><INPUT TYPE="res…

Does anyone know if 5.5 will support the field level operators more successfully than 5? If it does it will be worth buying. The searching capabilities of Web Companion and/or Lasso are limited with the rather upredictable suppoet that is currently offered.

Am trying to make a webform show a pulldown menu of only the checked value list items within a field, but every way I try it, the entire value list is shown.

We need to send E-Mails from within a filemaker runtime aplication on Win32 platforms. Moreover we need to attach a specific file to the mails we send. The only way we can locate this file is by using a relative path to the database we are currently working in (we will place it in the same folder but we don't know the absolute path!). Of course we already tried some plug ins (dbMailer and SMTP.it), but we didn't find a way to attach the file as we don't know the absolute path to it. Does anybody have a solution??? Thank you very much for replying...

Good Day All Ok, here is the situation: I am trying to put calculation fields on a web page but they just won't show. Is it because FileMaker has to take time to do the calculation and the server serves the info before the calculations are complete?: Any suggestions?? Thanx in Advance Rob

I'll do this any way i have too, i'm not afraid of Javascript. I need a form to produce an error if all fields are empty. Only one of the fields has to have anything in it, but it doesn't matter which field. Basically , now what i could do through FMP and CDML is have the format page have an If / Else Statement. From FM, a field returns "1" if any of the 10 fields are complete, 0 if nothing is entered. In CDML on the format page, If Field_Check.eq.0, ERROR BLAH BLAH BLAH, Else, SUCCESS BLAH BLAH BLAH. But i'd rather not do this. I would rather it either, using built in FM validation, go to the -error page, or using javascript have a pop-up window say HEY MORON FOL…

Does anybody know if there is a way to specify the number of related records diplayed in the portal on the web? I haven't seen a CDML tag that would allow me to do that although it is very easy to do on regular layouts.

Hi Folks I am new to using Filemaker, but as the company I work for have all there web stuff hosted on it, I am having to learn quickly. I am A cold fusion developer by trade, and what i want to do is have a CF form on-line that writes to the filemaker database the submitted fields. I was told that this was fine using the ODBC driver for FM. the problem I am having is that, I can do the insert once, everything works fine. i think go back and try it again and it throws an error, saying ODBC Error Code = S1000 (General error) [FileMaker][ODBC FileMaker Pro driver][FileMaker Pro]Unknown error if I then try again it works, but then the cycle repeats itself throwin…

I'm interested in serving a FMP5 database over TCP/IP and am experiencing very slow response rates. I'm seeking ways to achieve acceptable speeds. Server: Mac G3, FMP5 dbase file, served over 128 kbps ISDN line, static address, via AppleShareIP Remote Users: with FMP5 stand alone application opening the served dbase over dial up modem connection (effective speeds of 28.8 - 31.6 kbps); connecting to the database via AppleShare as if it were a local Mac My tests give me 36.5 seconds to open the dbase, 52 sec to open the form layout and 6 sec to view as List. Over the LAN, these same actions take 4.2 sec, 3.1 sec and 1 sec, respectively. Other than serving the dbase v…

Running Filemaker 5 Unlimited on IIS5 and a Linux/Apache machine running SendMail, all forms submitted from a Filemaker webpage that send an email get "timestamped" with a time that is 5 hours ahead of the actual time. All mail forms sent from the same machine using a web browser or cgi form page get stamped with the proper time, only the filemaker form pages are stamped incorrectly. (The mail comes right away, it is just stamped that it was sent 5 hours later)

I have no idea what is wrong with one of my databases, i use it online to gather peoples information, then you can view the information, edit it, or delete it, real basic, i have three databases like this, two work, but one isnt, when i go to browse all of the records in this one database the first field shows up but then there is a ] after the field, i cant edit the record, but i CAN delete it, there is nothing wrong with the code that i can find, does anyone have any clues as to where i should look?? thanks so much in advance! Joe

When submitting a form and the result page is served up by Filemaker, a person using IE for Mac cannot refresh without getting an error. Is there a way to make it repost the form data as Netscape does without putting all of the form data into the url address bar?

I am having problems displaying on the web a calculation field the result of which is an image. Interestingly, a portal with a related container calculation field displays images with no problem. Anybody has any ideas why that may be?

In my database, I have some entries that have to be outputted as [FMP-field:Content, Break] and some as [FMP-field:Content, Raw]. What I did was create a new field for each entry that has either "Raw" or "Break" in it. I thought I could just write the CDML as: [FMP-field:Content, [FMP-field:Format]]. But that does not seem to work. Can anyone give me a hint how to solve the problem? How can I get the Format of a field dynamically out of the database?

I have the following dillema. We have a database of all of our Opportunity Bulletins (OB) for our department. I would like hiring sups to be able to complete a form on a our intranet and the information from that form is submitted directly into the OB database. The problem i have is this.... The first field the submitter types in is a 'Position Number' field. I would like to set up my coding so that once this number is typed, the system will look it up in the database and if a bulletin already exists with that 'Position Number' then it brings back and fills in the form fields for that position according to the data that is in the database. BUT, if there is not an exi…

I have a little question. What is the difference between these two links: http://... FMPro?-db=tekster.fp3&-lay=detaljer&-Format=les.htm&-RecID=45&Find http://... FMPro?-db=tekster.fp3&-lay=detaljer&-Format=les.htm&id=126&-Find Anybodu who can help me?

Hi, I a sure some of the questions I will ask are redundant in this forum so please bear with me. I have been researching means of remotely accessing the FM database on our intranet via the internet and am a little confused as to my options. I am not interested in publishing html for viewing through a browser, but would rather specify a host as an IP to connect. Our internal computers use static intranet numbers and connect through our firewall which sits on an internet IP address. We have both the UDP and TCP ports setup to bypass the firewall. First question, is this going to work? Second question, when specifying a host in FM for remote connection, how do I tell…

Good Day All I have created a user tracking log for a site. It tracks every movement and action of the user. I used CDML and ScriptMaker to do this. It works quite well. I have been learning more on how bad it is to use scripts online. I have since been trying to create a solution with no scripts. Has anyone done this using FileMaker and CDML?? Thanx Rob PS. I am not overly concerned with using scripts for this site because there are only 40 users that would only access it maybe 4-5 times a year however I will be working on a project soon that has a lot more traffic and they want a tracking system.

It might be a browser problem not refreshing the page. I had a big problem with this and I used javascript to take care of it. It works 99% of the time. Check out some javascript sites for the best script for you. Thanx Rob

Is there a way to publish a layout that I've designed in Filemaker Pro to be my web page design? Is there any good reference on line about using the web companion? Thanks

Does anybody know how to connect to a FM database with a password via = ODBC ? I am using ASP to connect via ODBC. When FM database has a password nothing works... when it is without a password I can retreive the data I want. There must be some way I can send the password? Thank you. Got it! dim oConn set oConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.connection") oConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=MSDASQL.1;Password=test;Persist Security Info=True;Data Source=FileMakerODBC" [ May 16, 2001: Message edited by: jasonyeast ]

I would like to have a simple registration form on an html page. When the user clicks SUBMIT, I'd like to automatically create a record in a FileMaker Pro 5 database. We'll be sharing the database using TCP/IP, but I have no desire to put the database itself on the web. My website is on a Linux server; the FMPro database is on a Mac. This ought to be simple, but I haven't seen anything that explains how! Thanks, kayvee [ May 11, 2001: Message edited by: kayvee ]

i am back to working on our large web-enabled database and have been able to accomplish a few things (finally) using FMPro5 and a trial download of HomePage3. When I make a test database or a partial layout of the original database, the fields will list in the Connection Assistant...however if i try to load the original layout with all >200 fields, they won't list. This does not seem to be a Web Security issue, as I have tried a variety of options with that...It just seems to be the quantity of fields. Any work around on this? It just won't work as well, if I have to chop it up. Thanks! bobbi

Anyone have any experience with setting up FMP 4.1 to serve up web pages when running on a Win2k Server that has Terminal Services enabled? I have a feeling that Terminal Services does something to step on (Microsoftese = Manage) TCP/IP port traffic to ensure that one terminal session doesn't conflict with another session (or the console itself). Afterall, if there are two terminal sessions running with FileMaker turned on and each FMP copy is listening to port 80 traffic, which one would get the duty? When FMP is launched and the Web Companion is turned on, I'm a little fuzzy with how to tell Win2k how to let an instance of FileMaker have access to respond to port 80 …

Hello FileMaking fiends, Just a quick question, Is Fp5 a relational database in the sense of say, Access or Oracle? If yes, How do you go about setting primary keys and the like in an FP5 database? Thanks mio amigos Ciao

Good Day All When you do a sort online, leave the "reply" page to perform another action then come back to the reply page, it loses its sort. I would like to maintain this sort. I have an idea that i'm going to test with cookies. Is there anybody who has done this? If so could you let me know how? Thanx Rob Parsons Bongarde Communications Ltd www.safetysmart.com

i am attempting to web-enable a rather large database created with FMP5 via a trial version fo Home Page 3.0 with no success. I managed to find the patch so that i would not receive the message "server not responding", so was able to actually choose the database in connection assistant, however if i have web security database open, i receive the server message sometimes. i am working on my own computer right now for testing, instead of the server. that is problem number one. the second is this: when i am to choose fields, i have no list of fields in any windows...none of my tutorial information helps me out with this one! has anyone else had this problem or might understa…

I am having some trouble with creating a tag like this for my results page: <<previous|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|next>> I have tried to dicect a couple, but have had no luck. Can anyone help me here?.........Please!

Hello.... I have an online form which creates a new record on my "Users.fp5" database. I have a script called "UserScript" which should be performed after a new record has been created on "Users.fp5". I have tried adding the following in between my <form></form> tags: <input type=hidden name=-Script value=UserScript> The script does work but only if my Users.fp5 database is at the front of FileMaker when I press the submit (-new) button. If another database happens to be at the front of FileMaker when I press the submit (-new) button then the script is ignored even though the Users.fp5 database comes to the front to create the new record. How do I…

i created a Username and password DB for my clients logging into my site. I used their email address as their username. On the web page I used a find command to access the area. If I use just the password it works fine, however when I use both or just the username it tells me it doesn't like that. Is there a problem with the @ symbol when searching in a text field? Thanx Rob

Good Day All This question may show up in other places in the form. I was wandering if anybody has had any success in creating a multi columned HTML table with different records in each cell. Here is what I am shooting for: ______________________________________________ |Record 1 | Record 2 | Record 3 | |___________|_____________|____________________| |Record 4 | Record 5 | Record 6 | |___________|_____________|____________________| If anyone has any ideas please let me know Thanx Rob

We are currently using the Web Security database on our FMPro web server which contains about 16 databases. All of them currently are set up the same, All Users - Browse access. By problem now is that I have a database that I would like All Users allowed 'browse' access, however, would like some users to have 'create' access. I know I can just assign those users id's and passwords and that's fine, BUT, there are about 800 users that will need this access. Is there a limit of how many users I can enter? Also, is there a way I can use the Web Security database for some databases and use the FileMaker Pro access privileges for others? This is all for our intranet (if…

I am unable to get any usable information from Filemaker on the following question: We want to distribute databases across a company intranet which is web based. To save the time and expense of rewriting all 22 databases in CDML or XML is the solution to use an application server such as Microsoft Terminal Services. I have seen this work with one of our bound databases, but that would only allow a single person to access it at a time. I we want to run Filemaker pro on an application server (Termianl Services??) allowing 10-20 people to access at a time, which version of Filemaker should we use, and what happens about licenses. Can anyone help, or point me in the right…

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Hello, I am trying to connect to a remote FP database using ODBC and Cold Fusion. I am receiving this error: Error Occurred While Processing Request Error Diagnostic Information ODBC Error Code = S1000 (General error) [FileMaker][ODBC FileMaker Pro driver][FileMaker Pro]Open failed The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFQUERY), occupying document position (1:1) to (1:38). Date/Time: 05/01/01 13:53:03 Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows NT; DigExt) Remote Address: 127.0.0.1 HTTP Referer: I have noticed that the remote address is set at the default for localhost, is it not? Don't know why this …

Originally posted by Vaughan: Join up all of the text fields into a calculation field (field1 & field2 & ...) then perform a single search on the calculation field! Can anyone give an example of this ? Thanks in advance,

How can I make a request to FileMaker on the Web to download a MS Word file that sits on the disk where FMPro resides? These files must be downloaded only after the transaction is approved. So their path must remain not accessible par a hyperlink. I built a hyperlink to the file with calculated fields. It works but the path is shown to the user so the security is null. I tried to use the Include CDML tag but it works only for text file. Is it just a matter of changing the MIME type? What would the Mime type be then? Thanks to all

Hi. Does anyone know how to create 10 unique fields? - so that each single field is unique within the record as well as the database. Thanks!

Sorry for the long post, but, Here's my project: We have a Filemaker Pro (5) database.

Hi. I have created a private message board system so users can have a one-to-one conversation with just me. There are three databases: Users.fp5, Topics.fp5 and Messages.fp5. The databases are related using the UserID, TopicID and MessageID fields. So far it works great but the user cannot upload images via Web Companion. If I use WebStar's file upload plug-in then I'll need to create a link for the path to the ftp folder. I think as long as a folder contains the ".upload" text file WebStar will allow file uploading. I need applescripts to help with my message board (a message board that allows people to add images). I'd be grateful if anybody could help me out. …

Is there a way to limit the number of characters in a TextArea? For example this message box I am typing in... Is there a way to limit it so I cannot type any more characters? Thanks!

Hi everyone, I am trying to figure out how to do the following using FileMaker with the Web Companion: If a page does not exist (let's say it has been removed), how do I get FileMaker to display a customized "page not found" error? I know with the Apache web server you can have HTACCESS files to complete this task. The reason I'm doing this is because I have removed several pages that have been indexed by the search engines. If somebody lands on that old link I want a page to be displayed stating that the page no longer exists and give them a chance to view the rest of my web site. I would hate to edit every page (hundreds) to have a META REFRESH tag. …

I'm using Instant Web Publishing. Is there a way to use the date range operator ( ... ) in a criteria field for a search? [ April 22, 2001: Message edited by: StephenRappaport ]

Hello. I am just a beginner with FMPro. I am learning to publish my database on the web. I have created a login page for my web site, where the user has to type in two inputs - their "UserName" and "Password". The two inputs are then sent to my FMPro Users.fp5 database and filemaker searches for the record that "equals" both the UserName and Password inputs. I am using the following form within the body of my login page: --------- <form action="FMPro" method="post" name="loginform"> <input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="Users.fp5"> <input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="userhome.html"> <table width="250" border="0" cellspacing…

Hi folks - I have a question about the system requirements for using FM on the web. I have version 4.1 of Filemaker running on a Macintosh 7350/180 Workgroup Server, with 48 megs of RAM (25 megs allocated to FM). I have a database that contains 160 fields. Each field is a question in a questionnaire - I want to server the questionnaire over the web. I plan on spreading the questions across 5 or 6 web pages in total, with a maximum of 35 questions on any one page. The questions are mostly radio button response (a choice of 9 buttons per question) so return a single digit entry to the database, but there are also a few text boxes as well (ie. where the respondent types in …

well, i got the connection assistant to see my database again, but it still won't "see" the fields in the database when i get to "layout selection". is there a limit to # of fields that can be transported via this connection assistant in Home Page? (i have ~275) i created a dummy database with only 5 fields and these show up just fine, the connection assistant whizzed right through them and gave me a whole "website"...although quite an unattractive one! right now i don't care about looks, i just want to get that big database to come up! and then i will start to wonder how to secure individual records by name and password...oh boy!

Hi folks - hope you can help with this problem (and hope you can understand my explanation of it!). I am designing a web based questionnaire that uses the FM Web Companion (v. 4.1) to serve my web pages and dump participant responses into a FM database. I have two versions of the questionnaire that I would like to administer, with alternate participants being served a different version. So, for example, Participant One views the questionnaire page and sees Version A, then Participant Two views it and sees Version B. When Participant Three comes along, they get Version A again, and so on - alternating between A & B each time. Any ideas on what would be the best way …

As a promotion for my demonstration "SIMPLIFY, Custom Publishing Basics for FMPro Solutions, A Browser Demonstration of html/cdml", I have developed a little demonstration which will provide all that is necessary for you to run it in your FileMaker application to see what actually occurs "When Scripts Collide", the name of this demo. If you think you may be interested but are reluctant, please contact me [email protected], and I will send you the set-up instructions which may help you to determine if you really want to know. This demo, "When Scripts Collide", is currently available in FMPro 5.0 only in either Stuffit or Zipit (opens in winzip) compression formats. And i…

If I might be allowed a slight ramble. For the people who come to these forums on FMP, the web and cdml, most are fairly new / brand new to the publishing of FileMaker. Many have just developed their first FileMaker solution and are looking to custom publish. There are many learning curves ahead. One that often goes unaddressed is the learning curve of what it means to be a FileMaker developer, for that is what we are (or become) when we undertake these tasks. There are many parts of the struggle, learning html if you don't know it, or learning how to use an html editing application. Then there is learning the cdml, or for some the Lasso ldml; for either it is necessar…

Hi Everyone! Im new to all this and trying to get a simple database going where people will be able to edit and delete information, ive pretty much followed the book and the code is exactly what its telling me to put, but when i try and do any editing to a record or deleting of a record i get an error! ive looked through the discussions and did find one message that said you needed -recid that might be what im missing, but im not sure, heres the code, and any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks in advance This is what i have for edit... <html> <head> <title>Edit Article Request</title> </head> <body> <form ac…

I'm using the Web Companion plug-in and Web Security for a published DB. In Web Security I've defined "all users" - no password - and Create Records. When I try to access the DB online, the Network Login dialog pops up but will not accept a blank name and password. My understanding from the limited documentation provided by Filemaker is this SHOULD work. I know I'm missing something easy... I just need to know what it is.

Alan, You may need to add the word "document" in the Javascript as follows: function gothere() { document.location.href = "http://" + fred + jon + tom + dave...

I want the height of the scrolling text box ( row number ) adjusted according to the heigth of the data shown in it. is it possible ?

I have a fmp 5 database which i have made web ready through Lasso WDE/Webstar & Go Live plug in. There are 10 clients who create new records for requests on certain criteria What I would like to do is have each client have a passowrd/login-ID on the index page (not a default "pop up" browser user entry) to access/edit/create and delete only their records not the other clients. How is this possible. Many thanks for any help

I want to script an e-mail function that I can do manually that just is to complicated for the users. I want to send a previewed FM page as the Body in a E-Mail message. Manually I have to do the following: In a FM script go to a Preview page(paused). Then I take a picture of the screen Shift/command/4. Open a Simple Text blank page and paste the image. Then do a Select all (command A) and then do a Copy (command C). Finally open a Netscape E-mail new message and paste the clipboard in the body of the message. Then Send the e-mail. I think I have covered all of the steps. This works fine manually and I believe that there are FM plug-ins that will do this but they al…

i have this code on an edit page but when i turn the checkbox off it does not change the database but i can turn them on. what i am doing wrong and is there a better way of showing the current state of the checkbox. code: [FMP-If: Field: Wednesday .eq. Wed] <input type="checkbox" name="Wednesday" value="Wed" </p checked> [fmp-else] <input type="checkbox" name="Wednesday" value="Wed"> [/FMP-If] Wednesday thanks

HI, Is it possible to import pictures in a FMPro 4.1 Database using an online HTML page. And if so can someone please tell me how. I have found something that helps me : <input name="pic" type="file">. this creates a texfield and browse button. I am able to select a file from my harddrive. Now i want to know how to upload it in my Database. Thx in advance

OK !.. I have found the solution !.. here : I can put my record"s" in an edit form on the web so I can only edit the first record. But on the list I can see all my records and I can write in to the fields but when I click on the edit button, my inputs on my records go in to the field of the first record. That is OK . while editing I run a script in my database. That script find my records which I see on the web, put them in the same sort order with the web and than the script goes to the first record takes the data written from the web , put it into a dummy global field, and takes the words or letters one by one according to the current record number ( or current protal…

Brand new to file maker but can't find the answer to this topic yet. I want to be able to use individual hyperlinks to images for each part number in a database, I want to create the database for someone else to fill in the part number so it automatically links to an image of the same name +.jpg, can that be done? For example if they put in 32147 can it insert the hyperlink command <a href="32147.jpg"></a> Or does this function need to be done while creating the database? I want the warehouse to fill out the fields, then I will upload the images and files, etc. at a later time. Thanks for the help.

I have a web page running a filemaker database and i have checkboxes and option buttons on them but when i go and edit the record online i don't get them checked or selcted. how do i do it.

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How do you modify multiple records at once through the web? Do you have to use a script? Lets say I want to change the value of one field for every record in the found list... how? (Basically, I want to mimic the 'replace...' menu option that can be found in FMPro.

Hi, What I am trying to do is that a person can delete multiple records from an online DB using checkboxes. First the page displays the records created by this person, then the person selects the records he wants to delte by clicking multiple checkboxes, then presses delete and the records must be removed from the DB.. Anyone knows how to do this?

I have search.htm and search_results.htm. The column fields on the search_results.htm should be defined according to the fields I ask on the search.htm. If I search on the database according to the date and sell-price the list should contain the name of the item-date-sell price columns If I search on the database according to the date and buy-price the list should contain the item name-date-buy price. How can manage to define the columns on the list according to the search items? thanks in advance. abdulkadir kaplan [This message has been edited by abkaplan (edited March 17, 2001).]

I have several jpegs that display on various layouts that I have created in my database. I simply created a container field on each of the layouts and made a reference to the images which are kept in an images folder...Now this all works just fine, but I can't seem to reference or display the files on my detail records or hitlist pages . What is the correct tag for getting lasso to call the graphic object from the database record so that it will display on the web page

Hello, I have been asked to develop and implement a web site for the internet. The site will be kept on a G4 Server and will get it's content from a FileMaker Pro 5 database. I need to know exactly what I need in order to do this. The G4 Server needs to be purchased and the current FileMaker 4 database needs to be upgraded. I'm confused as to whether I only need a FM pro 5 upgrade and can run it on the G4 Server with OS X Server or whether I need to buy FM Pro Unlimited. And is OS X Server preferable to Appleshare IP? (What's the difference?) Also, should I buy FM Developer if I need to customize the pages, or is this something that can be done with onl…

Hi, My intranet makes quite heavy use of FMP4 databases which are published using custom web pages and quite a lot of CDML to call scripts in the databases etc. I upgraded to FMP5 unlimited because I wanted to publish databases that looked more like the forms created in the original database. FMP5 does this very well but (I have since learned) does not support scripts! I can replace most of the scripts with calculation fields but cannot think of a way to perform a search on multiple fields in the database without using a script. Basically, I need to use the contents of a single field to search multiple/all fields in the database. Can anyone offer any help or advice? -…

hi, i had hoped to use FileMaker's ability to OMIT records to take items off a web site but not delete them. The problem i have is that when someone searches via the web it seems to reset the Filemaker databse and un-omit the records i had omitted within filemaker. do i need to change the way i query the DB from the web or is the a better way to do this. now that i think about it, it would be handy to "omit" records via a web interface rather than from within FileMaker. I already have a web interface for adding and deleting and editing records via the web but i can't find any documentation on "omitting" records via web UI. thanks in advance...

Hi, I have a database published on the web for access to the public. One of the fields is the email address for each person listed. Can I make this a live email link? I have only used the instant publisher...am I going to have to make a personalised page using CDML? if so, is there somewhere I can go to get easy steps for an amatuer?

If I want to allow a customer to upload files within my form page how can I accomplish this so that they can attach the file before submitting then the item's get placed into a folder with the corresponding Record ID as the folder name. ( so that the uploaded files and the quote request can be matched up)?? Lastly I'll be using FM5 Unlimited and FM5 Server on the same cpu. Is this all right or should I be using anything else in front of it or on the same server machine? Thank you in advance.

How can I activate a form when sombody loads my pages on the web? Say that, that form should create a record in a specified database. Abkaplan

As everybody recognizes by now, scripts are not made for web. That is pity especially with FM 5 Unlimited price tag. Here are other things to consider. Some will affect only international users; some will affect all. When FM is starting with Web Companion On, following may happen: Web user will request data from database, but Web Security database is not yet open. FileMaker Unlimited will display warning window not only on visitor Machine, but also on Host Machine! What is problematic with this warning window? It will stall the loading script, which IS actually trying to load WebSecurity databases. Furthermore, Remote administration of NT server is cut off by this F…

Hi, apologies if this topic has already been covered. All I want to know is this; Is is possible to create a relational database with FM5 on a Mac and use that database on a PC or Unix Web-Server that's running MySQL to serve up dynamically created web pages? Basically what I want to do is create a database directory of Businesses, categorise them and make a web page that allows the user to either display a category page with all relevant businesses or search by Business name and display the results on a new page. Also, each entry should be able to have options for web and email links plus "more information" that brings up another web page (these might not necessarily…

OK what am I doing wrong. I am just starting into "instant web publishing. Using a scheme that renders layouts. WIN98SE/FMP5 v3 and latest Web Companion update. All works fine EXCEPT...I can't see items in portal when I do a search and find one record. If I show all from browser, I can then see portal contents but when I go back to viewing one record, portal contents are gone

I am wondering if it is somehow possible (probably through some special trick) to edit multiple portal rows through CDML in FileMaker 4.1. Specifically I have a list of classes in a separate database which is related to a survey response database. I want the users to be able to go in and fill out part 1 (where they enter their username which is used as the relationship field) and then goto part 2 which has their classes. On that page I want them to be able to respond about a couple of fields for each of their classes. Is there anyway this could be possible to do with FileMaker 4.1? Thanks for any help you might be able to provide! --KW

Ok, I know this might take too long but can someone PLEASE email me or post it here. I know how to make databases, relatinoal database but I have no single idea about puting them on the web. I got a site at http://lineagehq.com(sorry for the URL) And i want to make a player database. So people can add, edit their own records and it will dissplay all records in a table form in another page. Ok Now if you tell me all that I will be realy happy! Cause i couldnt find any info related to this subject on the filemaker.com. Please help me! Thank you!

I'm running a databse that is being shared over the WEB for users to be able to log in and update their job sheets and timesheets. The database veiws brilliantly on a PC using Explorer, but on a MAC it looks distorted and comes up with align errors all over the page, i have tried it on Netscape and the same thing happens.Any ideas to what may be causing this. Any help would be gratefull. Cheers Carlosmc

If you are a FileMaker developer, there is something of which you need to be aware. This requires you using Netscape. Go to: http://www.fmpdesigns.com/dbonline.html and select the Online Demo. Click on "Calls" and enter the password. click "New" Select an id from the pop-up menu. Assign a priority. Enter you clever message. After you click "Add Record", and the results page loads, click your "Reload" button. Repost Form Data? Yes. In fact "Reload" and repost four or five times. Then click "Find" When you get to the Find page, find the pop-up menu to the right of "Name" which contains the name you previously selected, and click Find. You should see a table which d…

Are you using custom or instant web publishing? When you say "some of the images are different sizes" are you referring to the absolute know image size in pixels, or how they appear on the layout in FMP? FMP can (usually does) resize an image to fit into the field on the layout. How the image appears in the web depends upon the *actual* image size -- the scan etc.

I am fairly new to filemaker. Am currently using version 5. I am working for an insurance claims business and setting up claims processing using the program. The BOSS has now given me the task to send new claims to field adjusters using a database on a Web Domain Server we will rent from an Internet vendor. I have read some other posts on this site and think that I will need to look in Web Database Publishing but am otherwise lost. First question? Is the web database publishing the correct approach? If it is, what do I need with respect to reading references or additional software. At present we have only the Filemaker Pro vs 5. Thanks in advance. H. Hill

hi, i had hoped to use FileMaker's ability to OMIT records to take items off a web site but not delete them. The problem i have is that when someone searches via the web it seems to reset the Filemaker databse and un-omit the records i had omitted within filemaker. do i need to change the way i query the DB from the web or is the a better way to do this. now that i think about it, it would be handy to "omit" records via a web interface rather than from within FileMaker. I already have a web interface for adding and deleting and editing records via the web but i can't find any documentation on "omitting" records via web UI. you can see my temp site here: http://www.imag…

I have created an online DB using CDML. One of the problems I faced was, the Filemaker URL was showing up in the address window. This would show important info that only authorized personel should see. I solved it by using a frame to mask the address. Works like a charm. However I have two other major security dilema's: 1 - The pages were caching causing some of the info not to update. It was also wrecking havoc with the scripts and tracking system I created. I put the no cache meta tag into the each page. This only worked for some. Is there any way to get the pages not to cache? 2 - I also discovered that the browsers history was recording pages of info. If you shut …