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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.

I believe its a Windows NT problem When I run the database on my Win2K machine, everything runs fine. If I host the database on our WinNT machine, thats when I get the problem. There is either an NT update we are missing or a setting I don't know about which accounts for 2 digit years. Either way, if anyone has had a similar problem, please respond.

I created a 'date' field in my FMPro database. I am using a custom web interface to publish it. When I use the [FMP-CurrentDate] tag in Internet explorer, I get a 2 digit year (1/31/01). When I submit this to the database, the date is automatically changed to a 4 digit year and reads 1901. How can I fix this?

go figure, right as i posted that i had an idea... [FMP-ClientUserName] doesn't work if you are using the '-view' action tag instead of, say, '-find'. Now, does anyone know the reason for this?

I've been using this in my database now for a while, but I'm having a problem recently... One of the pages doesn't replace this tag with the user name like it should, it leaves it blank. Does anyone have any information about this tag that would make it work on one page and not on another? -db is the same database, everything else is exactly the same as well.

I want to show one record at a time after a search is completed. At the top of the page, I want to be able to move to the next or previous records from the search, just like 'web companion' does with instant publishing... question is: When I do a search and have a set of found records, how can I move to the next record in the found set? Do I have to do something really ugly like have a variable that keeps a 'skip count' and do the same find everytime with -skip placed in the URL? thanks

This is how I'm doing it: 1. Do a find 2. Search results are viewed in table view all at once 3. Click a link (record ID) to get to a form view of that record. 4. At the top of the page, I want a previous and next button that will take me to the previous and next records in the found set. The web companion does this buy creating a link using the -skip tag, but it just increments that tag. I'm having a tough time figuring out how to increment that tag... Can you increment that tag?

Doh.. I thought that posting this in the "CDML" section came with the assumption that I'm doing custom web publishing, not instant. I wanted to mimic the functionality in instant, but I see they are using the 'skip' method I stated above.. Anyone else know a way to do it differently?

Chuck: Thank, but sadly your solution doesn't seem like it will work through a web browser. I'll have to try the above instead.

I need to make a history field in our bug database. Right now, it keep a history of 'comments' by putting the date, time, and comment at the bottom of the field. What I want to do is add what fields have been changed in the record. For instance, I'd like it to say something like: 9/28/00 7:56AM Fields changed: status owner description Is there a way to do this with a script? When you submit something, it has to know what fields have changed and what has stayed the same, how do you get that information?

I have the same problem with the 'invisi-cache'. Where are these files stored? I think I'm up to 'base15.htm' for my default homepage at this point.. hehe

I know this isn't directly FMPro related, but I have a text field in FMPro that loses all formatting when I put it in a browser if I use the <span> tag. When I use instant publishing, FMPro uses the <span> tag, but somehow breaks up the text with <br> whenever there is a line return. Is that being done through a script? How can I do that? Using <textarea> keeps the formatting, but I want it to be read-only, which I don't think can be done in <textarea>. Is there a tag that will keep the formatting but will also make it read only? Thanks for any help.

When I do a search for records, I want the page to come up with the selected record and it's correct data, but the drop-down menus should have the correct data selected. Im using the following code to have the drop down menus contents entered, but it puts 'checked' in the <option> tag when I really need it to add 'selected' to the tag. <select size="1" name="D1"> [FMP-ValueList:drop,list=drop] <option [FMP-ValueListChecked]>[FMP-ValueListItem] [/FMP-ValueList] </select> How can I get it to fill in the drop-down menu and still select the correct item in the menu? Again, 'checked' doesn't work. I've tried using [FMP-IF:] statements, but they don't seem to be working within a [FMP-Valuelist] statement. Can someone help please? Thanks

I've done content creation for the web before, that isn't the problem. Problem is I'm not sure how to get it to interface with FMPro. Making web pages with an editor is cake... getting those pages to interface with a database is the part I don't know.

Like many others, I've been using Instant web publishing and have found that scripts don't run unless they are "Go To Layout". So now I want to do custom web publishing, but can't find any documentation on it other than "Go buy FMPro Developer" My question is: Where can I find out how to do Custom web publishing? All I want to do is run a script when I submit something, how hard is that?!?!