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I know that FileMaker comes with the great ability to be able to send and recieve xml. PHP has the ability to send XML. With FX.PHP it is possible to connect PHP with FileMaker. I'm, however, not sure if FX.PHP requires a FileMaker server. This should not be a problem to me IF Filemaker Server 5.5 has the ability to send and recieve xml. I am a newbie to Filemaker and have not yet been able to find any info on this. The set up I am using: i have a MySQL database which i want to connect to a Filemaker 6 Unlimited database (to keep them both in sync with eachother). What i am asking: - Has Filemaker 6 Unlimited the ability to send recieve xml? - If so: does it have the ability to send/recieve it standalone or does it need a FM server? - If it does: is Filemaker Server 5.5 sufficient for this task? - If Filemaker 6 Unlimited is not able to send/recieve xml, which version is? And does that version need a Filemaker Server (which version)? Maybe this is a better question: what versions of Filemaker and/or Filemaker Server do I need to sync my MySQL database with Filemaker? Once again, I am new to Filemaker, hopefully somebody can point me in the right direction. Many thanks in advance.

Thanks for the tip. I am in a hurry now, i will review your answer in detail lateron. Maybe i'll have to post another answer..... thanks for now.

Hello all, I am new to FM. I have a very nice E-commerce system running on a MySQL database. A company asked me to build them a e-commerce system. They are using a Filemaker Unlimited 6 database with product info. I know how to write a script to automate import of CSV into MySQL. The question is: how do i automatically have Filemaker export values of a table to a CVS. I have FM running in trailversion right now and discovered that it is possible to make a script to export certain fields (in a particular/preferred order) from a table into a CSV-file. Can i schedule this script to execute every X seconds/minutes/hours? If so, how? Can i also have FM automatically import a CSV file every X seconds/minutes/hours? (also, is it than possible that it writes back, say, 6 modified fields into a table with, say, 10 fields (even if the fields in the CSV are in a different order as in the FM database)? Hopefully i made clear enough what i meant. And hopefully someone out there can hel me since this is the last unsolved problem in an BIG problem. Many thanks in advance.