Filemaker as a web prototyping tool

[jcorban]

Hello,

I'm a user interface designer, and I'm interested in using Filemaker for prototyping web applications. Is it possible to link static HTML / javascript pages to the data in a Filemaker database?

I've read the help and looked at some of the Filemaker web sites, and so far it looks like it's not possible - you have to design the layout using FileMaker, and rely on Web Companion's translation into HTML. If so,

I'm thinking of perhaps surrounding the Filemaker database with a couple of static HTML frames, and having links on those frames run Filemaker scripts or change Filemaker layouts. Has anyone done anything like this? Is it possible?

Thanks,

Jim Corban

[Anatoli]

I am not with you on this. I do mix CDML, HTML, JavaScript, data from databases, Forms, Frames -- you name it I am doing that.

What should be the problem?

[Vaughan]

Jim, you are thinking of Instant Web Publishing. All the good things are done in Custom publishing. Forget Instant.

[Anatoli]

Ups forgot about instant. It is even worse than instant coffee!