Serving PDF files with WebCompanion?

[CmdrHispano]

Hi All,

Is there any way to serve some PDF files with webcompanion? I need to create some records each with an associated PDF file. I'd like to be able to have users use the database via a browser, and with a button launch the associated PDF. So far all of my experiments have failed :-(.

For one, I am not sure what to set the URL to in my script. No matter what I do it won't see the PDF file when I use the database from the web.

Any ideas?

CH

[Garry Claridge]

I have done something similar using Custom Web Publishing (CWP). I store the name of the file in the database and have the html-format file construct the URL to the file.

Hope this helps.

Garry

[CmdrHispano]

forgive me, but what is custom web publishing and html format?

are they additional plugins?

[Garry Claridge]

CWP is a system where you build your own pages using HTML with CDML replacement tags. These pages are called 'Format' files. Nothing extra is needed for FM.

Format files are accessed by using URLs or Forms. E.G.

http://localhost/FMPro?-db=mydatabase.fp5&-lay=myweb&-format=mypage.html&-findall

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The format files are placed in the 'Web' folder within the FM program folder.

You will see some CDML in action in the 'CDML Forum'.

All the best.

Garry