Calling FM search from remote HTML page

[Peter Knowles]

In the past I've managed to create a "hard link" to an FMP search, using something like this:

<A HREF="FMPro?-DB=db.fp3&-Format=results.htm&fieldname=true-FIND"> to call a specific Database Search (for fieldname=true) but I've always had to do it from an html page within the same folder as the database.

Is is possible to call the same type of specific search using FileMaker from a page hosted elsewhere, by appending the IP address of the FileMaker server to the tag, such as:

<A HREF=http://123.456.789.0/"FMPro?-DB=db.fp3&-Format=results.htm&fieldname=true-FIND">

Or is that asking too much of the program?

Love to hear any ideas. Thanks in advance.

Peter Knowles

[The Bridge]

Yes, your link will work; just move the first quotation mark to just before the http instead of the FMPro.

[ibiubu]

You can also include access priv. information in so desired, and if the circumstances warrant.

<A HREF="http://username:[email protected]/FMPro?-DB=db.fp3&-Format=results.htm&fieldname=true-FIND">

LR

[Anatoli]

It should be "true&-FIND"

There was missing "&" at the end

[Garry Claridge]

RE: I've always had to do it from an html page within the same folder as the database

Does this mean that the Database is located in the 'Web' folder? If so, this is not recommended for security reasons.

All the best.

Garry