Hi! Does anyone know of a good alternative to set field with IWP hopefully, or

cdml specific example. I have a database which is not setup for the web, and it uses a lot of set field scripting to control which form to use for data entry. Much thanks in advance for any pointers!

Set field in CDML is through Form submitting. Do you know how to do HTML pages with Forms?

Yes, I have done a couple basic forms but not with cdml. Should I use

<input type="hidden" name=[Not sure what to put here, so Filemaker

knows how to store the text into a field]

value="(someTextValue)"> Thanks for your fast response!!! I have to go now

and I will see your post tomorrow!

That's right. Something like:

<FORM ACTION="FMPRO" METHOD="POST">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-db" VALUE="database.fmp">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-lay" VALUE="web">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="format_file.htm">

<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="-err" VALUE="edit_file.htm">

field1<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=field1 VALUE="[FMP-FIELD:field1]" SIZE=35>

<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="-Edit" VALUE="Edit Record">

</FORM>

Cheers, Peter.

In addition to the above -- get the CDML reference database, the best resource so far for CDML.

Peter, I tried the code from above and kept coming up with Record not found error. Here is my code:

<FORM ACTION="FMPRO" METHOD="post">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-db" VALUE="test.fp5">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-lay" VALUE="layout1">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="format_file.htm">

<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="-error" VALUE="edit_file.htm">

field1: <input type="text" name="field1" value="[FMP-Field:field1]" size=20>

<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="-edit" VALUE="Edit Record">

</FORM>

I set up the response file and the error file.

Put this file and the other two in the Web directory for Filemaker Pro 5.5

It is probably something easy but I can't seem to locate the error...

Thanks for your help..

ps. In the initial post set field was used to set a value not visible to the user. Thus a static text string needs to be put into a field which can't

be edited by the user.

You will need the RecordID to edit a record:

<FORM ACTION="FMPRO" METHOD="post">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-db" VALUE="test.fp5">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-lay" VALUE="layout1">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="format_file.htm">

<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="-error" VALUE="edit_file.htm">

<input type="hidden" name="-recid" value="[FMP-CurrentRecID]">

field1: <input type="text" name="field1" value="[FMP-Field:field1]" size=20>

<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="-edit" VALUE="Edit Record">

</FORM>

If you wish to "Set" the fields in a new record just use something like this:

<FORM ACTION="FMPRO" METHOD="post">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-db" VALUE="test.fp5">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-lay" VALUE="layout1">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="format_file.htm">

<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="-error" VALUE="edit_file.htm">

field1: <input type="text" name="field1" value="" size=20>

.

.

<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="-new" VALUE="Add Record">

</FORM>

All the best.

Garry

Recommend you acquire the CDML Reference Database.