URL question from a newbie

[Ingar]

Hi!

I've seen a lot of questions about the use of URL's to access FMPro DB, but I wonder about something.

If I have a DB at the following location: C:program filesdbmybase.fp5 and my web pages is in the FilemakerWeb folder how will the URL look:

http://localhost/FMPro?-db=:?&-lay=layout&-format=search.htm&-view

Ingar

[Anatoli]

-db=mybase.fp5&-lay=layout&-format=search.htm&-view

Databases must be opened in FM and it doesn't matter, where databases are placed or served.

Don't place the databases into web (public) folder!

[Ingar]

Hi!

My problem was that I used this input in a search page:

<P><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="_Cday" VALUE="[FMP-Currentdate]"

In the Web page it showed up as [FMP-Currentdate]

My link to the page is this:

<a href="http://localhost/FMPro?-db=mybase.fp5&-lay=layout&-format=search.htm&-view"></a></p>

When I moved the DB to the Web folder it showed up just fine in the Web page.

But to my surprise, when I move the DB back to the original folder it also shows up fine.

Now I really don't know what happend.

It works fine at this moment but I'm not shure if stays this way later.

Ingar

[Anatoli]

Maybe the db was not open?

[Ingar]

Yes it was open. It makes no sense to me.

Ingar

[Garry Claridge]

Are you using the "Web Security" database and does the file have an entry in that?

Good Luck.

Garry

[BuddySystems]

Also make sure web companion is enabled in Application Preferences, and that the file is shared via Web Companion in File sharing menu. Also realize that

[Anatoli]

?

[Steve T.]

Howdy! Hmm... Well, I suppose you can always do what I did instead...

I made a calc field = Status(CurrentDate)

Actually, I needed several fields with the current date, a week from now, a month from now, etc. but it would probably solve your problem or help you figure it out.

--ST