Problems accessing FMP-fields

[Vogone]

Hello - its the first time i am using FMP 5 on the web. To test the CDML tools, i created a simple small DB. I am able to add and delete records but the display of the fields doesnt work. Instead of the "real" field data the i get the "[FMP-field:Name]" displayed in the textfield (i.e. for the field: Name). When i understand right, this tag should be translated to the real fieldvalue.

I checked all entrys on top (DB-Name, Rec etc.) with no result.

What is wrong?

[Anatoli]

Are you serving the page from WebCompanion? How do you call the page? Give us the URL, please.

[ErnieG]

This may be related to something I didn't "get" when I first started CDML. You won't (normally) see any field contents on the first page viewed by the web browser. You can only do some action on that page (like a find), the results of which are posted to another page (format file). On THAT page, CDML will display the contents of fields.

Hope that helps.

Ernie

[Unable]

Re: "You won't (normally) see any field contents on the first page viewed by the web browser."

And abnormally...?

[Steve T.]

RE: abnormally

LOL, Unable! He's just being careful about what he says cuz if he just said "you won't see [FMP-..] stuff on the first page", there'd be a number of folks telling him otherwise (META REFRESH, CDML-string URL's, etc.). Nice save, Ernie!

--ST

[Vogone]

@ErnieG: It seems that you r right: i can see the fieldvalue after a "search" or other action. thx a lot.

[ErnieG]

Thanks for saving me from an explanation, Steve. Otherwise I'd have to confess to being so new to CDML that I haven't even tried an inline action (haven't needed one yet), which was one of the things I had in mind.

Glad it's working for you, Vogone. It should really start to click for you now.

Ernie