Reading Records from FM8?!

[Ted Papas]

Hi there, I need your help in this since I couldn't find a clear answer...

I have developed a database application in FM8 Advanced and I need to create another application with PowerBasic DLL that will need to draw last_name and first_name data from the records in the Filemaker database.

Is this possible? Please my whole project depends on this, reply and let me know!

Best Regards

Ted

[Wim Decorte]

No idea what PowerBasic DLL supports, but your options are:

- if the PowerBasic app is running on the same machine as the FM file:

* use ODBC or JDBC, setting up the FM file as a data source

* use PowerBasic to trigger a FM script that exports your records to a file and PowerBasic reads it from there

- if PowerBasic is not running on the same machine as the FM file then you will need to use FileMaker Server Advanced. Then you can use XML, ODBC/JDBC, and the XML derived classes for PHP or .NET.