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Import from online file

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Hello,

I'm trying to create what is effectively an auto-update feature.

Currently, the user has to click a button that then takes them to a website, download a file, then click another button and select the file. The file is then imported without a dialogue, as none of the fields will change etc.

What I'd like to do is get Filemaker to import directly from the file hosted online.

Is this possible?

Thanks. B)

What is the file's format? AFAIK, only XML and Filemaker files can be imported from an external host. You MIGHT be able to script loading the file into a web viewer, saving it and importing the result - though if it is a text file, this won't work on a Mac (not sure about Windows).

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Thanks for your reply. :o

The format is a Filemaker file.

Is it served, or is it just placed somewhere? If the latter, under what protocol?

Please be more generous with the details - I have no intention of playing 20 questions.

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The file is just hosted on a web server.

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