Import from online file

[Examinus]

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)

[comment]

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).

[Examinus]

Thanks for your reply.

The format is a Filemaker file.

[comment]

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.

[Examinus]

The file is just hosted on a web server.