FMP and FMS and LAN and WEB

[customfamily]

Hey guys,

Am I right in my conclusion that if I want to have a LAN network of computers sharing an FM database and also want to share that database online with IWP then I will need Filemaker Server Advanced, not FM Server? Because FMS does not support LAN and IWP at the same time...

Thanks,

Rob

[John May - Point In Space]

Correct - FileMaker Server does not support IWP, FileMaker Server Advanced does.

- John

[customfamily]

Great...so what would you recommend is the best solution to share a database that we use in the office on a LAN network on the web? I love how IWP simply displays the ready database online...I got the feeling that PHP and the other sharing solutions are quite different from that.

Is my only option to upgrade to advanced?

Thanks so much for the input.

[John May - Point In Space]

With FileMaker Server, you'd need to use a custom web publishing method - like XML/XSLT, PHP or Lasso. These all involve tags that you embed into HTML pages to perform actions on your databases. You need to author your interface from scratch using HTML with all of these - definitely not point-and-click like IWP.

- John

[customfamily]

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you!