Publishing to Web using TCP/IP

[Chazperx]

I am following a tutorial in "Filemaker Pro 5 Bible" by Steven Schwartz and on page 580, it talks about publishing a database to the web.

The instructions are to open your database, select EDIT>PREFERENCES>APPLICATION and then select TCP/IP as your network protocol.

The problem I am having is that there are no options on the drop down menu where is says network protocol. I was connected to the web at the time, and I don't know if this makes a difference. I was thinking it had something to do with the installation, and I was going to go back and check that too.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thans in advanced!

Chaz

[Keith M. Davie]

At "...select EDIT>PREFERENCES>APPLICATION and then select ..." try plugins and designate Web Companion. Following this you need to go to File/Sharing and check web companion.

[IdealData]

Sounds like you don't have TCP/IP installed on your machine.

FM will only offer the network protocols available within the op sys.

[Will]

In your post you said you were "connected to the web" so you must have the TCP/IP protocol enabled on the computer. If the suggestions above don't work rerun FileMaker setup, choose custom install and make sure the networking option is selected.

[Bob White]

Sounds to me like "connected to the Web" might mean via an old fashioned telephone line and modem. He may not even have a network card. Otherwise, why would TCP/IP not be installed?

[Anatoli]

For web serving the FM itself doesn't need TCP/IP protocol enabled

Only WebCompanion.