Developer’s Guide

Valid names used in CGI requests for FileMaker Pro XML data B-9
Value is: Name of a FileMaker Pro field.
Optional with: –find or –findall requests
Example:
FMPro?–db=employees.fp5&–format= –fmp_xml&
–sortfield=First+Name&–find
–sortorder (Sort order)
Name/Value Type: Parameter
What it does: Indicates the direction of a sort. If used, –sortorder
must directly follow the –sortfield parameter it applies to.
Value is: The sort order. Valid sort orders are as follows, where
Custom is the value list name:
Optional with: –find or –findall requests
Requires: The –sortfield parameter
Example:
FMPro?–db=employees.fp5&–format= –fmp_xml&
–sortfield=First+Name&–sortorder=descend&–find
–script (Script)
Name/Value Type: Parameter
What it does: Specifies the FileMaker Pro script that will be
performed after finding and sorting records (if specified) during
processing of the –find request.
Value is: Name of the script to perform.
Optional with: –find or –findall requests
Example:
FMPro?–db=employees.fp5&–format= –fmp_xml&
–script=Omit+Script&–find
–script.prefind (Script before Find)
Name/Value Type: Parameter
What it does: Specifies the FileMaker Pro script that will be
performed before finding and sorting of records (if specified) during
processing of the –find request.
Value is: Name of the script to perform.
Optional with: –find or –findall requests
Example:
FMPro?–db=employees.fp5&–format= –fmp_xml&
–script.prefind=My+Script&–find
–script.presort (Script before Sort)
Name/Value Type: Parameter
What it does: Specifies the FileMaker Pro script that will be
performed after finding records and before sorting records (if
specified) during processing of the –find request.
Optional with: –find or –findall requests
Example:
FMPro?–db=employees.fp5&–format= –fmp_xml&
–script.presort=OmitOne&–find
–styletype (Style type)
Name/Value Type: Parameter
Keyword (short) Keyword (long)
FileMaker Pro
Equivalent Operator
Ascend Ascending Sort a to z, –10 to 10
Descend Descending Sort z to a, 10 to –10
Custom Sort using the value list associated
with the field on the layout