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<applet code=com.ms.xml.dso.XMLDSO.class width=0 height=0

id=xmldso MAYSCRIPT=true>

<PARAM NAME="url" VALUE=fmpro?–db=PhoneList.fp5&

–format=–dso_xml&–ﬁnd=>

</applet>

Description of elements in the FMPDSORESULT grammar

Each ROW element in the generated FMPDSORESULT grammar

contains a number of FIELD elements that correspond to the field

names in the specified layout.

Spaces or single colons in field names are converted to underscores

in the element names (for example,

<FIRST_NAME>). Double colons

in portal fields are converted to periods (for example,

<PHONE.PHONE_NUMBER>). This is done because colons are

reserved in XML for specifying namespaces and spaces are not

allowed in XML element names.

For repeating and portal fields, each FIELD element will contain a

DATA element that corresponds to each repetition or portal record.

Note The content of container fields in the database will be

generated in the form of the relative URL used for retrieving the

content instead of the actual content (such as an image).

To qualify the XML elements for the FileMaker Pro application, the

names of all elements and attributes in this grammar are associated

with the unique XML namespace http://www.filemaker.com/

fmpdsoresult. This namespace is declared in the grammar as the

default namespace.

The following is an example of XML data generated with the

FMPDSORESULT grammar.

Example of XML data in the FMPDSORESULT grammar

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<DATABASE>PhoneList.fp5</DATABASE>

<LAYOUT>Web Layout</LAYOUT>

<FIRST_NAME>John</FIRST_NAME>

<LAST_NAME>Smith</LAST_NAME>

<PHONE.PHONE_NUMBER>

</PHONE.PHONE_NUMBER>

</ROW>

<FIRST_NAME>Barbara</FIRST_NAME>

<LAST_NAME>Jones</LAST_NAME>

<PHONE.PHONE_NUMBER>

</PHONE.PHONE_NUMBER>

</ROW>

</FMPDSORESULT>

Note If the –lay parameter is not specified in the FileMaker Pro CGI

request, the LAYOUT element is empty and data for every field in

the database is returned. (See “Generating FileMaker Pro CGI

requests for an XML document” on page 7-8 for information.)