Developer’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Developer 5
- Chapter 2 Customizing your database solution
- About the custom solution examples
- Using the FileMaker Developer Tool
- Binding your databases into a runtime database solution
- Displaying databases in Kiosk mode
- Renaming your databases
- Removing design access to your databases
- Customizing the About, Help, and Scriptsmenus
- Adding the FileMakerPro extension to database filenames
- Saving your settings in the Developer Tool
- Chapter 3 Preparing files for a custom solution
- About the Relational Example
- General steps for preparing your solutionfiles
- Issues to consider before creating a runtime database solution
- Opening files in Kiosk mode
- Design tips for navigating in Kiosk mode
- Creating startup scripts
- Using button image samples
- Documenting your database solution
- Design tips for cross-platform solutions
- Creating a consistent appearance
- Simulating outline and shadow text styles
- Using common character sets
- Designing text layouts for cross-platform solutions
- Using a common color palette
- Using graphics in cross-platform solutions
- Using QuickTime movies in cross-platform solutions
- Showing the status bar in Windows
- Using separate scripts for printing
- Using the Status (CurrentPlatform) function
- Creating platform-specific scripts
- Protecting your runtime database solutionfiles
- Testing before and after creating yoursolution
- Converting and upgrading solution files
- Chapter 4 Distributing FileMakerPro runtime database solutions
- Chapter 5 Creating custom layout themes
- Chapter 6 Publishing your database on the Web
- Moving forward using open web standards
- Using the FileMakerPro Web Companion
- Displaying a custom home page
- Using a custom home page with Instant Web Publishing
- Monitoring your site
- Exporting data to a static HTML page
- Testing your site without a networkconnection
- Opening password-protected databasesremotely
- Using the Web Security Database
- Chapter 7 Using FileMakerPro XML to deliver your data
- About the XML examples
- General process for custom web publishing using XML
- Generating an XML document
- Using the FMPDSORESULT grammar
- Using the FileMakerPro Extended XMLgrammars
- About UTF-8 encoded data
- Generating FileMakerPro CGI requests for an XML document
- Using style sheets with your XMLdocument
- Comparing CSS, XSLT, and JavaScript
- Looking at the XML Inventory example
- Chapter 8 Using Java and JDBC to deliver your data
- About the JDBC examples
- About JDBC
- Using the FileMaker JDBC Driver
- SQL supported by the FileMaker JDBCDriver
- FileMakerPro support for Unicodecharacters
- About the FileMaker JDBC Driver interfaces and extensions
- Example 1: Looking at the FileMakerPro Explorer application
- Example 2: Creating the JBuilder Inventoryapplication
- Example 3: Creating the Visual Cafe Inventory application
- Using the FileMaker Java classes
- Chapter 9 Custom web publishing using CDML
- About the CDML examples
- General steps for custom web publishing using CDML
- About CDML format files
- Generating FileMakerPro CGI requests using CDML
- Using the CDML Tool and templates
- New and modified CDML tags
- About the CDML Reference database
- Creating error messages
- Using an encoding parameter with a CDML replacement tag
- Planning your web site
- Chapter 10 Writing external function plug-ins
- About the plug-in examples and templates
- Installing, enabling, and configuring FileMakerPro plug-ins
- Using external functions in a calculation
- Requirements for writing an external function plug-in
- FileMakerPro messages sent to theplugin
- Debugging your plug-in
- Avoiding potential MacOS resourceconflicts
- Providing documentation for your plug-in
- Naming and registering your plug-ins
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application and FileMakerPro
- Appendix B Valid names used in CGI requests for FileMaker XML data
- Generating a –find, –findall, or –findany request
- Generating a –view request
- Generating a –new request
- Generating an –edit request
- Generating a –delete request
- Generating a –dbnames request
- Generating a –layoutnames request
- Generating a –scriptnames request
- Generating a –dbopen request
- Generating a –dbclose request
- Specifying parameters for the request
- db (Database)
- lay (Layout)
- format (Format)
- recid (Record ID)
- modid (Modification ID)
- lop (Logical operator)
- op (Comparison operator)
- max (Maximum records)
- skip (Skip records)
- sortfield (Sort field)
- sortorder (Sort order)
- script (Script)
- script.prefind (Script before Find)
- script.presort (Script before Sort)
- styletype (Style type)
- stylehref (Style href)
- password (Database password)
- field name (Name of specific field)
- Appendix C FileMaker Pro values for error codes
- Index
Custom web publishing using CDML
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Using an intratag parameter
You can add a parameter to certain replacement tags that is based on
the contents of fields and other items.
Any first parameter that is allowed with the [FMP-If] tag on the left
side of an operator, such as CanDelete, ClientPassword or
ValueListItem, can be used as a third parameter on the right side of
an operator with these replacement tags, as long as they’re within
curly brackets { }. (See the [FMP-If] tag syntax in the CDML
Reference for a description of the first parameters for the [FMP-If]
tag.)
Note Some restrictions apply to this new intratag parameter. See the
CDML Reference for a description of each replacement tag and how
the intratag parameter may be used.
Modified replacement tags that allow for the intratag parameter
include:
[FMP-If: {intratag}]
[FMP-Cookie: {intratag}]
[FMP-InlineAction: {intratag}]
[FMP-Log: {intratag}]
[FMP-SetCookie: {intratag}]
[FMP-ContentMimeType: {intratag}]
[FMP-CurrentToken: {intratag}]
[FMP-LinkRecID: {intratag}]
[FMP-Field: {intratag}]
[FMP-Option: {intratag}]
[FMP-Repeating: {intratag}]
[FMP-ValueList: {intratag}]
[FMP-If:
CurrentRepeatNumber]
(new parameter)
Use this parameter with the [FMP-If] tag to
specify a number for the current field repetition
within the [FMP-Repeating] looping tag.
[FMP-If:.and.]
[FMP-If:.or.]
[FMP-If:.xor.]
(new parameters)
Use these parameters (conditional operators) with
the [FMP-If] tag to specify multiple replacement
conditions.
If desired, use this modified [FMP-If] tag along
with the new [FMP-ElseIf] replacement tag.
[FMP-Field: FieldName,
Format] and [FMP-
RepeatingItem: FieldName,
Format]
(new encoding parameter)
Use the Format parameter to generate a higher
resolution HTML for field data. Numbers, dates,
times, and container size are formatted according
to the layout’s format in the database. If no size is
specified in the layout for container fields, then
the size is based on the size of the objects
(pictures or QuickTime movies) within the fields.
The Format parameter should not be used with
fields inside TEXT INPUT or TEXT AREA
elements in an HTML form.
The Format parameter supports Bold, Italic,
Underline, Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript,
Uppercase, and Lowercase styles in most
browsers.
FileMaker Pro font sizes map to these HTML font
sizes:
8 points or less = -3
9 points = -2
10 points = -1
11 - 13 points = 0 (SIZE is not used)
14 - 17 points = +1
18 - 23 points = +2
24 points or greater = +3
Modified CDML tag Description