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
Publishing your database on the Web
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In addition, your site folders and web pages must be located inside
the Web folder (inside the FileMaker Pro 5 application folder) in
order for the Web Companion to serve them on the Web. However,
your databases do not have to be inside the Web folder. They only
need to be open in FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro Unlimited and
shared via the Web Companion. For security, it’s a good idea not to
have your databases or other sensitive documents in the Web folder.
Note You can keep your site folders, web pages, and databases in a
different folder anywhere on the hard drive and only have a shortcut/
alias (named “Web”) inside the FileMaker Pro 5 folder.
The Web Companion in FileMaker Pro 5 is capable of serving your
databases to a maximum of ten IP addresses in a 12-hour period.
(The IP Guest Limit of 10 is indicated in the Web Companion
Configuration dialog box.) For information about serving your
databases to more IP addresses at a time, see the product pages for
the FileMaker Pro Unlimited software at www.filemaker.com.
If desired, you can set up your computer for testing purposes without
a constant connection to the Internet or an intranet. For information,
see “Testing your site without a network connection” on page 6-13.
Enabling the Web Companion
You only need to enable the Web Companion plug-in once for
FileMaker Pro. FileMaker Pro will attempt to connect to a network
in order to enable the Web Companion — if you do not have a
network connection but want to enable the Web Companion anyway,
see “Testing your site without a network connection” on page 6-13.
To enable the Web Companion:
1. In FileMaker Pro, choose Edit menu > Preferences > Application.
2. In the Application Preferences dialog box, click the Plug-Ins tab.
3. Select the Web Companion checkbox to enable the Web
Companion plug-in.
Note The Web Companion is installed in a Typical or Easy
installation. If Web Companion doesn’t appear in the Application
Preferences dialog box, you must install the FileMaker Pro Web
Support component. See the sections on custom installation in the
FileMaker Pro 5 Getting Started Guide for information.
4. Select Web Companion and click Configure to set configuration
options, or click OK.
Setting Web Companion configuration options
Follow these steps after you’ve enabled the Web Companion:
1. On the Plug-Ins tab in the Application Preferences dialog box,
select Web Companion and click Configure.