Developer’s Guide

6-4 Developer’s Guide
2. In the Web Companion Configuration dialog box, choose an
HTML file from the Home Page list so the Web Companion will
automatically display it when web users enter the IP address.
The [Built-in] option displays the “FileMaker Pro Instant Web Portal”
home page by default. All other HTML files that are located in the
root level of the Web folder appear in this list.
See “Displaying a custom home page” on page 6-5 for more
information.
3. Deselect Enable Instant Web Publishing if you’re planning on using
custom web publishing.
Although it’s possible to have Instant Web Publishing selected and
still use custom web publishing to display your database, it’s not
advisable to mix the two methods except to use a custom home page.
(See “Using a custom home page with Instant Web Publishing” on
page 6-6.)
4. If desired, choose a language from the Language pop-up menu for
the instant web page text.
This choice will not affect the language of your data.
See “Languages for instant web pages” on page 6-7 for information.
Note The Language setting can be used with the [FMP-
CurrentAction], [FMP-FindOpItem], or [FMP-SortOrderItem]
CDML replacement tags in your custom web pages. See “Using an
encoding parameter with a CDML replacement tag” on page 9-14 for
information.
5. If you want, select one or more Logging options: Access Log File,
Error Log File, and Information Log File.
For information, see “Monitoring your site” on page 6-8.
6. Select a Remote Administration option.
If you want to remotely access the Web folder from a different
computer, for example, to upload or download files using HTTP Put
and Get commands or to change settings in the Web Security
Database, select Requires Password and enter a password in the box.
(If it doesn’t matter who has access to the Web folder and everything
inside it, select Requires no password.)
For more information, see “Opening password-protected
databases remotely” on page 6-15.
7. Select a Security option.
FileMaker Pro Access Privileges is selected by default. For information
about setting access privileges in FileMaker Pro, see chapter 9,
“Protecting databases with passwords and groups,” in the
FileMaker Pro 5 User’s Guide or see FileMaker Pro Help.
The Web Security Database option is not available (dimmed) when
the Web Security.fp5 database is not open. For information, see
“Using the Web Security Database” on page 6-16.
8. If desired, select Restrict access to IP addresses and type the IP
addresses of the computers that can access the Web folder, the web
pages served by the Web Companion, and your databases.
You can enter multiple IP addresses separated by commas and use an
asterisk as a wildcard for all addresses beginning with the specified
numbers. For example, 1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8, 3.5.* indicates two IP addresses
and all addresses that begin with “3.5.”
A computer’s IP address is determined by the network administrator
(for an intranet) or an Internet service provider (ISP) account.
9. Specify a TCP/IP port number.
By default, web browsers use the TCP/IP port number 80 to
communicate with the web server. If that port is in use, you can use
port number 591, which is registered by FileMaker, Inc. with the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use with the
FileMaker Pro Web Companion.