Developer’s Guide

8-4 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
Publishing” home page by default. All other HTML files that are
located in the root level of the Web folder appear in this list.
See “Creating a custom home page” on page 8-5 for more
information.
3. For custom web publishing, deselect Enable Instant Web Publishing.
4. If desired, choose a language from the Language pop-up menu for
using localized texts in Instant Web Publishing navigation.
This choice will not affect the language of your data.
Note The Language setting can also 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 9-12 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 “Web Companion support for Internet
media types” on page 8-13.
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 8-18.
7. Select a Security option.
FileMaker Pro Access Privileges is selected by default. For general
information about setting access privileges in FileMaker Pro, see
chapter 9, “Protecting databases with passwords and groups,” in the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide.
In FileMaker Pro, you can secure data on a record-by-record basis
using access privileges. For more information, see the Web
Security.pdf file in the FileMaker Developer 6 Web Security folder
or see FileMaker Pro Help.
The Web Security Database option is not available when the
Web Security.fp5 database is not open. For information on the Web
Security database, see the Web Security.pdf file.
8. If desired, select Restrict access to IP address(es) and type the IP
addresses of the computers that are allowed to 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
any number between 1024 and 65535 or the port number 591, which
is registered by FileMaker, Inc. with the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) for use with the FileMaker Pro Web Companion.
Mac OS X To use port numbers below 1024 on Mac OS X machines,
you’ll need your Mac OS X administrator name and password. See
“Enabling the FileMaker Pro Web Companion (Mac OS X)” on
page 3-5.
10. Click OK to close the Web Companion Configuration dialog box.
11. Click OK again to close the Application Preferences dialog box.