Developer’s Guide

Publishing your database on the Web 8-11
Support for scripts with multiple script steps
The Web Companion supports 1 to 3 script steps in a script button
used for Instant Web Publishing. (Any steps after 3 valid script steps
are ignored.) The script must include a change of mode, layout, or
current record. The script may also include the submission of a form
containing either a -find request or an edited record. The following
script steps can be used in multi-step scripts:
Go to Record
Go to Layout
Go to Field
Sort
Enter Find Mode
Enter Browse Mode
New Record
Show All Records
Exit Record
Perform Find
If the first script step in the script is not one of these supported script
steps, then it is handled as a single script step. If it is not supported
for Instant Web Publishing, then the script is not generated for the
button. If a script contains both supported and unsupported steps,
then parsing of the script will cease as soon as the first unsupported
step is encountered.
Suppressing the Instant Web Publishing interface
You can use a startup script to suppress the automatic page layouts
and navigation controls of Instant Web Publishing in the browser.
When web users click a link on the Instant Web Publishing home
page, your database layout appears instead of the built-in layout of
the instant web page. (To display a database layout instead of the
Instant Web Publishing home page, see
“Bypassing the Instant Web
Publishing home page” on page 8-12.)
When you hide the Instant Web Publishing interface, you must
specify one of the following web styles that use cascading style
sheets:
• Soft Gray
• Lavender
• Wheat
• Blue and Gold 1
The other web styles don’t work with hiding the Instant Web
Publishing interface. For information about web styles, see
“Choosing a web style” in chapter 14 of the FileMaker Pro User’s
Guide or see FileMaker Pro Help.
Example of a web page before and after the Instant Web Publishing
interface is hidden