Instant Web Publishing Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 About publishing FileMaker Pro databases on the web
- Chapter 2 Publishing your database on the web
- Chapter 3 Working with FileMaker databases on the web
- Requirements for accessing FileMaker databases on the web
- Accessing a FileMaker database on the web
- Working with data in Instant Web Publishing
- Logging out of a database and closing a web session
- Displaying a database with the status area hidden
- Differences between FileMaker Pro and Instant Web Publishing
- Using external ODBC data sources in Instant Web Publishing
- Using external FileMaker data sources in Instant Web Publishing
- Chapter 4 Designing a database for Instant Web Publishing
- Tips for designing layouts for Instant Web Publishing
- Tips for working with data in a web browser
- General database design considerations
- Working with graphics, sounds, and movies on the web
- Setting the initial layout and view
- Hiding the status area to customize the interface
- Specifying the sort order for web users
- Web viewer design considerations
- FileMaker scripts and Instant Web Publishing
- Hosting databases with FileMaker Server Advanced: an overview
- Documenting your solution
- Chapter 5 Testing, monitoring, and securing your site
- Index
22 FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide
Finding records
In Find mode, web users have most of the same searching capabilities as FileMaker Pro desktop users.
They
can:
1 create find requests
1 duplicate find requests
1 delete find requests
1 show all records
1 extend (broaden) or constrain (narrow) the found set
Note Web users cannot save a found set of records (called a snapshot link in FileMaker Pro) and they cannot
access saved find requests. However, web users can reuse the find requests they created during the current
web browser session. For more information, see Instant Web Publishing Help.
Note After entering or editing search criteria in a find request, web users must click the Perform Find button
in the status area to send the request to the host.
Web users can show or hide the status area with a toggle. To have complete control over the user interface,
you can create a startup script to ensure that the status area is hidden. For more information, see
“Hiding the
status area to customize the interface” on page 32.
Working with records that contain a web viewer
Web users can interact with web viewers in much the same way FileMaker Pro desktop users can.
Web users can:
1 view web page content that is related to the current record — including content that requires a web
browser plug-in, such as PDF documents, QuickTime movies, and so on
1 click links to navigate web sites
1
use the shortcut menu within a web viewer to move back and forward between web pages, copy text, and so on
Note To navigate back and forward within a web viewer in Instant Web Publishing, use the shortcut menu.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) within the web viewer and choose Back or Forward. If
the layout has more than one web viewer, the shortcut menu works only with the web viewer that has most
recently changed from one page to another, not necessarily the one that your mouse pointer is over.
Include search operators in
your find request
Perform and
cancel find
Status area in Find mode
Duplicate or revert find requests, or
modify previous find results
Toggle shows or hides the
status area
Add or delete find
requests
Change layouts and
layout views
View previous or
next find request
Status of current
find requests
Omit or include records
matching search criteria