Instant Web Publishing Guide

Chapter 4 | Designing a database for Instant Web Publishing 28
1 Dynamic subsummary parts do not appear in Instant Web Publishing.
1 To avoid cropping of movies, make sure the container field is large enough to display the movie
and the movie controls.
1 Avoid using more than one copy of the same field on a layout, regardless of whether they have
the same or different control styles. For example, don’t use a field with an edit box control style
and the same field with a drop-down list control style. Otherwise, web users must enter the exact
same data in all copies of the field to save changes or to perform a find. The same limitation
applies to more than one portal or filtered portal on the layout that refer to the same fields.
1 Conditional formatting does not appear in Instant Web Publishing.
Design considerations for List View and Table View
With Instant Web Publishing, users can dynamically choose a layout view to interact with data on
the current layout (provided that you make the layout view available in the Layout Setup dialog
box).
The key differences between views in FileMaker Pro and Instant Web Publishing are:
1 In Instant Web Publishing, List View displays the current record at the top of the page, and Table
View displays the current record on the first row of the table. All records in the sort order after
the current record then follow.
1 In FileMaker Pro, the sorting in List View and Table View is not performed relative to the current
record and all records are always displayed regardless of which record is the current record. In
Instant Web Publishing, the sorting in List View and Table View is performed relative to the
current record and determines the number of records displayed. For example, if the current
record is the last record in an ascending sort, only the current record is displayed since there
are no other records after it. In a descending sort of the same records, all records will be
displayed with the current record as the first record.
1 In FileMaker Pro, records can be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking the
column heading (the field name) in Table View. In Instant Web Publishing, records can be
sorted by clicking the column headings or by clicking the Sort button in the status area.
Tips for working with data in a web browser
1 Formatting for date, time, timestamp, and number fields is specified in the layout.
1 Web users can view charts that are specified in the layout. If the data for the chart changes,
Instant Web Publishing displays the updated chart when the browser window is refreshed.
However, web users cannot make any changes to the design of the chart and cannot create
new charts.
1 Repeating field data is displayed in web browsers.
1 The tab order defined for fields in a layout works in Instant Web Publishing. However, fields can
only be tabbed to while in Edit or Find mode. Tab controls and buttons are not included in the
tab order in Instant Web Publishing.
Note The tab order in a web browser might vary from the tab order in FileMaker Pro. Different
browsers might support the tab order in a different manner.
1 Only the Tab key is supported for navigating between fields or objects in Instant Web Publishing.