Instant Web Publishing Guide
Table Of 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
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1 Web pages that load code — such as JavaScript or references to Java, ActiveX, Flash, or other
plug-ins — run that code within the user’s web browser. Some web technologies may not be
supported or may be supported differently in the browsers supported by Instant Web Publishing.
Security settings within the user’s browser may also prevent the use of these plug-ins.
1 If the URL calculated by a web viewer does not include a colon (:), then Instant Web Publishing
automatically adds the scheme http:// to the beginning of the URL. To avoid errors, include the
appropriate scheme in the web address when you set up a web viewer.
1 The Back and Forward actions of the Set Web Viewer script step are not supported in Instant
Web Publishing. See
“Script steps tips and considerations” on page 34. Web users can use the
shortcut menu’s Back and Forward commands instead. However, if a 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.
1 Instant Web Publishing does not support web viewers whose content is itself published by
Instant Web Publishing. No web page displays in a web viewer if the web viewer URL contains
“/fmi/iwp”.
There might be other ways in which web viewers behave differently for web users and
FileMaker
Pro users. Additionally, web viewers might behave differently in the different web
browsers supported by Instant Web Publishing. For the latest information on web viewers, see
http://www.filemaker.com/support/technologies.
FileMaker scripts and Instant Web Publishing
The Manage Scripts feature in FileMaker Pro is useful for automating frequently performed tasks,
or for combining several tasks. When used in Instant Web Publishing, it can allow web users to
perform more tasks, or to easily perform a series of tasks simply by clicking a button.
FileMaker Pro supports over 75 script steps with Instant Web Publishing. Web users can perform
a variety of automated tasks when you provide buttons on your FileMaker
Pro layouts or set
scripts to run when a database is opened or logged out. To see which script steps are supported,
select Instant Web Publishing from the Show Compatibility list in the Edit Script window in
FileMaker
Pro. Dimmed script steps are not supported on the web. For information on individual
script steps, see FileMaker
Pro Help.
Show script steps that
are compatible with
Instant Web Publishing
FileMaker Pro Edit Script window