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throughout the current file (global). Local and global variables can have the same name but they
are treated as different variables.
View
An arrangement of your data primarily useful for onscreen manipulation. In Browse mode, Find
mode, or Preview mode, Form View displays individual records, List View displays records in a
list, and Table View displays records in a spreadsheet-like table format.
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Web address
The calculated expression that you enter in the Web Viewer Setup dialog box. A web address is
not equivalent to a URL that a web user could enter in a web browser.
Web browser
An application that you can use to view web pages/sites on the World Wide Web or an intranet.
Browsers download the web pages onto the viewer's computer.
Web page
An HTML document displayed on the internet or on an intranet.
Web server
A computer that is connected to the internet or an intranet and has a web server application
installed on it. Web server applications deliver web pages and associated files to web browsers.
Website
One or more web pages connected by links and displayed on the internet or on an intranet.
Web user
Someone using a web browser to access a FileMaker Pro database published on the World
Wide Web or an intranet.
Web viewer
A layout object that allows you to display information from websites based on data in your
database.
World Wide Web
An interlinked collection of web pages residing on web servers, and other documents, menus,
and databases, which are available via URLs.
X-axis data
In a column, stacked column, line, and area chart, the data series you are comparing (for
example, company name).
In a bar or stacked bar chart, the data series you are measuring (for example, annual sales).
XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations)
XSLT (XSL Transformations) is a subset of XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) that is used
to transform, or change, the structure of an XML document into a different document format. For
example, you can use an XSLT style sheet to transform an XML document into an HTML or TXT
document.
XML (Extensible Markup Language)
Instead of being a rigid file format, XML is a language for defining agreed-upon formats that
groups can use for exchanging data. Many organizations and businesses are using XML to
transfer product information, transactions, inventory, and other business data.