WebDirect Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker WebDirect
- Chapter 2 Designing a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Step 1: Plan your FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Step 2: Understand the capabilities of FileMaker WebDirect
- Step 3: Optimize performance
- Step 4: Design layouts for multiple screen sizes
- Step 5: Set default options for layouts, views, and tools
- Step 6: Set up tasks for web users
- Step 7: Enable users to log out of the solution
- Step 8: Review the functions, scripts, and script triggers in your solution
- Step 9: Document your solution
- Chapter 3 Publishing a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Chapter 4 Working with a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Requirements for accessing FileMaker WebDirect solutions
- Accessing a FileMaker WebDirect solution
- Working with data in FileMaker WebDirect
- Logging out of a database and closing a web session
- Using external ODBC data sources in FileMaker WebDirect
- Using external FileMaker data sources in FileMaker WebDirect
- Chapter 5 Testing, monitoring, and securing a solution
- Appendix A Design considerations
- Appendix B Changes in FileMaker 13 WebDirect Guide
- Index
Chapter 5
Testing, monitoring, and securing a solution
Before notifying web users that your FileMaker WebDirect solution is available, it is important to
verify that it looks and functions as you expect.
1 Test features like finding, adding, deleting, sorting, importing, and exporting records with
different accounts and privilege sets.
1 Verify that various privilege sets are performing as expected by logging in with different
accounts. Make sure unauthorized users can’t access or modify your data.
1 Verify that all container fields store and display container data as expected. See “Working with
graphics, sounds, and movies” on page 17.
1 Test all scripts and scripted buttons to verify that the outcome is expected. See “Scripts” on
page 20 for information on designing scripts that will work well in web browsers.
1 Test your solution with different operating systems and browsers.
1 If the webpages aren’t displaying properly, see “Requirements for accessing
FileMaker WebDirect solutions” on page 28 and review chapter 2, “Designing a
FileMaker WebDirect solution.”
Testing your database with a network connection
To access a published solution, open web browser software, type the IP address of the
FileMaker
Server deployment followed by /fmi/webd, and press Return or Enter. See
“Accessing a FileMaker WebDirect solution” on page 29.
Testing your database without a network connection
Test your database in all compatible web browsers on your FileMaker Server computer.
To access FileMaker WebDirect solutions on the host computer, open a web browser, type
http://127.0.0.1/fmi/webd, and press Return or Enter.
The Database Homepage should display a list of all open database files that have
FileMaker
WebDirect enabled. If you don’t see an open, shared database listed, see “Accessing
a FileMaker WebDirect solution” on page 29.
Monitoring web activity with log files
Use the Log Viewer in FileMaker Server Admin Console to view activity, client access, and other
information about your FileMaker
WebDirect solutions. For information on using the Log Viewer,
see FileMaker
Server Help.
To log activity for FileMaker WebDirect solutions:
1. Open Admin Console. See “Changing FileMaker WebDirect settings in Admin Console” on
page 24.
2. Click the Web Publishing > General Settings tab.