U.M. (Windows)
Table Of Contents
- Preface: Getting help
- Chapter 1: FileMakerPro basics
- Chapter 2: Creating a database file
- Chapter 3: Laying out and arranging information
- Understanding layouts
- Working with predefined layout types
- Arranging records in columns
- Managing layouts
- Working with layout parts
- Changing layout parts
- Working with all object types
- Working with graphic objects
- Working with fields in a layout
- Adding fields to a layout
- Adding merge fields
- Deleting a field from a layout
- Defining display formats for fields
- Determining data entry in fields
- Setting the tab order for data entry
- Adding scroll bars to fields
- Formatting repeating fields
- Adding borders, fill, and baselines to fields
- Defining value lists
- Formatting fields with value lists
- Working with text
- Chapter 4: Working with information in records
- Working in Browse mode
- Adding data to a file
- Selecting a field for data entry
- Adding and duplicating records
- Entering and changing data in fields
- Working with container fields
- Entering data from a value list
- Viewing and inserting data from another source
- Copying and moving values and records
- Using drag and drop to move information
- Replacing field values
- Working with records
- Finding information
- Deleting records
- Sorting records
- Chapter 5: Using ScriptMaker and buttons
- Chapter 6: Previewing and printing information
- Chapter 7: Networking and access privileges
- Chapter 8: Importing and exporting data
- Chapter 9: Customizing FileMakerPro
- Chapter 10: Using data from related files
- Chapter 11: Publishing files on the Web
- About the World Wide Web
- About FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Publishing your database on the Web—an overview
- Getting ready to publish your files on the Web
- Setting up FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Configuring FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Setting up Instant Web Publishing
- Database security
- Helping Web users find your database
- Custom Web Publishing
- Appendix A: Recovering damaged files
- Appendix B: Working with international files
- Appendix C: Summary of functions
- Appendix D: Linking and embedding objects
- Index
Chapter 11: Publishing files on the Web
With FileMaker Pro 4.0, you can publish your database on the World
Wide Web—without any additional software—using FileMaker Pro
Web Companion and your Internet access. Your file can be viewed,
edited, sorted, and searched by anyone who has Web browser software
and access to the Internet. You can also choose how much or how little
access users have to your files.
This chapter explains what you need to do to publish your databases on
the Web.
About the World Wide Web
The Internet is a network of computers joined by data lines that
communicate using common software standards. The World Wide Web
is part of the Internet.
In the most basic sense, the World Wide Web is a very large collection
of documents, or pages, stored on computers around the world called
World Wide Web servers. Each computer connecting to the Internet has
a unique address, called an IP (Internet protocol) address. Web pages
travel from one Internet address to another—first a Web browser
requests specific Web pages, then the Web server delivers the requested
page to the Web browser.
About FileMaker Pro Web Companion
There are two ways you can publish your database on the Web:
FileMaker Pro Instant Web Publishing and FileMaker Pro Custom
Web Publishing.
Instant Web Publishing lets you publish your database on the Web
quickly and easily. You do not need to change your database, use any
additional software, or design Web pages. You can control database
privileges such as viewing, adding, editing, deleting, searching, and
sorting records. Users see clear, consistent Web pages that let them open
your file and work with it easily.