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11-26 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
The CDML Tool links open FileMaker Pro databases with HTML
editing applications.
Follow these general steps to create a format file using the CDML Tool:
1. Open and share your FileMaker Pro database using Web Companion
sharing.
2. From the Web Tools folder, open the CDML Tool.
3. Click the Templates tab and choose the database and layout names.
4. Open an HTML editing application.
5. From the Templates tab of the CDML Tool, copy a template from the
Format File (Action) list.
6. Paste the template text into a blank HTML editing document.
7. From the Tags tab of the CDML Tool, copy and paste additional
CDML tags into the appropriate location in the format file.
Create one format file to handle each database activity.
For more information on the CDML Tool, see the Developer’s Guide in
the CDML Reference database.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
E CDML Reference database
Select a database
Select a CDML tag category
Select a tag
CDML tag syntax
Opens the CDML
Reference database
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