Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Preface Introducing FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited
- Chapter 1 Installing the FileMaker Web Server Connector
- Chapter 2 Administering the Web Server Connector
- Chapter 3 Publishing your database on the Web
- Types of web publishing
- Using the FileMakerPro Web Companion
- Creating a custom home page
- Creating a custom home page for Instant Web Publishing
- Creating a custom web site using a database layout
- Web Companion support for Internet mediatypes
- Monitoring your site
- Exporting data to a static HTML page
- Testing your site without a networkconnection
- Opening password-protected databasesremotely
- Chapter 4 Custom web publishing using CDML
- About the CDML examples
- General steps for custom web publishing using CDML
- About CDML format files
- Generating FileMakerPro CGI requests using CDML
- Using the CDML Tool and templates
- Modified CDML tags
- About the CDML Reference database
- Creating error messages
- Using an encoding parameter with a CDML replacement tag
- Planning your web site
- Chapter 5 Using FileMakerPro XML to deliver your data
- About the XML examples
- General process for custom web publishing using XML
- Generating an XML document
- Using the FMPDSORESULT grammar
- Using the FileMakerPro Extended XMLgrammars
- About UTF-8 encoded data
- Generating FileMakerPro CGI requests for an XML document
- Using style sheets with your XMLdocument
- Comparing CSS, XSLT, and JavaScript
- Looking at the XML Inventory example
- Chapter 6 Using Java and JDBC to deliver your data
- About the JDBC examples
- About JDBC
- Using the FileMaker JDBC Driver
- SQL supported by the FileMaker JDBCDriver
- FileMakerPro support for Unicodecharacters
- About the FileMaker JDBC Driver interfaces and extensions
- Example 1: Looking at the FileMakerPro Explorer application
- Example 2: Creating the JBuilder Inventoryapplication
- Example 3: Creating the Visual Cafe Inventory application
- Using the FileMaker Java classes
- Appendix A Valid names used in CGI requests for FileMaker XML data
- Generating a –find, –findall, or –findany request
- Generating a –view request
- Generating a –new request
- Generating an –edit request
- Generating a –delete request
- Generating a –dbnames request
- Generating a –layoutnames request
- Generating a –scriptnames request
- Generating a –dbopen request
- Generating a –dbclose request
- Specifying parameters for the request
- –db (Database)
- –lay (Layout)
- –format (Format)
- –recid (Record ID)
- –modid (Modification ID)
- –lop (Logical operator)
- –op (Comparison operator)
- –max (Maximum records)
- –skip (Skip records)
- –sortfield (Sort field)
- –sortorder (Sort order)
- –script (Script)
- –script.prefind (Script before Find)
- –script.presort (Script before Sort)
- –styletype (Style type)
- –stylehref (Style href)
- –password (Database password)
- field name (Name of specific field)
- Appendix B FileMaker Pro values for error codes
- Appendix C Enabling the FileMaker Pro Web Companion in MacOS X
- Index
Contents
Preface
Introducing FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited
About this guide
v
Contents of the FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited CDs
vi
Contents of the FileMaker Pro CD
vi
Contents of the FMWSC and Tools CD
vi
Registration and customer support
vii
Where to go for more information
viii
Search the TechInfo database
viii
Chapter 1
Installing the FileMaker Web Server Connector
About the Web Server Connector
1-1
Configuring a RAIC to use with the Web Server
Connector
1-1
Security considerations when using a RAIC
1-3
Where to place database and HTML files
1-3
Requirements for the Web Server Connector
1-3
Requirements on Windows machines
1-3
Requirements on Mac OS X Server machines
1-3
Requirements on Linux machines
1-4
Installing on Windows
1-4
Setting up user names and passwords
1-5
Where files are installed
1-5
Uninstalling the Web Server Connector
1-5
Installing on Mac OS X Server
1-6
Starting the Web Server Connector
1-6
Where files are installed
1-6
Installing on Red Hat Linux
1-7
Starting the Web Server Connector
1-7
Where files are installed
1-7
Uninstalling the Web Server Connector
1-8
Chapter 2
Administering the Web Server Connector
Setting up FileMaker Pro Unlimited
2-1
Configuring the administration account
2-1
Resetting the administrator account
2-2
Configuring the Web Server Connector by host machine or
by database
2-2
Accessing the Web Server Connector configuration
pages
2-2
Configuring by host
2-3
Configuring by database
2-4
Using the Web Server Connector log files
2-5
Accessing hosted databases
2-5
Connecting to FileMaker Pro custom web pages
2-5
Connecting to FileMaker Pro instant web pages
2-5
Chapter 3
Publishing your database on the Web
Types of web publishing
3-1
Custom web publishing with XML
3-1
Custom web publishing with JDBC
3-1
Custom web publishing with CDML
3-2
Instant Web Publishing
3-2
Other ways to create custom web sites for your data
3-2
Static web publishing with HTML
3-2
Using the FileMaker Pro Web Companion
3-2
Requirements for web access
3-3
Enabling the Web Companion
3-3
Setting Web Companion configuration options
3-3
Sharing the database via the Web
3-5
Creating a custom home page
3-5
Specifying a custom home page as the default
3-6