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
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Go to Related Record
[<Relationship Name>]
Go to specified
record in a related
database
The related database must
be open and shared via the
Web Companion, and the
specified record must be
available when the script
is performed.
Go to Record/Request/Page
[n]
Go to record number The record number can be
specified by a constant, by
a field value, or from a
JavaScript prompt.
Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Go to Record/Request/Page
[First]
Go to first record Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Go to Record/Request/Page
[Last]
Go to last record Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Go to Record/Request/Page
[Previous]
Go to previous
record
Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Go to Record/Request/Page
[Next]
Go to next record Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Go to Field [ ] Go to Edit Record
view
Displays the specified
field in the Edit Record
page (without a blinking
insertion point).
Also supported in a multi-
step button.
New Record/Request [ ] Go to New Record
view
Also supported in a multi-
step button.
FileMaker script step CGI request Description
Enter Browse Mode [ ] Go to Form View Allows the web user to go
from an Edit Record,
Search, or New Record
page to Form View
without submitting a CGI
request.
Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Enter Find Mode [ ] Go to Search page Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Show All Records Find all records Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Perform Find Submit -find request This does not restore a
-find request that has been
saved with the script.
Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Exit Record Submit form This submits -edit record,
-new record, and -find
requests.
Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Sort [ ] Go to Sort page Also supported in a multi-
step button.
Delete Record/Request [ ] Delete record with
confirmation alert
View As [View As Table] View current layout
in CSS table
View As [View As Form] View current layout
in CSS form
View As [View As List] View current layout
in CSS table
This is the same as the
View As [View As Table]
script step
FileMaker script step CGI request Description