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Using FileMaker Pro XML to deliver your data 5-7

The order of the COL elements corresponds with the order of the

FIELD elements in the METADATA element—for example, where

the “First Name”, “Last Name”, and then “Department” elements are

listed in the METADATA, “Joe”, “Smith”, and then “Engineering”

are listed in the same order in the RESULTSET ROW.

Note If the –lay parameter is not specified in the FileMaker Pro CGI

request, the LAYOUT attribute in the DATABASE element is empty

and data for every field in the database is returned. (See “Generating

FileMaker Pro CGI requests for an XML document” on page 5-8 for

information.)

Description of elements in the FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar

In the generated FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar, the LAYOUT

element contains the name of the layout, the name of the database,

and FIELD elements for each field found in the corresponding layout

in the database. Each FIELD element describes the style type of the

field, and contains the VALUELIST attribute for any associated

value list of the field.

The VALUELISTS element contains one or more VALUELIST

elements for each value list found in the layout—each including the

name of the value list and a VALUE element for each value in the

list.

To qualify the XML elements for the FileMaker Pro application, the

names of all elements and attributes in this grammar are associated

with the unique XML namespace http://www.filemaker.com/

fmpxmllayout. This namespace is declared in the grammar as the

default namespace.

The following is an example of XML data generated with the

FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar.

Example of XML data in the FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<PRODUCT NAME="Web Companion" VERSION="5.0v1"

BUILD="10/24/99"/>

</FIELD>

</FIELD>

<STYLE TYPE="POPUPMENU"

VALUELIST="Departments" />

</FIELD>

</LAYOUT>

<VALUE>Engineering</VALUE>

<VALUE>Marketing</VALUE>

</VALUELIST>

</VALUELISTS>

</FMPXMLLAYOUT>