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14-10 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Enabling Web Companion sharing
For each database you want to publish on the Web:
1. Open the database.
2. Choose File menu > Sharing.
You must have the Export records access privilege to open the File
Sharing dialog box. If you can’t open the dialog box, reopen the
database with a password that provides the Export records privilege.
See “Defining passwords” on page 9-1.
3. In the Companion Sharing area of the File Sharing dialog box, select
the Web Companion checkbox.
If Web Companion is dimmed, see “Enabling FileMaker Pro Web
Companion” on page 14-7. If Web Companion doesn’t appear in the
dialog box, you must install the Web Companion plug-in. (See the
FileMaker Pro Getting Started Guide.)
4. Click Set Up Views to configure the browser views, or click OK.
See the next section, “Setting up browser views.”
To stop publishing the current database, clear Web Companion in the File
Sharing dialog box. To stop publishing all databases, disable Instant
Web Publishing. See “Enabling Instant Web Publishing” on page 14-8.
Setting up browser views
In a web browser, users can see different pages, or views, of your
database:
1 a Table View page, for working with several records at a time
1 a Form View page, for working with one record at a time
1 a Search page, for finding information
1 a Sort page, for sorting information (if enabled)
When you set up browser views, you can choose a web style for the
database. You can also choose the layouts that display in Table
View, Form View, or Search pages. Web styles and layouts work
together to determine how your database appears in a web browser.
Web users see only the pages and features that you set up. For
example, if you disable sorting, Web users don’t see the Sort page.
For more information about the pages that users can access, see
“About browser views for web publishing” on page 14-14.
To set up web publishing views:
1. Choose File menu > Sharing.
See the previous section, “Enabling Web Companion sharing.”
2. In the Companion Sharing area of the File Sharing dialog box, select
Web Companion, then click Set Up Views.
3. In the Web Companion View Setup dialog box, choose the options
you want (see below).
4. Click Done, then click OK in the File Sharing dialog box.
Note These settings apply only to the current database. You must set
up browser views separately for each published database.
Select the Web
Companion
checkbox
Click to set up
browser views