Instant Web Publishing Guide

Chapter 2
Publishing your database on the web
With FileMaker Pro, it is easy to share your database on the web dynamically with Instant Web
Publishing, or statically by exporting data as HTML or XML. If you are connected to a LAN or
WAN, you can share your file without requiring additional software. To share files over the
internet, contact an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for internet access and information about
hosting a database.
Sharing a database with Instant Web Publishing
To publish databases on the web with FileMaker Pro, you enable the Instant Web Publishing
feature, then determine which user accounts can access each database from a web browser:
To enable Instant Web Publishing:
1. Open the database.
2. Open the Instant Web Publishing dialog box and enable Instant Web Publishing.
1 Windows: choose Edit menu > Sharing > Instant Web Publishing.
1 Mac OS X: choose FileMaker Pro menu > Sharing > Instant Web Publishing.
3. Select the filename to publish on the web from the list of open files.
FileMaker Pro Instant Web Publishing dialog box
View the
IP address
Choose a file to
share on the web
Specify port
number, enable log
files, set time out,
and more
Enable Instant
Web Publishing
Specify which
users can
access a
published
database
Suppress filenames in the
Database Homepage
Choose a
language for the
status area and
Help file