Instant Web Publishing Guide

Chapter 3
Working with FileMaker databases on the web
FileMaker Pro Instant Web Publishing automatically provides web pages and forms for interacting
with your database. Web users click buttons in the status area to browse, find, sort, add, edit, and
delete records.
When you enable Instant Web Publishing and share files, anyone who has an account for a database
and knows the IP address or domain name where it is hosted can access the file. Depending on their
account privileges, they can:
1 view records on different layouts and views
1 add, duplicate, and delete records
1 add and edit data in fields
1 search the database to view a subset of records
1 sort the database to rearrange the records
Important Define accounts and privilege sets to restrict user access to database features for both the
desktop and the web.
Web browser requirements
To work with a published FileMaker Pro database, web users need:
1 Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 6.0 in Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a
(SP6a) and higher, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or version 5.1 and 5.2 on Mac OS X 10.2.8.
1 Safari 1.1 on Mac OS X 10.3.
1 access to the Internet or an intranet.
1 the Internet Protocol (IP) address or domain name of the computer that hosts your database file.
1 JavaScript must be enabled in the web browser.
Accessing a FileMaker database from the web
To access the Database Homepage, web users open the web browser, then type the IP address of
the host computer.
1 In some cases, web users can type the domain and host name of your computer instead of the IP
address, for example http://accounts.yourcompany.com. Or, they can type the host name, like
http://yourcompany.com. Contact your internet service provider or network administrator for
information about mapping a domain and host name to your IP address.
1 If you configure FileMaker Pro to use a port number other than 80 (the default), that port number
must be appended to your IP address, for example: 10.0.0.1:88. See “Specifying a port number
for web publishing” on page 13.
Type the IP address or domain name in the browser window