Instant Web Publishing Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 About publishing FileMaker Pro databases on the web
- Chapter 2 Publishing your database on the web
- Chapter 3 Working with FileMaker databases on the web
- Chapter 4 Designing a database for Instant Web Publishing
- Tips for designing layouts for Instant Web Publishing
- Tips for working with data in a web browser
- General database design considerations
- Working with graphics, sounds, and movies on the web
- Setting the initial layout and view
- Hiding the status area to customize the interface
- Specifying the sort order for web users
- Scripts and Instant Web Publishing
- Hosting databases with FileMaker Server Advanced: an overview
- Documenting your solution
- Chapter 5 Testing, monitoring, and securing your site
- Index
20 FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide
Hold the cursor over an icon to see its description. Procedures are outlined in the Instant Web
Publishing Help. To view the Help file, click the Question Mark (?) in the status area.
Important After entering or editing data in a record, web users must click the Submit button in the
status area to save the record to the host.
Finding records
In Find mode, web users now have the same searching capabilities as FileMaker Pro desktop users.
They
can:
1 create find requests
1 duplicate find requests
1 delete find requests
1 show all records
1 extend (broaden) or constrain (narrow) the found set
Procedures are outlined in the Instant Web Publishing Help. To view the help file, click the
Question Mark (?) in the status area.
Note After entering or editing search criteria in a find request, web users must click the Submit
button in the status area to send the request to the host.
Web users can now show or hide the status area with a toggle. To have complete control over the
user interface, you can create a startup script to ensure that the status area is hidden. For more
information, see
“Hiding the status area to customize the interface” on page 26.
Status area in Browse mode
Toggle shows or
hides the status area
Add, edit, delete, sort, omit,
or show omitted records
Change layouts
and layout views
View previous or
next record
View previous or next
find request
Go to Database Homepage,
Browse, or Find Mode
Status of current
found set
Status of current
find requests
Log out and close
windows to protect data
Include search operators
in your find request
Perform find or
modify previous find
results
Status area in Find mode
Change layouts and
layout views
Add, duplicate or delete find
requests or show all records
Modify last find
request