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
- Web viewer design considerations
- 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
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1 You should not access the same file from multiple browser windows.
1 Some features, such as the Drop-down Calendar field format, might not work or appear the same in
Instant Web Publishing as they do in FileMaker Pro.
1 Web browsers can’t display a calculated value if the calculation field uses values from other files. To
display calculated values, the calculation field must use values from the same file (including values from
related tables in the same file).
1 Although tab panels can’t be selected with keyboard commands, you can use the Go to Field script step
to allow web users to access tab panels. See
“Scripts and Instant Web Publishing” on page 33.
1 FileMaker Pro Advanced custom menus have no effect on web published databases viewed in a web
browser.
Working with graphics, sounds, and movies on the web
When you publish a database on the web with Instant Web Publishing, web users can work with data in
container fields in limited ways:
1 Web users can’t play sounds or display OLE objects in a container field—a graphic is displayed instead.
1 Web users can’t add graphics, sounds, or movies to a container field.
Important Images can either be stored inside the database itself or, for best performance, stored as file
reference using a relative path. If you’re hosting the database with FileMaker
Pro, referenced image and
movie files must be stored in the Web folder, in the FileMaker Pro folder.
Setting the initial layout and view
When a FileMaker Pro database is set to perform a script at startup, users who access the database through
Instant Web Publishing can see the results of that script each time they open the database. By setting a
startup script, you can determine which layout and view web users see when they open the database with
the following script steps:
1 Go to Layout [Layout Name]
1 Enter Browse Mode [ ]
1 View As [Form View]
You can also specify a starting layout in the File Options dialog box. See FileMaker Pro Help for more
information.