Instant Web Publishing Guide

Chapter 1
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About publishing FileMaker Pro databases on the web 9
1 Script support for the web has been enhanced.
1 Access privileges for web users can be set to allow execution of specific, individual scripts and
prevent execution of others.
1 ScriptMaker
™
script steps are clearly indicated as “web compatible”; special scripts can be created for
web users. After converting your files, open each script that web users might run and enable
Indicate
web compatibility
to see if your scripts contain steps that might produce unexpected results when
executed from a web browser.
1 On the web, scripts are always executed with Set Error Capture on. If your scripts relied on Set Error
Capture being disabled (off), they may not function the same way. Test your files thoroughly after
conversion.
1 Web users can dynamically choose a layout view to work with data, toggling between Form View, List
View, and Table View. You can limit access to a view in the
Views of the Layout Setup dialog box. For
more information, see FileMaker
Pro Help.
1 FileMaker Pro clients can no longer host databases with Instant Web Publishing. The files must be web
published on the host computer.
1 It is no longer possible to specify the starting and ending points for a range of records in Table View.
Instead, you can specify the starting point and the next 50 records (or remainder of the found set,
whichever is smaller) are displayed.
1 The URL syntax has changed for web-published files. If you manually created a link to access a database
on the web, you must update the link after converting the file. For more information, see
“Linking to a
database from an HTML page” on page 15.
1 The Web Security databases are no longer supported. If you relied on them for web-based security, you
must transfer the accounts, passwords and associated privileges into your converted database files in
FileMaker Pro.