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 Manage 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 a web browser.
Note These requirements may differ from those of the FileMaker product that hosts the database.
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.
On Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows
Server 2003, or Windows 2000 Server, use
On Mac OS X, use
Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0 Safari 1.2, 1.3 (Mac OS X 10.3), Safari 2.0 (Mac OS X 10.4)
Firefox 2.0 Firefox 2.0