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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Benefits to accessing databases with FileMaker Pro
Although accessing a database from the web is very similar to FileMaker Pro, it is not as responsive as
accessing a database from a FileMaker
Pro network client:
1 There are no customization features available on the web. Although web users can choose layouts and
different layout views, they cannot add, delete, or modify fields, layouts, scripts, relationships, and so on.
1 Web users cannot directly interact with the hard drive, so import/exporting data, drag and drop, and
automation with OLE, ActiveX, and Apple events will not work.
1 Web users can only enter data in text, number, date, time, or timestamp fields; they cannot enter or
modify container field objects like images, sounds, and QuickTime files.
1 Web users cannot enter data with rich text formatting (RTF).
1 Web users cannot view and print complex, multi-page reports.
1 Web users cannot spell check their data.
1 Web users should only interact with a database from one web browser window.
1 FileMaker Pro keyboard commands are not available for use in a web browser.
1 Tooltips created in FileMaker Pro Advanced that are displayed in a web browser are updated only when
a page is loaded.
1 Web users cannot use scripted Back and Forward buttons to navigate within a web viewer. However,
web users can choose Back and Forward from the shortcut menu in a web viewer.
1 Even if you clear Allow interaction with web viewer content, web users might still be able to interact with a
web viewer in a limited way.
1 Web users experience longer download times in List View when browsing records that display web viewers.