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
8 FileMaker Instant Web Publishing Guide
Web publishing improvements
Web viewers work in Instant Web Publishing. These objects can calculate a URL based on field data and
display the web page directly in a FileMaker Pro layout. For more information about web viewers, see
www.filemaker.com/support/technologies.
For information on other new FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced features, see the Installation and
New Features Guide for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced.
Publishing files from previous versions of FileMaker Pro
Publishing files from FileMaker Pro 7 and 8
Because FileMaker Pro, versions 7, 8, 8.5, and 9, share the same format, Filemaker Pro 9 can open
FileMaker
Pro 7 and 8 files without converting them. You can even use FileMaker Pro 9 files with
FileMaker
Pro 7 and 8. However, any layout that contains new features will not be supported in
Instant
Web Publishing when you open the file in a previous version.
FileMaker recommends that, once you have created or opened a file in FileMaker Pro 9, you do not make
database design or layout changes using an earlier version of FileMaker
Pro, particularly to features that
have changed in FileMaker
Pro 9.
Publishing files from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
Before converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier to the new file format, it is important to
review the FileMaker Pro User’s Guide, available as a PDF file from www.filemaker.com/downloads.
Here are some considerations when converting files that are shared with Instant Web Publishing:
1 You are no longer limited to picking a couple of layouts for web views—all layouts are available to web
users, based on their user accounts. The Web Styles available with FileMaker
Pro 6 and earlier are no
longer supported. After you convert your files, re-evaluate which layouts should be available on the web
to each user account.
1 The access privileges model has been improved. Consider re-assigning user names and passwords to take
advantage of the integrated security model. For more information on accounts and privileges, see
FileMaker Pro Help.
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.