Web sharing FileMaker Pro 5.5 databases
Category: Mac, Category: FileMaker Pro
Originally posted on my iBlog 7 October 2002.
Summary: Here are a few of my notes on web sharing FMPro 5.5 on OSX
1) activate the Web sharing plugin. Go to Filemaker Preferences>Application:Plugins. Activate Web Companion and click 'Configure.' Turn on web reporting to keep track of web activity (note that the web log files (in the FMP folder in Applications) can get large over time). Set the port to 591 (Filemaker's registered port for database sharing (port 80 is the default, but this doesn't work through my work system).
I think the Network protocol in Preferences>Application:General needs to be set to TCP/IP rather than Appletalk (I'm not sure if this is critical).
2) Open the database you want to share, and set passwords. File>Access Privileges>Passwords. You can set multiple passwords, giving different types of users different levels of access to the database.
3) turn on web sharing for your database. File>Sharing. Turn on Multi-user access and the web companion. (Note: turning on the Remote Access option, if the plugin is also activiated, will allow other computers on the network with FMP to open the database.) Configure the web companion. The 'Wheat' template looks nice. Set the different views to a database layout you want displayed (if you don't set a layout, you'll just get an ugly long list of fields).
4) that's it. To access the database, go to a web browser and enter the IP address of the serving machine, followed by :591 (the port) (e.g., http://123.45.67.890:591. When I had web sharing running on Leyland (my PowerBook 3400) at the same time, the web shared files were accessed through port :1100.
Originally posted on my iBlog 7 October 2002.
Summary: Here are a few of my notes on web sharing FMPro 5.5 on OSX
1) activate the Web sharing plugin. Go to Filemaker Preferences>Application:Plugins. Activate Web Companion and click 'Configure.' Turn on web reporting to keep track of web activity (note that the web log files (in the FMP folder in Applications) can get large over time). Set the port to 591 (Filemaker's registered port for database sharing (port 80 is the default, but this doesn't work through my work system).
I think the Network protocol in Preferences>Application:General needs to be set to TCP/IP rather than Appletalk (I'm not sure if this is critical).
2) Open the database you want to share, and set passwords. File>Access Privileges>Passwords. You can set multiple passwords, giving different types of users different levels of access to the database.
3) turn on web sharing for your database. File>Sharing. Turn on Multi-user access and the web companion. (Note: turning on the Remote Access option, if the plugin is also activiated, will allow other computers on the network with FMP to open the database.) Configure the web companion. The 'Wheat' template looks nice. Set the different views to a database layout you want displayed (if you don't set a layout, you'll just get an ugly long list of fields).
4) that's it. To access the database, go to a web browser and enter the IP address of the serving machine, followed by :591 (the port) (e.g., http://123.45.67.890:591. When I had web sharing running on Leyland (my PowerBook 3400) at the same time, the web shared files were accessed through port :1100.
