samserver Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I bought this program in the hopes to make and or learn database driven web pages well I was fooled the site says you can make this for your web but it is missing the webcompanion plugin and from what I have now read it does not come with this version am I wrong or what? the docs say to enable web companion setup the plugin I can't find it anywhere. what am I going to do now? any help would have great thanks and a beer on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 It sounds like you might be working with version 6? Version 7 is the latest, and it supports web out of the box. If you don't need to support large numbers of users simultaneously, it will work, but be sure you get all the updates! While FM is the friendliest database in town, the company has a frustrating pattern of making features without extra cost come and go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samserver Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 nope it's 7 pro with the newest updates I downloaded just incase there was an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 FM7 out of the box had gravely insufficient documentation, and it required you to cull both the CD-ROM and the FM web site to pick up additional documents. Even after you collect the PDF documents, it's seriously lacking in continuity which was surprising coming out of a company once known for their documentation. I was working with both Windows and Mac, and although I could get a web page up on my screen, I had to do a lot of experimenting to get the server itself working. So, do this: - locate and study the relevant PDF files on the CD - locate and study the relevant PDF files on the FM web site - to test, follow the instructions regarding local host - to bring up the mini-web server requires you to install FM7 on the server itself and activte the appropriate settings It's possible, but it's just poorly documented. It's not hard once you learn it, but it's hard to glean the information which is scattered out through many manuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 The FM7 Instant Web Publishing Guide has most the information you should need for Instant Web Publishing. You can find this and guides for custom web publishing here: http://www.filemaker.com/support/product_documentation.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samserver Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 thank you I have been using M$ access with coldfusion I see I'm in for new learning curve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 You can take comfort (and I speak from experience) that the learning curve from Access to FM is far less than the other way around. A few years ago, MS even added in some FM features in an attempt to make Access friendlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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