FileMaker Pro 4 and the World Wide Web (Claris Press)

This book gives you everything you need to know about FileMaker Pro and the Web. For both Windows and Mac OS users, this book can help readers convert their computer into a database server available for browsing the Internet, an intranet, or a LAN. Whether you are publishing databases, creating a shopping car, generating electronic commerce with an on-line store, or developing interactive FileMaker Pro solutions for the Web, this book can help you access the wealth of opportunities that come with the exciting convergence of databases and the Internet.

This book shows readers how to publish a FileMaker Pro 4.0 database on the Web, making it a must-have book for Web designers, Webmasters, or FileMaker Pro users who want to share their FileMaker Pro databases with anyone on the World Wide Web. Packed with useful tips for intranet and Internet users, the author steps readers through Instant and Custom Web Publishing, which provide direct access to FileMaker Pro databases via a Web browser, eliminating the need for separate Web server software and separate CGI software. Readers are also shown how to create dynamic, FileMaker Pro connected Web pages using Claris Home Page. There's also an overview of Internet tools like FTP, Java, HTML basics, security issues, and a useful troubleshooting section. CD-ROM runs on Macintosh and Windows 3.1, 95, and NT platforms Covers allowing updates and dynamic data to create unique solutions to sizing problems and security issues