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A helpful guide to CWP (Custom Web Publishing) with XML in FileMaker Server 13. Below is a summary of the contents of this document. Click the link to download.

https://my.oditech.com/downloads/FileMaker/13/fms13_cwp_xml.pdf

Chapter 1 - Introducing Custom Web Publishing

  • About the Web Publishing Engine
    • How a Web Publishing Engine request is processed
  • Custom Web Publishing with PHP
  • Custom Web Publishing with XML
  • Comparing PHP to XML
    • Reasons to choose PHP
    • Reasons to choose XML

Chapter 2 - About Custom Web Publishing with XML

  • Creating dynamic websites with the Web Publishing Engine
  • Key features in Custom Web Publishing with XML
    • Web publishing requirements
    • What is required to publish a database using Custom Web Publishing
    • What web users need to access a Custom Web Publishing solution
    • Connecting to the Internet or an intranet
  • Where to go from here

Chapter 3 - Preparing databases for Custom Web Publishing

  • Enabling Custom Web Publishing in a database
  • Accessing a protected database
  • Protecting your published databases
  • Web server support for Internet media types (MIME)
  • About publishing the contents of container fields on the web
    • Container field objects embedded in a database
    • Container fields with referenced files
    • Container fields with externally stored data
    • How web users view container field data
  • FileMaker scripts and Custom Web Publishing
    • Script tips and considerations
    • Script behavior in Custom Web Publishing solutions
    • Script triggers and Custom Web Publishing solutions

Chapter 4 - Accessing XML data with the Web Publishing Engine

  • Using Custom Web Publishing with XML
    • Differences between the Web Publishing Engine and FileMaker Pro XML Import/Export
    • How the Web Publishing Engine generates XML data from a request
  • General process for accessing XML data from the Web Publishing Engine
  • About the URL syntax for XML data and container objects
    • About the URL syntax for XML data
    • About the URL syntax for FileMaker container objects in XML solutions
    • About URL text encoding
  • Accessing XML data via the Web Publishing Engine
    • About namespaces for FileMaker XML
    • About FileMaker database error codes
    • Retrieving the document type definitions for the FileMaker grammars
  • Using the fmresultset grammar
    • Description of elements in the fmresultset grammar
    • Example of XML data in the fmresultset grammar
  • Using other FileMaker XML grammars
    • Description of elements in the FMPXMLRESULT grammar
    • Example of XML data in the FMPXMLRESULT grammar
    • Description of elements in the FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar
    • Example of XML data in the FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar
  • About UTF-8 encoded data
  • Using FileMaker query strings to request XML data
  • Switching layouts for an XML response
  • Understanding how an XML request is processed
  • Troubleshooting XML document access

Chapter 5 - Staging, testing, and monitoring a site

  • Staging a Custom Web Publishing site
  • Testing a Custom Web Publishing site
  • Examples of stylesheets for testing XML output
  • Monitoring your site
    • Using the web server access and error logs
    • Using the Web Publishing Engine log
    • Using the Web Server Module error log
    • Using the Tomcat logs

 


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