Database Publishing with Filemaker Pro on the Web

By Maria Langer

Whether you are using FileMaker 3 with third-party helper applications such as Tango, Lasso, or Web FM, or FileMaker 4 with its integrated Web publishing features, this book is designed to help you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201696657
• ISBN13: 9780201696653
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 419 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

good source for learning CDML

Contrary to other reviews, CDML was not done away with in Filemaker 5 or 6. It was still the primary method for connecting Filemaker Databases to the web. In Filemaker 7 and 8 it has been done away with but many solutions still use CDML and many databases are still in earlier versions. If you are in that situation and need or want to learn CDML there are not many good references out there, but this book is a good hands on way to walk yourself through creating CDML web pages if you are new to that sort of things.

Great start for database publishing on the web

I disagree with many of the comments made by others on this book. True, there isn't much competition available on CDML, however, I found this to be an excellent way to get to grips with publishing FileMaker to the web. I didn't find any typos that prevented me getting the examples up and running immediately plus all the html code and databases can be downloaded from Peachpits web site anyway.Similarly, the fact that it assumes that all databases include images wasn't a problem as all examples are gone through step by step with comments on points of interest. With even the most basic understanding of html it is easy to see where the image code is located. Likewise I'm not sure why the CDML section being smaller than the Filemaker Pro manual is a problem as if you buy this book you'll already have the manual anyway.I used this book in getting a Lasso served database on the web and found enough commonality between Lasso and FileMaker to get lots of useful info. There were many things that I simply couldn't have figured out without it otherwise.My only complaints would be that it's a bit short and there is too much emphasis on the Instant web publishing - this space would be better served for more detail on custom web publishing which is what most people would do. Also, it should be updated using Dreamweaver as an example instead of Claris HomePage (a sample software CD would be nice to)If you want a good easy to understand book that takes you through the set-up step-by-step there is nothing better that I've seen. Even if you only get a few tips out of it, it will have paid for itself.

It provided valuable information that I needed.

This book provided raw-information that I needed to make my solutions work. I couldn't find this information anywhere else until I happened upon this book.

A Great Starting Place

I knew FileMaker, but had no clue about how it, CDML and HTML worked together. Now I do. Her examples were usually succinct and easy to understand. I had several databases up and running by the next day (and would have spent a lot of time meandering otherwise). Being a PC guy, the four-or-so chapters spent on Mac-oriented add-ons such as Lasso really didn't help that much. In all, I used about two-thirds of the book. The rest of it got me to the point where I could take off on my own, which I believe is what the author intended. While I didn't find any "juicy" nuggets here, I did find that much like while I was learning FMP, those "nuggets" just sort of dawn on you as you work. I give this book a strong recommendation for beginners and intermediates, and even expert-level FMP users who are unfamiliar with CDML.

Just what I needed!

I needed a CDML reference in a hurry. This book has that and much more! Clear and easy to understand with important references. If you are using FileMaker on the Web, you need this book!