Custom Web Publishing with FileMaker Pro 11.0

Duration: 2 Days

Objectives

This two day course is aimed at FileMaker users wanting to learn how to use the powerful features of FileMaker Server 9.0/10.0 Advanced to serve data to the web using Custom Web Publishing. It introduces XML as a key technology and encourages delegates to “get their hands dirty” with XML syntax in as painless a way as possible!

Pre-requisites

Some existing knowledge of FileMaker Pro. Knowledge of HTML and basic web development is useful though not essential.

Course includes

A comprehensive set of reference notes covering course topics, follow-up telephone support and, for training on Transmedia premises, lunch and refreshments.

This course is available as a private or customised course. Please phone us on 0208 269 4260 or email us for further information and to customise this course to your exact requirements.

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Course outline

Background
• The FileMaker custom web publishing architecture
• XML
• XSL
• The Web Publishing Engine
Configuration
• Configuring the FileMaker Pro Server
• Configuring the Web Publishing Engine
• A note on ODBC
• Preparing a database for custom web publishing
FileMaker XML
• Viewing FileMaker XML
• About XML
• XML components
• Well-formed XML
• Publishing FileMaker data as XML
Variations
• Variations of Layout
• Variatons of Grammar
• Naming conventions for the web
• Searching using an equality operator
• Searching using other operators

Further actions
• Adding a record
• Editing a record
• Data Transformatiom Services
• Making it readable for Humans
XSLT
• What is XSLT
• What is the XSLT processor?
• A simple stylesheet
• Modifying an XSLT
• Context
• More advanced styles
• Namespaces
• Xpath
Attributes
• Atributes and predicates
XML Tools
• AN overview of XML Tools