Re: FM PRO Compatibility Issue - Single Database w/oConversions

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 15399
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texte = > When using FileMaker Pro as a database resource, how do we get>WebCatalog> to recognize the file without going through the DataBase Helper routine?Simple. Export your FileMaker database in tab-delimited format,making sure you use the merge function of FileMaker so that it putsthe field names into the very first record as it's exporting, thenuse the exported file as your WebCat database.> We want to be able to have WebCatalog update the actual FM Pro file> enable us to use a single database with both WebCatalog and FM PRO.That's impossible. WebCat does NOT deal with FMP files, only FMPdeals with FMP files.WebCat was never designed to have to deal with other softwaremanufacturer's proprietary database formats -- it was designed todeal with the *industry-standard* tab-delimited text file format thatvirtually all desktop database software can export.> Maybe this is not possible, but it would certainly help bail me out of> hot water for not having researched this capability prior to>our purchase> of WebCatalog. I really like the ease of use of the program but I am> wondering now if we have shot ourselves in the foot while>using FM Pro as> our pricing database.Why don't you get rid of FMP? It's inferior to WebCatalog as a webdatabase solution.> Our FileMaker Pro users need to be able to access> the WebCatalog db file and work with it without having to convert back> and forth each time.Well, you can always create a web-based interface for them, so theycan use WebCat instead of FMP, then you can get rid of FMP once andfor all ... :)Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/... Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: FM PRO Compatibility Issue - Single Database w/oConversions (Kenneth Grome 1997)

> When using FileMaker Pro as a database resource, how do we get>WebCatalog> to recognize the file without going through the DataBase Helper routine?Simple. Export your FileMaker database in tab-delimited format,making sure you use the merge function of FileMaker so that it putsthe field names into the very first record as it's exporting, thenuse the exported file as your WebCat database.> We want to be able to have WebCatalog update the actual FM Pro file> enable us to use a single database with both WebCatalog and FM PRO.That's impossible. WebCat does NOT deal with FMP files, only FMPdeals with FMP files.WebCat was never designed to have to deal with other softwaremanufacturer's proprietary Database formats -- it was designed todeal with the *industry-standard* tab-delimited text file format thatvirtually all desktop database software can export.> Maybe this is not possible, but it would certainly help bail me out of> hot water for not having researched this capability prior to>our purchase> of WebCatalog. I really like the ease of use of the program but I am> wondering now if we have shot ourselves in the foot while>using FM Pro as> our pricing database.Why don't you get rid of FMP? It's inferior to WebCatalog as a webdatabase solution.> Our FileMaker Pro users need to be able to access> the WebCatalog db file and work with it without having to convert back> and forth each time.Well, you can always create a web-based interface for them, so theycan use WebCat instead of FMP, then you can get rid of FMP once andfor all ... :)Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/... Kenneth Grome

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