Re: FileMaker and WebCat
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22412
interpreted = N
texte = Export your file as a MERGE file instead - it sends the field headers, which simply have to match between WebCat and FM Pro. We used this process in our 1998 Voting System for State of WA this past season.Larry>Probably a very dumb question... > >One of my clients runs their back office on FileMaker from where I get the >data to drive their website - running out of Webstar and WebCatalog. > >I have a pretty clunky way of transferring this data and I wonder if anyone >has a better idea? > >I export out of FileMaker into a tab delimited text file, which I then open >in a text editor where I add a header containing the field names. I save >this as the data table which WebCatalog reads. > >FileMaker does not appear to have any export options which can be read >directly by WebCatalog without this process. > >Julian Clayton > > > ======================================================================== Hewitt Consulting... Business Internet Solutions ======================================================================== www.hewittco.com Larry Hewitt larryh@hewittco.com Hewitt Consulting voice: 360/740-1090 Managing Partner cell: 360/508-6014 fax: 360/740-0998
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Export your file as a MERGE file instead - it sends the field headers, which simply have to match between WebCat and FM Pro. We used this process in our 1998 Voting System for State of WA this past season.Larry>Probably a very dumb question... > >One of my clients runs their back office on FileMaker from where I get the >data to drive their website - running out of Webstar and WebCatalog. > >I have a pretty clunky way of transferring this data and I wonder if anyone >has a better idea? > >I export out of FileMaker into a tab delimited text file, which I then open >in a text editor where I add a header containing the field names. I save >this as the data table which WebCatalog reads. > >FileMaker does not appear to have any export options which can be read >directly by WebCatalog without this process. > >Julian Clayton > > > ======================================================================== Hewitt Consulting... Business Internet Solutions ======================================================================== www.hewittco.com Larry Hewitt larryh@hewittco.com Hewitt Consulting voice: 360/740-1090 Managing Partner cell: 360/508-6014 fax: 360/740-0998
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