Re: FileMaker and WebCat

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22410
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texte = Use a database header file. Export as normal from Filemaker. Name the file data.dbThen have another file data.hdr Put the header with field names into this file.When you update the database, just swap the data.db's and leave the data.hdr as is (unless structure changes).Good Luck!Sandy >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 > > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: FileMaker and WebCat (PCS Technical Support 1999)
  2. Re: FileMaker and WebCat (Stein Grebstad 1999)
  3. Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK (Julian Clayton 1999)
  4. Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK (PCS Technical Support 1999)
  5. Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK (John Hill 1999)
  6. Re: FileMaker and WebCat - .hdr OK Merge not OK (Julian Clayton 1999)
  7. Re: FileMaker and WebCat (Larry Hewitt 1999)
  8. Re: FileMaker and WebCat (Christer Olsson 1999)
  9. Re: FileMaker and WebCat (Sandra L. Pitner 1999)
  10. RE: FileMaker and WebCat (Edouard Janssens 1999)
  11. RE: FileMaker and WebCat (Edouard Janssens 1999)
  12. FileMaker and WebCat (Julian Clayton 1999)
Use a database header file. Export as normal from Filemaker. Name the file data.dbThen have another file data.hdr Put the header with field names into this file.When you update the database, just swap the data.db's and leave the data.hdr as is (unless structure changes).Good Luck!Sandy >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 > > > Sandra L. Pitner

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