[FX.php List] New to FX: A few basic questions

[Alex Gates]

Hi Stephen-

I can only help with one of your questions as I'm relatively new to this 
as well.

The answer to 1 is yes.  The field that you are retrieving data from has 
to be on the layout you specify.

Sorry I can't help with anything else -

Alex

Vision Computer Consulting wrote:
> 1. I was a lasso programmer who has been doing PHP/MySQL for the last 4 
> years, but I remember that we created a layout that had all fields on it 
> to make them accessible to lasso. What I have noticed is that, unless 
> the related field is on the layout you are accessing, data in that field 
> can't be retrieved. I know that in recent versions of Filemaker one can 
> grab data from many layers of related layouts.
> 
> That is a long way of asking whether the field you are retrieving data 
> from has to be on the layout you specify in SetDBData?
> 
> 2. Is data entry FM session based or transaction based?
> 
> 3. I am using PHP to do data validation (especially  date and time). Any 
> hints on how to format date and time in such a way that FM won't throw 
> and error? How do I setup Filemaker to best accept date and time 
> information?
> 
> 4. Is it a good idea to run FM scripts from FX? If so, any suggestions 
> on when it might appropriate to use FX to run an FM script?
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help.
> 
> Stephen Calia
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