[FX.php List] [OFF] Windows shortcut to FM9 hosted file

[Bob Patin]

Troy,

I don't see how you could do that, unless you had the file set up to  
run a startup script that took you to the desired record.

However, it does bring up an idea: what if you did this:

create a URL that uses a PHP page to write to a record. Then, the PHP  
page would redirect to the link I put in the previous email.

So 2 things would happen: the first step writes to a field, which you  
could then use to have the database open to the desired record; for  
example, the startup script would go to record by calculation...

Then, after that page runs, you use the header() command to run the  
other link.

I haven't tried it, but I think this might work...

Bob Patin
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 8:48 PM, Troy Meyers wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I have launchers on their laptops for normal use, but what I'd  
> really like to do is say, by instant message: "Look at this record"  
> and then the link that not only opens the database, but goes to the  
> right record (or found set) with the right layout. Can you extend  
> the URL to express that?
>
> -Troy
>
>
>> Yes, you can IM that link to anyone; however, my favorite method, and
>> which I use as a hosting company, is to create "launchers" that I  
>> give
>> to clients who don't seem to know how to connect to FileMaker Server
>> without hand-holding. In some cases I've created launchers that have
>> multiple buttons for opening various combinations of databases. I  
>> also
>> have a configurable launcher for clients, which they can use to set  
>> up
>> sets of databases that they can open with a single click; then, each
>> employee can set up his own set of databases by using checkboxes, and
>> open a dozen databases with a single mouse-click. This requires an
>> extra database on the server, but they really like it.
>>
>> Bob Patin
>
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