FileMaker Web Companion uses Blue World's (http://www.blueworld.com) Lasso technology. You can use CDML (Claris Dynamic Markup Language, if I remembered correctly) with out-of-the-box FileMaker Pro.

We have not tried interfacing with FM Pro 5 database through CF but according to their press releases, working through their standard ODBC drivers is possible. If you decide to take the project and the database is going to be access by the Internet public, make sure its the FM Pro 5 Unlimited version. The standard FM Pro 5 has a '10 IPs per 12 hour' limit.

You will find some info going to FileMaker's site (http://www.filemaker.com), tech support and searching their knowledge base on 'ODBC' and 'SQL' under FileMaker Pro 5.

HTH David

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffry Houser" <jeff@farcryfly.com> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 5:38 AM Subject: Re: Can CF work with a FileMakerPro database?

> > Why not just use the FileMaker Web Server. It seems counter-productive > to try to use CF. I believe that Lasso is the FileMaker language for the > web (don't hold me to that)? > > FileMaker, depending who you talk to, is not a relational database, > it's a flat-file structure, similar to Approach. > > At 11:48 AM 03/12/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >I cannot say for sure, and I would love to know if anyone has done this, but > >I do know even the newest version of FMP 5 has very limited ODBC support. > >There is some sort of native XML support which seems to be a workaround. > >I'd reccomend checking out the Filemaker web site. There is a white paper on > >setting up an eccomerce shopping cart web site with FMP as the database. The > >FMP people jumped through all sorts of hoops, and actually wrote a custom > >java servlet to communicate between the two. > > > >jon > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Rick Lamb" <rlamb@hostworks.com> > >To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > >Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:29 AM > >Subject: Can CF work with a FileMakerPro database? > > > > > > > I've been asked if I can interface with a FileMaker database using CFS. I > > > understand that the 5.0 version of FileMaker does support ODBC > >connections. > > > I would then assume there wouldn't be any problems working with the > > > information in this type of database but I would like someone to confirm > > > that for me. Can anybody verify that this is a feasible solution to use CF > > > to interface with a FileMaker Pro 5 database? Is there anything I should > >be > > > aware of before I commit to this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > >