Filemaker Question

[wakemac]

I'm new to Mac and currently converting my business from PC to Mac. I need to import data from a web form into my database. Can this be done with Filemaker? Other than the necessary web design/application, which I will outsource, is there any other program that needs to be implemented between the form and the database?

Thanks for any help or input.

 

[larkost]

Do you mean that you need to do a single import, that you want to scrape a web site periodically, or that you want to have a form on the web that people fill out and the data winds up in your database? More details are needed to answer your question.

 

[wakemac]

Sorry for the delay. I need to have outside sales people login and fill out a web form and have the information imported into the database. Thanks for any available help.

 

[larkost]

Ok, then you just need to turn on the "Publish to Web" feature of FileMaker Pro (you don't even need FileMaker Server if you can get away with 5 or fewer simultaneous connections), and do a little fiddling. A a minimum this will cost you one copy of filemaker (and a computer that needs to be on, and have it open at all times). Any data that they enter on the page is entered into the database.

 

[wakemac]

Thanks for the help. I hope to have it implemented in the next few weeks.