| Tag Name |
Description |
| -MailSub |
What it does
Specifies the subject of the email.
Value is
Subject text.
Syntax example(s)
Send mail using a form action
<form action="FMPro" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="contacts.fp5">
<input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="displaypage.html">
<input type="text" name="-MailTo" value="Keith@Company.COM">
<input type="text" name="-MailCC" value="Dirk@Company.COM">
<input type="text" name="-MailBCC" value="Terry@Company.COM">
<input type="text" name="-MailFrom" value="Chris@Company.COM">
<input type="text" name="-MailSub" value="The Subject">
<input type="hidden" name="-MailHost" value="SMTP.Company.COM">
<input type="hidden" name="-MailFormat" value="mail.txt">
<input type="submit" name="-View" value="Send Message">
</form>
Other tags that are required
-DB, -MailTo, -MailFrom, -MailHost, -MailFormat, any
action tag
See also
-MailCC, -MailBCC
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| Submit |
What it does
An HTML input type. Used by a browser to create a button
that will perform an action. FileMaker Pro action tags
can be used with a submit button.
This is not a FileMaker Pro tag, This is standard HTML.
Do not include calculation or summary field types on
add or update format files, as data can't be entered
into these field types.
Syntax
<input type="submit" name="Action Tag" value="Button
Text">
Action Tag - Action to perform when the button is pressed.
Button Text - Button label text.
Syntax example(s)
Create a new record using an HTML file
<form action="FMPro" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="db.fp5">
<input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="results.htm">
<input type="radio" name="Country" value="F1">France
<input type="radio" name="Country" value="G7" checked>Germany
<input type="radio" name="Country" value="I4" checked>Iceland
<input type="radio" name="Country" value="U2">USA
<input type="submit" name="-New" value="New Record">
</form>
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| Text |
What it does
An HTML input type. Used by a browser to display a single
line of text.
This is not a FileMaker Pro tag, This is standard HTML.
Do not include calculation or summary field types on
add or update format files as data can't be entered
into these field types.
Syntax
<input type="text" name="Field" value="Data">
Field - The name of the field that you want the data
to go into.
Data - The information that should be placed into the
field.
Syntax example(s)
Display a text field using an HTML file
<form action="FMPro" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="db.fp5">
<input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="results.htm">
<input type="text" name="Field Name" value="v1">
<input type="submit" name="-New" value="New Record">
</form>
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| TextArea |
What it does
An HTML input type. Used by a browser to display multiple
lines of text.
This is not a FileMaker Pro tag, This is standard HTML.
Do not include calculation or summary field types in
an add or update format files as data can't be entered
into these field types.
Syntax
<textarea name="Field" rows=Rows cols=Columns > Data
</textarea>
Field - The name of the field that you want the data
to go into.
Rows - Number of rows of text to display.
Columns - Number of characters to display per row.
Data - The information that should be placed into the
field.
Syntax example(s)
Display a text area using an HTML file
<form action="FMPro" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="db.fp5">
<input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="results.htm">
<textarea name="Description" rows=4 cols=40>
Lots of text goes here.
</textarea>
<input type="submit" name="-New" value="New Record">
</form>
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| -MailTo |
What it does
Specifies the email address of the person who the message
is going to.
Value is
An email address.
Syntax example(s)
Send mail using a form action
<form action="FMPro" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="contacts.fp5">
<input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="displaypage.html">
<input type="text" name="-MailTo" value="Keith@Company.COM">
<input type="text" name="-MailCC" value="Dirk@Company.COM">
<input type="text" name="-MailBCC" value="Terry@Company.COM">
<input type="text" name="-MailFrom" value="Chris@Company.COM">
<input type="text" name="-MailSub" value="The Subject">
<input type="hidden" name="-MailHost" value="SMTP.Company.COM">
<input type="hidden" name="-MailFormat" value="mail.txt">
<input type="submit" name="-View" value="Send Message">
</form>
Other tags that are required
-DB, -MailFrom, -MailSub, -MailHost, -MailFormat, any
action tag
See also
-MailCC, -MailBCC
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| -Token |
What it does
Passes any value to a format file. Whatever value you
set -Token equal to can be retrieved in the format file
by using the [FMP-CurrentToken] tag, or it can be used
in an [FMP-If] tag.
Value is
User defined.
Syntax example(s)
Pass a record ID as a token using a form action
<form action="FMPro" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="contacts.fp5">
<input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="format.html">
<input type="hidden" name="-Token" value="[FMP-CurrentRecID]">
<input type="submit" name="-FindAll" value="Set a token">
</form>
Continue to pass as token
<input type="hidden" name="-Token" value="[FMP-CurrentToken]">
Specify a token using a link
<a href="-DB=Contacts&-Format=format.html&-Token=The+Token&-View">Set
a token</a>
Up to nine tokens can be used by using a slightly different
syntax for the
token tags. The variable tag -Token can have an optional
token specifier of the form -Token.X
where X can be the characters 0 through 9. If no period
follows the -Token keyword then token
one is implied. To retrieve the value of a token the
FMP_CurrentToken will accept another
parameter that is a number, of value 0 through 9. If
there is no number parameter, but there
is a period, then token zero would be returned. CurrentToken
constant for the FMP-If tag
would then have an optional specifier that would look
like CurrentToken:3 if you want to
compare the contents of token three to something else.
Example format file snippet:
<!-- Pass the value of token three onto the next request
-->
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME ="-Token.3" VALUE ="[FMP-CurrentToken:
3, HTML]">
Tokens can be used on the right side of an FMP-If using
the intratag replacement syntax:
[FMP-If: CurrentToken:5.eq.{CurrentToken:6}]
<B>Token 5 equals token 6.</B>
[/FMP-If]
Other tags that are required
-DB, -Format, any action tag
See also
[FMP-CurrentToken]
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| [FMP-ValueList] |
What it does
Repeats the HTML between [FMP-ValueList] and [/FMP-Valuelist]
for all the values in the specified value list.
Syntax
[FMP-ValueList: Field Name , List=Value List Name ]
Parameter(s)
First parameter: Name of a field that the value list
is associated with.
Second parameter (optional): Name of a value list to
use. The default is to use the value list associated
with the field on the specified layout.
Syntax example(s)
Display value List using an HTML file
[FMP-ValueList: Groups, List=GroupList]
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="[FMP-ValueListItem]" [FMP-ValueListChecked]>[FMP-ValueListItem]
[/FMP-ValueList]
<!-- After processing, the HTML sent to the browser
could look like:
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Production" >Production
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Sales" checked>Sales
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Support" >Support
-->
Other tags that are required
[/FMP-ValueList]
See also
[FMP-Option], [FMP-ValueListChecked], [FMP-ValueListItem]
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| [FMP-ValueListChecked] |
What it does
[FMP-ValueListChecked] is replaced with the word "checked"
for every value list item that has been selected in
the specified field.
Syntax example(s)
Display a value list as radio buttons using an HTML
file
[FMP-ValueList: Groups]
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="[FMP-ValueListItem]" [FMP-ValueListChecked]>[FMP-ValueListItem]
[/FMP-ValueList]
<!-- After processing, the HTML sent to the browser
could look like:
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Production">Production
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Sales" checked>Sales
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Support">Support
-->
Other tags that are required
[FMP-ValueList], [/FMP-ValueList]
See also
[FMP-ValueListItem], [FMP-Option]
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| [FMP-ValueListItem] |
What it does
[FMP-ValueListItem] is replaced with the next element
of a value list.
[FMP-ValueListItem] must be placed between the [FMP-ValueList]
and [/FMP-ValueList] tags.
Syntax
[FMP-ValueListItem: Checked, Encoding ]
Parameter(s)
First parameter (optional): Checked. Use one of the
following reserved words:
Checked - Replace with the value list item if it is
selected in the database. Replace with nothing if the
value list item is not selected in the database.
Always - (default) Always replace with the value list
item.
Second parameter (optional): Encoding. Use one of the
following reserved words:
Raw - Don't perform any encoding
URL - Perform URL encoding
HTML - (default) Perform HTML encoding
Syntax example(s)
Display value list as radio buttons using an HTML file
[FMP-ValueList: Groups]
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="[FMP-ValueListItem]" [FMP-ValueListChecked]>[FMP-ValueListItem]
[/FMP-ValueList]
<!-- After processing, the HTML sent to the browser
could look like:
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Production" checked>Production
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Sales">Sales
<input type="radio" name="Groups"
value="Support" checked>Support
-->
Display only value list items that are selected using
an HTML file
[FMP-ValueList: Groups]
[FMP-ValueListItem: checked]
[/FMP-ValueList]
<!-- After processing, the HTML sent to the browser
could look like:
Production Support
-->
Other tags that are required
-DB, [FMP-ValueList], [/FMP-ValueList]
See also
[FMP-ValueListChecked], [FMP-Option]
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| [FMP-ValueNameItem] |
What it does
[FMP-ValueNameItem] is replaced by the name of a value
list.
[FMP-ValueNameItem] must be placed between the [FMP-ValueNames]
and [/FMP-ValueNames] tags.
Syntax
[FMP-ValueNameItem: Encoding ]
Parameter(s)
First parameter (optional): Encoding. Use one of the
following reserved words:
Raw - Don't perform any encoding
URL - Perform URL encoding
HTML - (default) Perform HTML encoding
Syntax example(s)
Create a pop-up menu for use with the -SortOrder tag
in an HTML file
<select name="-SortOrder">
<option>Ascending
<option>Descending
[FMP-ValueNames]
<option value="Custom=[FMP-ValueNameItem]">[FMP-ValueNameItem]
[/FMP-ValueNames]
</select>
<!-- After processing, the HTML sent to the browser
could look like:
<select name="-SortOrder">
<option>Ascending
<option>Descending
<option value="Custom=Colors">Colors
<option value="Custom=Sizes">Sizes
</select>
-->
Other tags that are required
[FMP-ValueNames], [/FMP-ValueNames]
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| [FMP-ValueNames] |
What it does
Repeats the HTML between [FMP-ValueNames] and [/FMP-ValueNames]
for all the value lists that are in the database.
Syntax example(s)
Create a pop-up menu for use with the -SortOrder tag
in an HTML file
<select name="-SortOrder">
<option>Ascending
<option>Descending
[FMP-ValueNames]
<option value="Custom=[FMP-ValueNameItem]">[FMP-ValueNameItem]
[/FMP-ValueNames]
</select>
<!-- After processing, the HTML sent to the browser
could look like:
<select name="-SortOrder">
<option>Ascending
<option>Descending
<option value="Custom=Colors">Colors
<option value="Custom=Sizes">Sizes
</select>
-->
Other tags that are required
[/FMP-ValueNames]
See also
[FMP-ValueNameItem]
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| -View |
What it does
Displays search or add form. Used to process any format
files that do not require record data.
Syntax example(s)
View a format file using a link
<a href="FMPro?-DB=db.fp5&-Format=query.htm&-View">"Take
me to a search page"</a>
View a format file using a form action
<form action="FMPro" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="names.fp5">
<input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="query.htm">
<input type="submit" name="-View" value="Show Search
Page">
</form>
Other tags that are required
-DB, -Format
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