FileMaker and Mobile Devices
FileMaker Pro, anytime, anywhere
We live in a world where continuous high-speed web connection from mobile devices is becoming practical. FileMaker, Inc. has invested in tools, such as the PHP Site Assistant feature, that make it very easy to publish your databases to the Web so you can manage, organize and share information from anywhere.
PHP is the defacto standard for producing data-driven webpages and the PHP Site Assistant feature is unique in that it is the first built-in technology for the non-programmer to create PHP-based webpages from a database.
Learn more about PHP web publishing.
FileMaker, Inc. also offers three technologies for publishing to the Web: PHP, XSLT and Instant Web Publishing as well as other methods for accessing your data wherever you are.
If a continuous wireless Web connection is not available, or is unreliable, there are a variety of solutions available.
| Need | Solution |
|---|---|
| I need to view my data but I do not need to create and/or modify my data. | Create an Adobe PDF or Excel spreadsheet from your FileMaker data directly within FileMaker Pro using PDF Maker or Excel Maker. You can also export your data as an html table from within FileMaker Pro. |
| I need only my contact information. | Consider using a plug-in that syncs your FileMaker Pro data with Mac OS X Address Book®, Microsoft Outlook®, or Microsoft Entourage®. |
| I need to create and/or modify my data. | At a simple level, import and export may work for you. FileMaker Pro supports a variety of file formats. Otherwise, consider 3rd party FileMaker syncing technology such as SyncDeK to sync your laptop to FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server. Or consider using HanDBase on your handheld and syncing to FileMaker Pro. |
White papers
Create example app for iPhone using PHP
Connect FileMaker data with Address Book and Outlook, by Productive Computing
FileMaker Info to Go by SyncDeK
Search Knowledge Base
View a list of common web publishing questions and answers
* PHP Web Publishing is only supported on FileMaker Server 9 and FileMaker Server 9 Advanced.