Filemaker interactions

[Sells, Fred]

filemaker 8.0 (Pro I think) has a web page generator.  That's all I
know, since I didn't really need it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-bounces+frsells=adventistcare.org at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-bounces+frsells=adventistcare.org at python.org]On
> Behalf Of M.-A. Lemburg
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 4:36 PM
> To: Ian Witham
> Cc: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Filemaker interactions
> 
> 
> On 2007-08-01 23:41, Ian Witham wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm hoping someone here can put me on the right track with 
> some broad
> > concepts here.
> > 
> > What I am hoping to achieve is a simple HTML page to be served over
> > our company LAN, into which the users (Real Estate Agents) 
> can enter a
> > property address or reference number.
> > 
> > My next thought was to have a Python CGI script query our filemaker
> > database of property listings, construct a PDF from the relevant
> > information, and finally return this PDF to the user.
> > 
> > At no stage do I want the user to have unfettered access to the
> > database or the ability to alter/delete records.
> > 
> > My question is: what is the most appropriate way for my script to
> > interact with Filemaker? Can this be done with Filemaker Pro 6?
> > 
> > According to the Filemaker Help, the "Local Data Access Companion"
> > shares the FileMaker Pro database with ODBC-compliant 
> applications on
> > the same computer. Is this the right option?
> > 
> > Can my CGI script be an ODBC client? How? Would it need to be
> > Filemaker specific code or does ODBC have a standardised format?
> > 
> > I'm grateful for any advice and a nudge in the right direction.
> 
> You could try our mxODBC extension for Python which will
> likely just work out of the box:
> 
> https://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/
> 
> with the Filemaker ODBC driver.
> 
> Or give this module a try (if you have more time at hand
> and can do without a DB-API interface):
> 
> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/code/filemaker.py.html
> 
> It uses Filemaker's XML interface.
> 
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