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Editor's NOTE: This is a moldie oldie that I pulled from a text dump archive. None of the links will work anymore (or 99% won't) - but the names and companies have NOT changed.

Now that FileMaker Pro has been out for a few months, and more and more people are experimenting with the new web features - I've been receiving a lot of email with questions regarding how to test a web solution. In order to use the custom CDML tags in your own HTML there are several settings that MUST all be configured in order to preview your solution in your browser.

On the FileMaker side: 1) set your computer's networking to the correct TCP/IP configuration; 2) turn on the Web Companion (Edit -> Preferences -> Plug-Ins; 3) make your database(s) available to the Web Companion by choosing "Sharing..." from the "File" menu and choose the checkbox for the "Web Companion." Steps two and three appear in the FileMaker Pro documentation, but step one does not. After combing the web, talking to peers, and checking our own network setup, I've compiled the following guide to help you properly configure your Mac or PC:

Macintosh:

Using MacTCP:

Open the MacTCP control panel and assign the web server an IP
address of 192.168.0.2. Click the "More" button, and make sure that it is set to Obtain Address Manually, that the IP Address is Class C, that the
Gateway Address is 0.0.0.0, and that the fields in the Domain Name Server Information box are blank. If you do have a router address and are using a
local Domain Name Server, you can enter this information instead.

• If you are using a local AppleTalk network or a single computer, open the Chooser and make sure AppleTalk is Active.
  
  
• Next, open the Network control panel and select LocalTalk.
  
  
• Open the MacTCP control panel again and select the LocalTalk icon, then verify all your changes and restart the computer for them to take effect.

If you are using an Ethernet network, you can select EtherTalk in the Network control panel, and Ethernet in the MacTCP control panel instead.

For Open Transport:

Open the TCP/IP control panel, and assign the web server an IP address of 192.168.0.2.

If you are using a local AppleTalk network or a single computer, set Connect via: to AppleTalk (MacIP),Configure: to Manually, then click the "Select Zone" button and select the current AppleTalk zone. All other fields should be blank, unless you are using a router or Domain Name Server for your local network.

If you are using an Ethernet network, you can set Connect via: to Ethernet, Configure: to Manually, and enter a Subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Again, all other fields should be blank unless you are using a router or Domain Name Server for your local network.

Any client computers should be configured to use the same connection method (LocalTalk/AppleTalk or Ethernet), but should have different IP addresses, higher than the server, such as 192.168.0.3 or 192.168.0.4 (you can also use 192.0.1.2 for the server and 192.0.1.3 and up for clients, if you like).

Check out: http://arpp.carleton.ca/mac/question/network.html for more instructions, including some great pictures of every step.

Windows 95/NT:

TCP/IP Network Settings

For single computer users:

• Click the "Start" button and chose "Control Panels" from the "Settings" menu.
  
  
• Double click on the "Network" icon.
  
  
• From the listing of network components installed, choose the one for TCP/IP and click the "Properties" button.
  
  
• From the "IP Address" tab, check the "Specify an IP address" and type 192.1.2.2 in the "IP Address"
  
  
• Enter 255.255.255.0 for the "Subnet Mask"
  
  
• Click "OK", and click "OK" again to close the window

For Network Users

Contact your network administrator to ask them what the IP address is of your computer. If you don't have one, you can follow the directions above.

Browser Settings

For Microsoft Internet Explorer:

• Choose "Options" from the "View" menu.
  
  
• Click the "Connection" tab
  
  
• UNCHECK the "Connect to the Internet as needed" under the "Dialing" section.
  
  
• Check the checkbox "Connect through a proxy server" and click the "Settings..." button.
  
  
• In the space next to HTTP: type 192.1.2.2 and leave the "port" space blank.
  
  
• Click "OK", Click "Apply" then click "OK" to close the Options window

NOTE: When you want to use your dial-in access again, simply UNCHECK the "Connect through a proxy server" checkbox and CHECK the "Connect to the Internet as needed" checkbox.

For Netscape Navigator: No changes to the preferences are necessary.