As long as you can locate a WSDL file for the web service you do everything else within a FileMaker calculation. The new Web Services plugin from FM Nexus makes working with Web Services incredibly simple. I’ve previously used the Troi URL plugin to assist with doing an HTTP POST of xml data generated via an XML export with a stylesheet then read back into a FileMaker field, but a recent project required the use of Web Services to submit data via XML, which is something that hasn’t been easy to do until now. To get that XML onto the web you need to look at other technologies available for FileMaker Pro, Windows or the Macintosh and hook into these.
Unfortunately things are much more limited on the XML export side of the equation – you can only export XML data to a file location (although you can reference an XSLT stylesheet during the export to transform your XML which can be stored on a web server).
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I’ve had many discussions with FileMaker engineering staff at FileMaker DevCons over the years as well about where I would like to see FileMaker Pro expand in these areas.įileMaker can do a good job and exporting and importing XML data, and with the importing of XML data you can also specify an HTTP address and with the use of variables you can by quite dynamic with setting up your XML imports. I’ve worked on many FileMaker implementations that require integration with external systems, whether it is importing, exporting, posting or syncing data, usually with XML involved in there somewhere.
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