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Sharing a database

I'm interested in making some sort of chat using Filemaker. So far I have used Claris Homepage to publish my databases on a local network. This has meant that while surfing the records, you have had to reload the page to see the latest records. I have tried a "document.write" javascript but although the records are rewritten into the homepage I can4t see records which have been added or deleted after that I the first time loaded the page.

Now I would like to know how to view the records of a database in real time. In other words, while browsing, I would like to see all records without having to reload the page. How?

vux984

Create a frames site with two panes.
Use one pane to display the last n records of the chat.
USe the other pane to allow new lines of chat to be submitted.

The second frame is simply a form that submits the record, and the first frame is simply the result of a the approrpriate database query augmented with a little javascript to reload the page every few seconds, thereby keeping the chat "realtime".

You could augment it by maintaining the last few lines of chat in a cookie, and then your database query would only need to retrieve the new lines each time it reloads.

Good luck,
-D

perch

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I have 2 frames like you say, but I haven´t got the javascript. I have never used cookies, so could you give me an example. Thanks for helping!

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perch

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Thanks, I have been searching for that script.