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Web Companion 5.0v5 Available


FileMaker Inc. has released Web Companion 5.0v5, the Web publishing component of its database products FileMaker Pro 5.0 and FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited. Web Companion 5.0v5 fixes two Mac-specific crashing bugs, permits substitution tags to be used inside the new inline action tag (for creating flexible queries embedded in a Web page processed by Web Companion), and returns proper MIME types for CSS and XSL style sheets. The update also fixes a problem where new portal records were unintentionally created by Instant Web Publishing, and introduces new syntax for editing or creating records containing related fields. You only need this update if you’re using FileMaker’s Instant Web Publishing or custom Web publishing. Web Companion 5.0v5 is presently available for English-language versions of FileMaker 5; localized versions should be released shortly. The update is a 650K download.

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