Web Direct

DayBack ''can'' run in [[DayBackForFileMaker/WebDirect]], but for Complete we've provided versions of our older Calendar that provides a better integrated experience with Complete. The Calendar file will branch to these layouts and scripts if it detects it is being opened in WebDirect. The documentation for the WebDirect Calendar can be found [[SeedCodeCalendar12.SeedCodeCalendar12|here]].

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The primary limitation of WebDirect, beyond performance and general experience, is printing.  If Printing/PDF generation is important to your organization, then we recommend using a PDF [[Robot]] Machine to generate the PDF for the WebDirect client.  Robots are are a tried and true technique for creating PDFs for clients who can't create their own, although they do require an open station and an additional license of FileMaker.

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%block text-align=center% Gantt Chart in WebDirect
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The primary limitation of WebDirect beyond performance and general experience is printing.  If Printing/PDF generation is important to your organization, then we recommend using a PDF [[Robot]] Machine to generate the PDF for the WebDirect client.  Robots are are a tried and true technique for creating PDFs for clients who can't create their own, although they do require an open station and an additional license of FileMaker.

There ares some plug-ins that provide the mechanism for having FileMaker Server generate PDFs, but this is according to a template and is completely disconnected from any FileMaker layout, so using a plug-in is a little removed from the traditional Filemaker Preview Mode / Printing.

Our friend and colleague John Renfrew has been doing some amazing work doing server side PDF generation based on FileMaker layouts [[http://www.fmtopdf.com/|here]] that should be going public in early 2015.  We're looking forward to seeing this product and recommend keeping an eye on it too!

The primary limitation of WebDirect beyond performance and general experience is printing.  If Printing/PDF generation is important to your organization, then we recommend using a PDF [[Robot]] Machine.

%color=red% >> Some notes setting expectations for WD with a link to [[printing]].