Hardware & Networking
Hardware & Networking
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I'm getting the same wheel when I start my computer then a message and a window that says "Where is Filemaker" I then need to locate FM9 in a list of applications each time I start my computer. I've tried to save the files as mentioned above (as compressed) them open in FM9 but it still does the same routine when I start my computer again. I'm thinking this may be cause because I purchased the FM9 Advances upgrade (coming from full install of FM 8.5 Advanced). This is really frustrating as it seems I need to quit FM 8.5, then find FM9 in the applications list (from the pop up) then I can get into FM9. I was thinking of uninstalling FM9, then trying to re …
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I have just upgraded to Windows Vista. I am having the same problem with both FileMaker Pro 8.5 version 2 and FileMaker Pro 9.0 version 1. After installing both versions they get as far as initializing then I get an error box that states that the program has encountered a problem a windows is closing it. Both version work fine on windows XP and on a virtual PC running Windows XP, I have uninstalled FileMaker and reinstalled it removed registry entries and deleted directories and the problem still exist. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Sorry for the dumb question, but I'm primarily a Mac user. I have a client who has somehow stored the login details to a database, and no whenever he logs he is not given the option of entering different account details. I assume that he can hold down the Shift key when starting the database, but how can he remove the auto login entirely? Thanks in advance
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I haven't upgraded to 10.4.10 yet. But for those of you who did, this may be welcome; supposed to fix the audio popping. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/297
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I have ten users whose copies of 8.5 Installed using the downloaded Volume Licensing installer. I don't have a boxed copy. Now one of my users has been given a new PC. Is there an easy way to transfer the licensed Filemaker installation to the new PC? The installer says the license key is invalid. Please don't tell me I have to buy a new license!
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Greetings, I'd like to restrict te access to our IWP database to only our company's network. We have static IP's at our locations so theoretically, if I can get the remote IP I can authenticate it and alow access. The question is - 1. is this possible and 2. is there a better way of doing this? Thanks MJ
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Hello, sorry my english...I need to construct a configurator, and i find my self stuck when i have to call a data base (in for exemple .xls).what i need is something like, in a field i choose a voippbx (ex: Siemens)and the FM goes to a DB in .Xls read the type of existing pbxvoip, in siemens worsheat or cell, and present me the options... Thanks for your help
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Hi there, now i need to create a system that capture the weight of the item and do some documentation. So can somebody let me know how can i get the data from the machine, the interface is parallel port and the machine model is UWE-1705 Weighing Indicator. Thank you Regards, Henry
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We are developing a solution to run in a mixed platform environment. The primary development is being done on Windows boxes running FMP 8.5 advanced. Layouts designed on these machines using Helvetica (9pt) plain font look fine on the PC, but are not as clear on the Mac (mostly Mini Macs with non Apple displays). They also look gray rather than the black text color selected. We have tried an Apple display and it looks better, but not as crisp as the PC. Note: the same layout (with same font, etc.)in FMP 6 looks fine on the Mac. Any suggestions?
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Am curious if anyone has used a POS printer with Filemaker. I have a bill of material application and I would like to print a small "part picking ticket" for our production department. The operator would enter a model number and a picking list would be printed. The list will have a maximum of 6 components so it will not be necessary to print onto a large piece of paper. Curious to know if anyone has experience with POS printers and if there are any special requirements for pages setup etc. It is my desire to use a printer that has an automatic cutoff feature. Presently I am considering a Citizen CD-S501AUBU-WH printer. Rich
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We are using Citrix presentation server 4.5 and Filemaker 8.5. When a user connects to filemaker thru citrix, Citrix will map the local printer. So when in filemaker thru citrix I can see my local printer but cannot print to it. It goes thru the motions as if printing but nothing happens .Tested other apps like word, excel, wordpad etc.. and everything works fine. Any ideas? Thanks Stu
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Hello I just used Migration Assistant to transfer Files and Applications to my new MacBook Pro running OSX 10.4.9 Now I can no longer sync to my Zire 71 running Palm OS 5.2.1 using FM Mobile 7. Log says "Sync Failed: error -1" I had the same problem when I upgraded to Tiger but do not remember how I solved it. Any help would be appreciated.
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I'm getting an error when starting filemaker pro 6.0: Filemaker Pro.e.exe caused an error and I need to restart but i can't get passed this?
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I would like to activate a script when the bar code scanner's trigger is pulled. Currently I can move from field to field with a trigger pull using tab order, but would like to activate a script on a trigger pull and go from field to field using scripts to check each entry rather than having to press enter to activate a script. Using Symbol LS 2208 bar code scanner. Thanks Steve
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Hello, we´ve just bought 5 Windows Terminal Server CALs and installed them, with Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server, Filemaker Pro 8 (Vol. License) and Filemaker Server 8 all on one machine, which leads to the fact that FM crashes in the moment it opens the shared databases. Question 1: A little late, I found an observation in a techscript which says that FMS and Terminal Services Server should not be installed on the same machine. Is this a must, or exists a workaround in order to have all on one machine? (We have only 5 users, all in different cities, and our machine is a rented dedicated server, which we only can acess remotely, also for installati…
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I bought PIXMA MP530 Office Printer for just $ 167.00 from Planetonline. Its 1 picoliter sized ink droplets produce exceptionally detailed photos. It produce impressive 1200-dpi scans, with vibrant 48-bit color depth. The automatic document feeder holds 30 originals, so it's easy to copy, scan or fax multipage documents.
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In the Filemaker documentation , it says that up to 5 users can share a database - I would like to know if that 5 includes the host or not . I ask as I currently have a host with 4 sharers and need to add one more user - but I don't really want to have to but FM server - so is it 5 users plus the host? many thanks
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I am a new FileMaker Developer, working with version 8.5, and I need to invest in a new computer. This machine will be used primarily for *designing* databases. It will not be used for hosting, etc. I understand the minimum requirements... http://filemaker.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/filemaker.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6036 ... but I'd like to understand what components I should pay attention to in order maximize FileMaker's performance. For example, when I click and drag a set of fields in design view, I want it to happen in real time. The computer I'm currently using has a delay of a few seconds when I do this common task. While a Mac is on my wis…
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Having a little problem here... I'm on a network here in my office. There are 2 computers. One was running FM Pro 8.5 Advanced, the other was running FM 8.5 Demo. They were both working fine, hosting with one, and remotely opening it with the other one. This is on a LAN. So, the demo recently ran out of time, so I installed the FM Pro 8.5 Advanced on that computer as well. But now when I try to connect while one is hosting I get an error message "File could not be opened. The hosts capacity was exceeded, try again later." Can anyone help me? Everything was the same, except I replaced the demo on one computer with the full version...now …
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I am a filemaker beginner, using Filemaker Pro 8.5, I understand there are limitations with runtime versions, but was wondering if anyone has found a work around for some of these limitations? for instance, I really need to be able to email a PDF from within the runtime solution I've developed; I also need to be able to sync data between 2 pc's and have discovered that's also not an option with the runtime version. Does anyone know any way to overcome these limitations?
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Not sure if this is the correct forum... I have two laptops 1. Toshiba / 1.8ghz / 1 gb RAM / 256mb Nvidia Video Card. 2. Acer / 1.5 ghz / 500 mb RAM / 64mb Intel Video Card. Both running Windows XP SP2. Both with Antivirus and Spy Sweeper turned off. I have the same database running on both PCs. On the lower spec PC it takes 1.25 seconds to refresh a screen (a list with calculations). It takes 3.5 seconds to refresh the same screen on the higher spec Toshiba. The Toshiba also has a brand new Seagate Hard disk, just installed 2 days ago, so its nice and clean. Any ideas why the higher spec PC would be slower ?
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Hello Everyone, Coming here because I can't seem to figure out what is causing this. I am working in FM 8.5 Advanced as well as FM 8.5 Pro. Just recently the screen has begun flashing, almost like a extremely slow refresh. I have attached a screen shot of what it looks like, but it would flash to this shot, then immediately flash back to normal. VERY ANNOYING. I can't explain what would be causing this and hope that someone else might have seen this issue. I have not really installed anything new in the machine. Any Ideas? PS: If you open the attachment, zoom in a bit and notice that all of the fields, boxes, and objects have a duplicate to the lowe…
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First off, I am still using Filemaker 6 with all the latest updates for it on and Windows XP system. I recently have installed the most recent version of the Microsoft Intellipoint Mouse drivers and they seem to cause problems with filemaker. In some cases it just causes the filemaker screen to flicker noticeably but in other cases in seems to actually cause filemaker to crash completely. It took me awhile to connect it to the mouse drivers, but uninstalling them seems to have fixed the issue. Has anyone else run into something like this?
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Has anyone tested FileMaker 8.5 on the VISTA operating system? Do you know where I can get information on known issues? My boss has VISTA beta and wants to test with FM. Thanks.
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I'm going to get IT to upgrade my PC. When i go into relationship layout it's so slow to navigate around it's ridiculous. Attached is example of my relationships - as soon as I drag a TO it sits there and tries to re-draw everything ack. I have a Dual Core Pentium 2.8ghz, 500mb of Ram running Windows XP. Stock standard video driver - IT guy argues that upgrading this won't make a difference :)
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Hi folks, first post and I'm hoping in in or near the right forum to post this. I have Filemaker 7 Server running on a Win 2k server. All of my windows and mac computers can see all the files available when using the "open remote" feature, except for one. A powerbook G4 that worked fine until about 3 weeks ago, now can't see any files listed on the server when using the open remote feature. I've tried to match settings, network settings etc. looking at the other couple of macs we have on the network, but I can't see any differences. We've removed preferences and even re-installed FMP on the mac to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for any help! …
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Hi I have a file (USENGMED.MPR) that I have not been able to delete. It's related to an old system that I updated. I move it to the trash but when I try to empty I get the msg "The operation cannot be completed because the item USENGMED.MPR is in use". FMP is not running anywhere, and restarting the computer does not resolve the issue. I've checked my startup on login items and nothing seems to be related to it. The file is not locked and I have full permissions for it. I know this kind of smacks of an OS thing, but as it's an FM file... TIA for any help
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Hi I have upgraded to FMP 8 but get error message "FileMaker cannot share files because another user is already sharing files using FileMaker on this computer". There is one 12 file database on FMP8 and I can only think its an old copy of FMP5 server thats causing it. Someone tried removing it but I'm left with 6 components which cannot be deleted - any ideas?
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We just tried out connecting to our office from our store remotely (sic?). It was a nightmare trying to sort out all of the IP issues with having DSL on both ends, and once we connected, it was very slow (unsuably so). The solution we are runningat the moment is an old warhorse in FMP 6.0. I am currently building a shiny new model, but am wondering if the old one is slow due to newtork issues, or if it was programmed by an idiot (me). It has always been very zippy and quite nice to use over the office network. Is there a basic design strategy I should be aware of for this type of application? On the hardware/network side what kinds of issues should I look at ?
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Issue: SCT's Banner Web connects to Oracle database and retains connection until FMP is opened and connected to it's dbserver then Banner connection drops. Ruled Out: Network Infrastructure, NIC config. Java, jinit, Banner(connection is great until FMP)xpsp2 fully patched runs both apps great... they just don't play nice together. Suspect: The individual who installed FMP may not have disabled the AV which wreaks havoc with other apps at random anyways. FMP runs fine and does not lose connection with it's dbserver but may compete for a .dll or system file etc. I am rebuilding OS image and installing FMP clean but wanted to toss this out here to catch any pe…
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We are running FM6 Unlimited on a Dell Poweredge 2600 with Server 2003. This server also does basic filesharing. All client machines (35) are running OSX Tiger on a 50/50 mix Intel/G4 platform environment. Static IP's assigned. When attempting to "open remote" we get the spinning beach ball of death (SBBOD) religiously. It however, eventually displays the hosted files (5 minutes later, unacceptable) The problem occurs when you try to open any of the 32 DB's displayed, Filemaker Stops responding and must be force quit, the DB does not open. I have used different ethernet jacks/cables. I have tried running dual NIC's, the onboard with the original st…
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hello all, I am looking for a server that can handle the large file size traffic load, appx. few GB per month, and by end of the year, the database file will increase to around 20GB, (becuase it's photo/images database) Can you please give me some sugguestion that how fast the server need to be? thank you all and merry x'mas
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Looking for advice. We are in the final planning stages for launching our FM solution which has both an important IWP component and locally attached FM users. We are running FM Server 8 Advanced and are pleased with the IWP response to most challenges. I have two idle Windows Servers with plenty of memory of which I would dedicate one. I can submit for budget approval for a MAC server running OS X. Does anyone feel there is a benefit to one platform over the other? I am completely neutral and any advice would be appreciated.
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I was wondering if anyone out there has some experience working with either bootcamp or parallels. I work for a company that is a Windows environment. I am trying to justify the purchasing of 2 mac book (or pros). Any insight or things i should look out for would be appreciated.
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Does anyone know of a way to determine if the user is currently in a Citrix/Terminal Services session or not? I have customers with a mixed bag of local workstations connecting directly to the Server and remote workstations connecting via a Citrix/TS server. I really would like to tell, via script or calculation, whether the user is in a Citrix/TS session or not. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated including command line code.
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I have hardware (a memory keyboard for an old foil stamping machine) connected to a computer ( WINDOWS XP SP2) through the serial port and would like to know if there is a way for me to send information to it. Currently we're using an old program written in DOS to do the trick, but we cannot make any modifications to it (No source code). Basically, All I need to send is a text file, but I can't seem to connect to the hardware, the DOS program has no issues connecting to it. Anyone got any suggestions that I could give a shot?
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With the aim of making Internet transactions very secure Netscape has designed Secure Socket Layer protocol, in short SSL protocol. All the transactions from web browser to the web server can be made secure by the use of SSL certificates which are issued by third party Certificate Authority, also called CA. SSL certificate is an industry standard all over the world and is widely used by millions of web sites in the protection of their online transactions with their clients. There are many SSL service providers who are offering various products to suit the business requirements of Large Enterprises, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), and even personal businesses. S…
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I spend the majority of my time using MacOSX, but very occasionally I'm asked to help out on a Windows project. I can usually borrow a windows machine but I was wondering if anyone had any experience of using bootcamp or parallels to run windows on a mac and then using FileMaker?
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Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this so please tell me if it is not. Anyway, our school district runs a filemaker database for student attendance. All of the schools connect to the district office over high speed (6Mbps) leased lines. A G5 xserve hosts Filemaker 8 Server and all the clients are Filemaker 8. The problem is that 2-8 times per day the clients get disconnected from the Students database. Sometimes they get an error messgae stating they have been disconnected. (connection with server has closed). Other times the database just closes with no warning. (none of the users have an Idle time set). Users at the district office rarely if ever …
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The windows Update KB924270 I believe is the culprit that was blocking my windows 2000 machines from connecting to our FMP Server. The only thing that had changed overnight was the windows updates and I went through and uninstalled them 1 by 1 until I was able to reconnect to the server. Just thought I would share this information. Server 8v4 2003 standard External Authentication through AD Clients: 8.5v1 Win 2000 Symptoms: Windows 2000 machines could see the server in the open remote dialog but were prompted to enter a password to connect, their accounts would then become lockedout.
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Hi - I have Filemaker Pro 6 on my PC and I connect to a network database (which uses Filemaker Server 5.5 on Windows 2000 Server). I want to be able to connect to this network database with two distinct sessions (on the same PC) so that I can be in two different places in the program at the same time and flick between them quickly. Is this possible? Does anyone know a way to achieve it? Thanks in advance. B Gribbon
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FileMaker 5 server on OS9 mac on Lan A (##.##.A.##) FileMaker 5.01 clients on PC. FM5/6 on Macs, on Lans B and C. All users set to TCP/IP. Dev Mac has AT disabled. Recently the IT dept changed IP addresses, but all seems fine as I gave them a desktop launch file to locate the host's IP, thus they just modified that. Many scripts still show the old IP but I can click to toggle them when I come across that, but I haven't tried to fix them all. I have a dashboard that calls up the hidden files via an external script. One file named calendar.fp5 now behaves bizarrely (this could predate the IP switch). From only the PCs, clicking on the script states that TravelCal…
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I need to import a text file into filemaker daily. I am using scheduled tasks in XP to open a local filemaker database. This database runs a script when opened that opens a networked database and closes itself. When the network database opens a script runs that imports the data and then closes itself. The issue is that when the task runs the local filemaker file either does not open, or it opens once but then will not open again. When I try to open the file manually I get a message that the file is in use and cannot be opened. This is frusterating. Is there another way to go about it? Thanks, Moses
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I am looking for a recommendation for a new system for our filemaker server. We have about 30 different databases, some small, some big, that all interact with each other. The application is in constant use throughout the day, and it manages our entire calendar system, client requests, and many other things. There are usually about 10 clients logged onto the system. A lot of things we do are rather quick, but anytime I change add a field, or change a table occurance relation, I feel the "hang" of the system working. Also, we have a few scripts that take way too long, and although the are doing some complex calculations with appointment times and other information, …
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I am looking for a recommendation for a new system for our filemaker server. We have about 30 different databases, some small, some big, that all interact with each other. The application is in constant use throughout the day, and it manages our entire calendar system, client requests, and many other things. There are usually about 10 clients logged onto the system. A lot of things we do are rather quick, but anytime I change add a field, or change a table occurance relation, I feel the "hang" of the system working. Also, we have a few scripts that take way too long, and although the are doing some complex calculations with appointment times and other information, …
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I have a runtime solution I created in Windows 2000 that uses the extension "exr" The user has the option to "save a copy as" thus producing multiple small databases that act like documents. I'm aware there are other ways handling this information but this is what the user likes. The user was able to double-click any of the .exr documents to start the Filemaker runtime solution. Something happened, I don't know what, but while accessing one of the "exr" databases, Windows asked to "Find the application." The user located the FM runtime solution and it fired up. The downside is that the user LOST the ability to double-click the .exr documents and now ha…
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Does anyone have real-world experience comparing a single vs dual processor chip (either PPC or Intel) for running filemaker server 8? I'm thinking of setting up a cheap server using an Intel Mac Mini, and wondering if the $200 or so price jump for the Duo is going to show much real-world performance gains. Am I better off spending $200 on 2 gigs of ram instead and getting the Core Solo?
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This is more of a general networking question that happens to involve FileMaker. I want to run FileMaker Server on a Mac Mini with 6 client laptops in a convention center with no Internet access involved, just allowing the computers to talk to each other using a router. I'd like for the laptop clients to use a wireless connection to the router and the Mini server to be wired, but I will probably bring cables for all of the laptops just in case. My question is, do I hook up the server to the uplink port on the router (where the Internet connection would otherwise go) or make it just another node on the other side of the router? If it's the former, how do I configure T…
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We have a database converted from FP V6 to be rolled out to 100 users. Have tested on various platforms and hardware. On one PC, in browse mode, parts of graphics are not visible, like the shading and outline of a tab. The text on the tab is seen. In preview mode, all are visible, it looks fine. Also, only on this PC, the cursor is not visible when tabbing from field to field so you cannot tell which field you are in and can only see what you have typed when you tab to the next field. This database looks fine on various laptops and desktop PC's as well as MAC. The PC in question is using Intel 82915G graphics card. A call to Filemaker said to upgrade to a GForce c…
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First off, we're using a Windows Server 2003 machine running FM Server with the max cache and default write cache to disk time. My client's cache settins are the default as well, currently 7Mb of cache flushed when idle. Some times our network simply has a bad day. They are infrequent enough, short enough, and hit-n-miss enough that I'm not sure what I can do about it or if it's worth it. Most of the time I never even notice for FileMaker. It seems that with 8.5 even the slightest blip seems to send up the connectivity warning and a database shutdown. Of course this means that I lose everything I've entered. I have some records that are pretty data entry intens…
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We have two Macs sharing peer to peer; whenever the client is closed down the file references are lost resulting in 'file can't be found' when buttons pointing to the host dbase are clicked. Both computers have fixed IP addresses; linked over an ethernet LAN. I have to either find the file myself or redefine the file reference in each script. I hadn't experienced this issue before changing to Dev7, maybe I am misunderstanding something but it drives me nuts.....
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I have developed a FileMaker solution that is going to do a high degree of data manipulation. This FileMaker solution is going to be used as a companion tool with other databases (not necessarily FileMaker databases). My solution will import data from the databases into one table and then move the data to other tables to perform the appropriate calculations. There is a core particular script that will run on every record in the database. This core script will perform somewhere between 100 and 150 calculations on every record. It is likely that I will be processing batches of records anywhere from 5,000 to 50,000 records in size. I am looking at purchasing a …
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Currently using FM5.5 server running a FM6 solution. Up to about 60 concurrent users, around 100 files hosted. Database size isn't all that big, probably around 400M right now, I don't expect it to ever get above a few gigs. In the next 12 months I'm planning to get a new server and migrate to FM8.5 and the newest FM server. I'll be merging all files into one (I know, that will suck) with maybe up to 80 concurrent users, or more. I'd also like the option of doing web publishing. What kind of horsepower are we talking about here? We already have a Windows Server 2003 license so I'll be running that. I believe I remember reading that since FM7 the server d…
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I've experienced this problem in FM 7 Advanced and FM 8 Advanced. While creating a solution I'm often going in/out of layout/browse mode and I'm frequently opening the Define Database window. I use keyboard commands to switch views and windows. After a few times of accessing different views or the define DB dialog window FileMaker starts to having issues redrawing any screen. Sometimes the window will stay open but just be blank minimizing then open the window back up fixes it until the next time I change something. Other times it will just disappear in the Window menu it shows that its open but if I select it nothing happens. I have to double click on the fi…
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Hello, I´d very much appreciate some help concerning the following configuration. We have a Windows 2003 Server and 5 Windows XP users spread over different countries, accessing the server over WLAN. We don´t have Filemaker Server, but a Filemaker Pro 8 Volume License for 5 users. So I installed FM Pro 8 on the server and configured the database for sharing. Then, on the client, I tried to open the database by “file remote open” over LDAP port 389, but FM doesn´t find the databases on the server. In the manuals I read that Filemaker Server has an option, where one can register FM to the LDAP, which seems to be necessary for the databases to appear whe…
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Hello, we´ve just bought a 5-licence-Pack of Filemaker Pro 8 and want to install it on a remote server in a way that all 5 users share the same database. It´s a windows 2003 server, our 5 users (each with different windows username / profile) log in on the server via windows remote desktop and work that way directly on the server. To use Filemaker, I installed it with the first serial for the user1 / windows profile 1 (clicking on “Installation only for this user”). Then I logged in as user2 / windows profile2, started setup again, choosed the option “Repair” and entered the second serial. So far, so good: When I start Filemaker as windows user1, it starts with …
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Hello All I have developed an application to be distributed runtime kiosk mode for both Mac and PC. So far so good, both versions work reasonaby even if certain things need modifying for the PC runtime (resize window issues). The application is non modifyable and contains about 500 20Kb JPGs, one for each product. When I generate the runtime kiosk for PC it often seems to run irratically by returning false info of just displaying the the same info regardless of search criteria. This DOES NOT HAPPEN ON ALL PCs! Some work fine and others, often newer, just don't work. The same problem occurs when trying to run directly from a CD. On Macs there is no prob…
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wondering if anybody had any issues with upgrading to 8.0v3 on a citrix server? Thanks
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I am relatively new to Filemaker and so the solution to my problem maybe very simple. Also, because I am new to this, I am providing as much information as I can. We are running Filemaker 7 with Computer One hosting the database. We are NOT using the special server version of FM 7. On Computer One, a VPN server has been created using the Windows Home Edition VPN server ability. The ports on the firewall/router have been forwarded to Computer One. On Computer A, a new computer account was created in XP called VPNUSER. Laptop A connects to the VPN using that special user. A VPN connection to this computer from the outside world is successful using Laptop A. Lap…
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We cannot deploy a FP7 (Filemaker 8) solution for a client because they cannot install SP2 on their XP client machines. (!) Is there a workaround? Steve
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I maintain a rather large db for my police department. We run 12 machines all with XP w/sp2. Our server is a desktop some guy put a mirror drive into, I don't know much about computer hardware so all I can tell you about it is that it has a large hard drive and 2 Ghz of ram and the processor is a 2.4 Ghz. I'm not sure what kind of hard drive it has, but it seems I read something a while back on the forums about having the right hard drive??? (I looked but couldn't find the post) Our problem is that when FMServer 8 performs a scheduled backup, it slows the entire network down where users end up getting the dreded coffee cup icon. As I stated previously, this is a…
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In OS 9 I was able to, using Apple's "Remote Access," dial from one Mac to another through a telephone connection, connect remotely and access my FileMaker database through "Remote Host." I just upgraded to OS 10 Panther and FileMaker 8. I am now unable to find a way for the host Mac to "answer" the phone and provide me access to the network for my remote Mac. I have tried Timbuktu, but while it allows me to connect one Mac to the other, it does not provide network access. I know it is old fashioned to want to connect through a telephone connection, but does anyone have a solution for this problem? TIA
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When I open every remote database hosting on the server,an error message "The account and password you entered cannot be used to access this file,please try again" is jump out.When I close it and enter the user name and password ,it works. Every client computer has the same situation.I restart the server computer,Same error occur.
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Newby here and due to having two companies sharing a network through a common router with one running macs with server 5.5 and the other(mine) running pc's with server 7 i need to be able to change the port on filemaker server 7 so that i can port forward through the router the server 7 connections to my server 7 on my PC to enable remote connections to my server. Can this be done with filemaker server 7
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Has anyone used GoTo My PC with Filemaker? Any comments?? Steve
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I need to tap the collective wisdom re: good ways to provide FM database access to remote users who will be entering data, searching, etc., and possibly modifying the structure of the database (adding or modifying tables, fields, calculations, scripts, etc.) The remote users will be one of the following flavors: 1) running FMP7 on a desktop OSX Mac or Windows XP machine from home with high speed Internet access; or 2) running FMP7 on the road with a OS X Mac or Windows XP laptop and who knows what access speed (but will have a Sprint Vision cell phone account). The database of interest is currently hosted via FMP7 peer-to-peer sharing on an eMac (1.25Gz G4, 768…
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I can set my file (FM7,Remote) to Beep if I type an error, but I can't get the actual spell checker function to work. It seems like it worked once, by selecting the dictionary and then checking all on a list form, but I can't do it again. The Spell Checker window opens, but doesn't start checking. O words. Any suggestions?
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hello, anyone out there using filemaker pro 8 and citrix 64 bit edition??? any comments please. thanks, jd.
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I've just had a client ask about integrating EDI communication from their customers with an FMP system that we've been building for them. I've not had to undertake this sort of work before and I'm wondering if others out there have done this and what their solutions looked like. Plugins? Third party solutions? The solution is in FMP 8 and is operating on XP mahinces. (We develop on Mac in 8 Advanced.) I appreciate any information that people feel like providing.
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I hope someone can help with this small issue. I have a FMP8 file being served using TS. I want to see who is logged into the database. I RDP into the TS server and open the FM Server Admin Tool, then click onte Clients screen. There is a list of all the users, however the Computer name for each one is the name of the Computer they TS into, not their individual user name. How do I get TS to put in the users (Windows) login name into the Computer Name? TIA Jerry
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Hi geeks, I plan to network two remote (not in the same office) iMacs using FileMaker 6. How to make it successfully? Please advise.
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Please help I need to do this for work tomorrow.... I have a copy of my Fmp5 in my office and on my laptop. I recently created a new layout and I'm not sure how to get into my Fmp5 at the office. Can anyone help me. Newbie, yh
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Currently accessing Filemaker via a citrix published application. when program launches it asks for what database to open. would like to specify database in command line. is this possible? if so what is the correct syntax.
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FileMaker Pro7 has been running on Windows XP Home Edition with no problems. I now have XP Pro and am not able to connect to the Mac FMP server to access the databases. I get the message: Filemaker cannot be a client or share a file because the networking stack cannot be initialized. My TCP/IP network is working fine- I can ping all networked computers, I can browse the network, and I can send/receive email. I reinstalled FileMaker but it didn't make a difference. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can look for. Firewall on the PC or Mac? Thanks, Bonnie
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Hello, you would really help me if you could give me a solution for this: When I double click a file in windows explorer or when a hyperlink is placed in the startup folder to a filemaker file, the file itself doesn't open. Filemaker opens and shows the window 'Open New or Existing File'. I need the file to open by itself because my solution is used in a production environment and edited with only a barcode scanner. The filemaker version I use is 7.0v3a in Windows XP SP2. any suggestions? thanks a lot. Koen Boussemaere Belgium
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Anyone tried running FileMaker 6 client on one of the Intel iMacs yet? It makes me nervous that FMI won't even guarantee version 8 will work with Rosetta emulation until it is "certified and tested," although there have been some reports of v.8 working.
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Ever since I moved from FM 6 to FM7 I have been annoyed by the colour of highlighted or 'selected' text. How do I change the colour of the highlight ?
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Looking for recommendation for a cell phone provider that has the ability to connect wirelessly either thru Bluetooth to a phone or with a USB Cable to phone or even a PC Card.
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I have a client that wants me to deploy a solution using a remote technology like TS or Citrix. After looking over the forums here I am still sort of left in the dark. Does anyone have an opinion as to what are the benifits of using Citrix over Terminal Services? Which is a better solution and why? From my limited reading it seems like TS is fast, cross platform. Why would I ever use citrix? Is one better on security or stability than the other? TS also seems significantly cheaper. BTW I am deploying initially in FM6 Opinions welcome!
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Hi. Let me start off by saying that I have never tried doing this. So, basically I am a total noob with regards to trying to access a machine remotely. I am piggybacking off this post and other past posts. I am not trying to allow users to connect to FileMaker remotely. What I am trying to do is just get into a client's machine so that when there is an issue, I can remotely take over and troubleshoot. I am still unsure how to do this. I went through past posts and also tutorials from Microsoft and also this site. I did everything they asked but I still couldnt find the computer. The Setup at the client's office is very simple and basic. Its…
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Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me understand how to determine the proper cache setting for my workstations. I've only been working with Filemaker on and off for a couple of years and I have just left the cache setting at the default of 8MB. But I have a lot of memory (1G) in my Windows XP workstation so would I be better off making this a higher number? If the answer is yes then how high should I set it and what would the formula be for workstations with lesser memory? I suppose I should have been asking this question a long time ago but... well you know. Thank you, Becky
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Hi all, if answers to this subject already have been posted affluently I'd like to apologize beforehand. Can anybody explain to me what a typical setup would look like where remote FileMaker users connect to a FileMaker Server via Windows Terminal Services? How would I setup a Terminal Service in Windows 2000/2003? Do I need Windows Server Edition or will a "regular" Windows 2000/2003 do? What exactly do I have to install within that Terminal Service? A FileMaker Client or a FileMaker Server? (It is my understanding so far from posts I saw here that the FileMaker Server resides on a separate machine and a FileMaker client goes in the Terminal Service).…
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I am not sure it this is where the problem lies but let me explain. My filemaker 7 server is running on 2003 server at a remote location. Their network uses a workgroup to share files. I have another 2003 server at my location that I want to have files transfered over via a VPN. We have a domain in my location. I found a zip utility that names the zip file as a timestamp. Using the Microsoft scheduler I execute a batch file that starts the zip utility to create the zip file of my filemaker backup. The next batch file is then executed by the scheduler to copy that zipped file to my local server. The last batch file then executed to move the orig…
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OK, so I've been using Filemaker for several versions now and I'm just barely asking this question: Is there a way to use the scroll mouse (in Win XP) to scroll down the page instead of scrolling through records? For example, if I press Cntrl+scroll, I scroll through magnifications. If I just scroll with the wheel on the mouse, I scroll through records. I would like to be able to page down with the scroll wheel. Thanks. Sol
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I have a solution deployed in FM6 using Citrix. We have had lots of problems printing locally. I am now planning a new instalation of FM8 using TS. There has been some discussion on this board about problems with TS printing to local USB printers. It this still an issue? Are there any other printer gotcha's that anyone would like to share, or has FM8 solved many of the printing issues? TIA Jerry
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A bit of background before I ask my question - the main product my company sells is a shrinkwrap that the price is determined mainly by how many users was to run the program at any given time. Most clients are using a runtime, while the others are using Server to host the database. Anyways - I know that Filemaker can run on a Citrix server. I've even read the whitepapers that FileMaker has available on the subject. But this potential client wants to run a Runtime version on Citrix. I don't have a Citrix server, but I did test this situation on a Terminal Server (2000), and seems to run OK. Of course, it still would only let one person run the program at any on…
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I am experiencing problems with FileMaker user interface performance on Mac OS 10.4.2. Things seem normal when FileMaker starts up, but soon the UI slows to a crawl, with FileMaker unable to keep up with even very slow typing and double clicks not recognized. Restarting FileMaker solves the problem temporarily. Other apps can be slow also, but FileMaker is much, much worse. Anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions?
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We are still ironing out the bugs in our new terminal server, and I'm trying to figure out why we get frequent disconnects (as often as once every two minutes). This is not a common bug with FM 6 and terminal services, is it? Thanks, Eric
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Hello all, I have a FM 5.5 server hosting some DB's. It's running on a Windows 2000 SP4 machine. Some of my in house clients use a FM shortcut (opener) to open up certain DB's across the LAN. Well, for the last couple of weeks when someone lanches the opener it take about a min before the Database opens up. I did a port scan on the server and it has port 1025 open, does this matter and if not how can I troubleshoot this speed issue? Hope this makes sense. Thanks, Jay
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I created a FMP6 runtime in 10.4 it worked fine. I created a zipped file of the solution and put it on my iDisk to finish it off in the office. When I unzipped the file on 10.3 at the office, all of the icons are generic. The main file (the one that is usually of type 'Application' is also generic. Then I try to open it, it asks what application do I want to use to open the document. It is supposed to be the application it opens itself. Pointing it to FMD didn't work either. I can open the database file in FMD fine. Anyone else seen this type of behavior? Is there a documented (or undocumented) problem zipping run times in 10.4? or am I just crazy? …
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Has anyone gotten Fm Pro 7 to run on a Netware 6.5 server? Just sharing the dastabase off the server between 3 people is slow.....
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I have a user on an iBook G4 who needs to open the files with a password. Pressing the Option key when opening the files is not prompting her for a password. It just opens the files with the general user password and rights. It appears that the Option key works in other programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator but not FileMaker. Unfortunately, the keyboard on the iBook only has one Option key. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this before? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Cindy P.S. I generally don't use a Mac so my knowledge with them is very limited!
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Hi- We are having problems sharing a FMP database. If more than one person tries to log on to the shared db, a message pops up stating: maximum number of licensed users are currently using this copy of FMP. We have one remote user, one user at the office, and one user who alternates between the office and a remote connection. The db is located on a Mac at the office, which we all access through a VNC (Chicken), after we have first connected to a VPN. We all use Macs. Does anyone have any advice on why only one person at a time can access the db? Could it be due to our method of connection? Thanks and if I should post this in a different forum, please let m…
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This is probably just a case of ignorance but I really did not know who to turn to for this solution. I have FM on a server with clients on a MacOSX network that has internet access through a dsl modem using DHCR -- how can I set up my internet for an outside sales person, for example, to access the database from a computer elsewhere; ie. from another location outside the in-house office network?
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Hello, I am having some issues with a Windows Small Business Server 2003 and FMP Unlimited 5.5. The Windows Small Business Server 2003 which runs FMP Unlimited 5.5 is a Dell Poweredge 1800, with 2 x Xeon 2.8 Ghz and 1Gb of ram. The FM 5.5 Server is running on a Windows 2003 Standard edition server. This server is also a Dell Poweredge 1800, with 2 x Xeon 2.8 Ghz and 1Gb of ram. The Windows Small Business Server 2003 is running as an ISA Server 2000, Exchange 2003 server, File Server and Print server. The number of users is 25 max at anyone time on a 100 Mb network. We have a Gigabyte connection between the servers. The problem I am having is about on…
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All, I'm developing/managing a remote inhouse db for a small design practice in an opposite time zone. It's a separated scheme [interface & Data]. The DB is up and running - so the data is live. Both sides use OSX 10.3 and FM not FM server. I'm occassionally updating the interface file as change requests come in. This is achieved as follows: - Make changes on my local file - Request [via email] the practice admin to quit FM - Update server file via a VPN setup - Request [via email] the practice admin to re-start FM The question I have is whether the quit/start of FM can be done remotely? This would make life so much easier!! Can thi…
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I have an attendance database that I developed for a local school. I have some issues that I would like to resolve. You seem to be the best choice based on your experience and ease of explination... First off, I am running on a Windows machine. I have Filemaker Unlimited 6.0 Pro. I needed this because I bought this right before Filemaker Server 7.0 came out. I also needed up to 80 teachers to be able to access this for their first period attendance across the Web Companion Interface. There are two files with a portal sharing them. One has all student records on it and it is "portal-ed" through to the main one. To access you pull up the teacher's name and all stu…
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