FileMaker Server v7 - v11

I am testing out FileMaker Pro Advanced Server 9 on a Windows XP system. Following the instructions I installed IIS and FMS. Everything appeared to work fine until I got to the point where I got to the server deployment. I am trying to deploy the server with XML, XSLT, Instant Web Publishing and PHP, installing the FileMaker PHP version. Whenever I get to the web server test page, I always get a Return code = false or -1. I have studied the docs and cannot determine why it will not start. Any help would be appreciated. thanks Brian

I have set up Filemaker Server Advanced setup and working just fine. I've got databases working over the web, but I want to do something kind of odd. The Apache web server that is hosting the web components is running on port 81 because I have a LightTPD web server running as my public facing server. I have several Rby on Rails apps being proxied through the LightTPD server. I have done the same with the Apache server but all the links FileMaker create add ":81", to themselves, thus forcing the web client to try to use that port. I want it to be going through 80. Is it possible to tell FileMaker to not append that port number?

;) I had a devil of a time upgrading server 8 to 9 quite a few errors - I know I had uninstalled filemaker 8 server to the letter with Tech support on the phone - but I still got an error of the server admin not connecting (filemaker help desk not sure why). It turns out it was due to my proxy as soon as I turned off my proxy it went through fine and as soon as I turned the proxy back on it will had the same error. I now have to access the admin from another computer that has no proxy for it to work. Another error was installing the Web and PHP (filemaker help desk not sure why apache was running) I had to break down the installation to each part to get it to work and I h…

Hi All, can anyone offer advice/opinion on the following proposal: The requirement is is to install FM 9 Server (or in the short term, FMP 9 sharing over the LAN) The proposed configuration, is to have a single box, running two "VMWARE server" virtual machines on debian linux. One virtual machine will run XP Pro with MS SQL Server 2006 Express Edition installed and running FileMaker (FMP initially, then FMS9). The other virtual machine will run Win2003 standard server R2 with user sessions running in Terminal server. The FM GUI will run on the Win2003 TS machine connecting to the XPpro machine over the (virtual) LAN. This is a LAN only set-up. …

Is it possible to have FMSA9 change which port it uses for the fmnet protocol?

Im hosting files on filemaker server 7. I wanted to get into the administer window in the local machine I see the hostname I click connect and it just doesnt do anything. I check the services and everything is on im running it on windows 2003 server HELP

Hi everyone, I want to run a script on FM Server 8 automatically after hours. It is a report that is supposed to be done at the end of the day but people keep forgetting. I didn't think I could make it run when the file closed because different people run it and if someone is still inputting data I don't want it to run. Can this be done? I have looked through the help menu and it mentions script files. I don't know what they are. I did a search in here on script files and it found pretty much every post that mentions the word script or file. Can anyone help me? Thanks in Advance Mike

HI, When my Filemaker backup is running some of the FM files error out as getting damaged and closed. The backup is aborted. when I see the files status in the Server admin ,They are still open and running. its very rare that anydatabse closes, may be once in a while. Any body is aware of the similar situation ? any suggestions and comments, solutions are welcome. Thanks

Hello, I'm running FMServer 8 Adv. and have a big problem. In the Admin control window of the FMServer, I have 3 databases, 2 Samples and one custom. All of their status' reads "Normal", nothing is closed or disabled. My problem is that when I open FMP8 and try to remotely open the databases I have on the FMServer, I can open the 2 samples but my custom one isn't there. I'm using a Mac server with Mac clients trying to connect to the server. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hello Everyone, I've just installed the new version of FM 9 and it's great! So, now I need to know how I can uninstall version 8.5 on my clients' computers and as well as on the server. Thank you for your help!

Guys Im new with Filemaker Pro 5.5, my boss wanted to share the files in the network so i put it in the Filemaker Server. But when he tried to access the files,it's not included in the list but physically it's in the Server. What seems to be the problem?

Hi there, I am a filemaker developer and for the life of me can't get apache to start after I install the web publishing engine. I am using FileMaker Advanced 8v4. ERROR AS FOLLOWS: """""" Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/kylergibson.conf Syntax error on line 1 of /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/web-configuration/WEB-INF/conf/mod_jk.conf: Cannot load /usr/libexec/httpd/mod_jk_fm.so into server: (reason unknown) """ If I comment out this line of code in "/etc/httpd.conf" it starts fine, but the web publishing won't start then: Include '/Library/FileMaker S…

I am trying to setup our FMS8A on a new computer but for some reason I can not log into the Web Publishing Administration Console via the web browser. When I go to http://localhost/fmi/config I can see the log in page but my user name and password do not work. I have logged into the server and changed the username and passcode several times but it is still not letting me in.

Has anyone ever been able to get the Server Admin Tool to show clients by FM account name instead of computer name? I know one can have a different account name for each file hosted but we go through Terminal Services which, of course, shows everyone as coming from the same computer name (and same IP, etc.). It is a big pain not knowing who is who. Any suggestions? Thnx.

I installed the developer FMSA 9 (single machine) and have tried to run IWP. During the install I specified the web server to be Apache (Mac OS X 10.4.10) at 127.0.0.1 using port 80 - everything fine. Although now I seem unable to change the port. I also configured the sample file for fmiwp access. When I try to connect from a browser client, specifying the IP address of the FMSA 9 machine all I get is the Apache welcome page. I'm familiar with the FMP IWP which displays the list of files available, so I expected the same in FMSA 9. Can anyone give me a clue. Thanks

I run a set using Filemaker Pro Server Advanced. The internal network runs perfectly. However we have a few users who need to be able to access this set up from the net. We can access these file with IWP, but the functional short-comings of IWP make me want to render these files accessible from the net. I have a broadband connection with a dynamic IP address. I know we should have a static address, however except for power failures the router is never turned off, so I assume that for testing purposes at least this should be functional as the IP address does not change. I have opened the following ports on the Mac where FMPSA is running 591, 5003. I have a…

Using FMSA8v2 on OSX 10.4.4. I've placed a customized version of iwp_home.html in this location as per the docs: /Library/Web Server/Web Publishing/IWP/iwp_home.html I restarted both the web publishing engine and the FM server itself. But I can't seem to get IWP to use the custom home page. I tried setting the owner/group to fmweb/fmsadmin, etc. No dice. It keeps loading the default filemaker IWP home page. Anyone get this to work?

I'm trying to figure out why I get the standard XSLT error page (i.e. the one with the error in six languages) when I enable stylesheet caching in production mode. Currently I'm running version 8.0.1.27 on MAC OSX Server and stylesheet caching works fine... I tried to upgrade to 8.0.4 but enabling stylesheets draws an error. So, we just bought a new intel machine OSX Server and the upgraded FMP Server Advanced Universal and it has the same problem. So, two setups running FMPSA and exactly the same files... FMPSA 8.0.4 doesn't work with stylesheets enabled, but FMSA 8.0.1 does work.. In all situations, the pages work fine in development mode, and production mode with…

After installing the Filemaker Server and Sever Advance my Apache server does not start. Some assistance in solving this issue would be appreciated.

I cannot change the value of global fields while the file is being hosted by Filemaker server. I have to download the file and open with FMP Client. Do you know of anyway to get around this? Is this by design or a bug?

I have an application that will be shared by probably only three users, and maybe one or max two users using web hosting. The same setup will be used in 5 countries. Will there be a noticeable performance difference between using 8.5 Pro vs 8.5 Server advanced for the file sharing & Web hosting ? Does Server advanced really only run on Windows server or Win2k server? 5 copies of Server advanced and 5 copies of Windows server is big $$..

I have about 25 machines and a collection of served databases. Whenever a client opens an FM file locally, there's a message displayed that says the file cannot be shared because sharing has been turned off. That's all fine and dandy, but how do we turn off the message? It's getting old...

: I have an application that is running on a Windows 2003 Server with IIS set up to handle ftp and static web pages. The only thing about the application that doesn't work is the XSLT send_email. It works perfectly when run on a Mac, also running FMP Server 8 Advanced. Even though we believe it to be an IIS problem (such as a setting),, we have looked and looked and cannot find what needs to be changed to get it to work. Using the SendMail script in FMP directly works just fine, just not via the web. The error that we get is 10213 - SMTP Server error. However, the server is the same one that works on the Macs. Has anyone run into this that can shed …

Hello all, yesterday I tried to read the statistics of my filemaker server 8 through the admin consolle because often filemaker performances seems to be slowed down. Anyway, I don't know exactly what represent the data I see and what kind of data is better. I.e. must chach hit percentage value be low or high? Or, Network KB/sec (in the attached file is 0 but, of course, normally it shows a value). Some one can explain me how to read these informations? And, eventually, tell me when filemaker works best?

We have recently upgraded to FM8.5 with FM8Server. On the client Windows pc running XP they are getting an irritating screen flash whenever the Server updates from the clients' machines. Is there a fix for this?

For as long as I can view my Event.log file, the entries being created only contain a timestamp and hostname: fmserv02:/Library/FileMaker Server 7/Data/Logs root# head Event.log 7/2/2007 8:31:15 AM fmserv02 7/2/2007 8:31:16 AM fmserv02 7/2/2007 8:31:16 AM fmserv02 7/2/2007 8:31:16 AM fmserv02 The entire log file contains entries like this. I've tried changing the permissions on the file so they're world read / writable, deleting the file and letting it be recreated, and it has the same issue (I didn't think it would have any effect, since data IS being written to the file..) -rw-rw-rw- 1 fmserver fmsadmin 13174 Jul 2 10:25 Event.log …

Whenever I restart our server I am loosing all my custom settings. Has anyone else ever experienced this problem? How can I fix this? The server is not retaining these settings: - admin login password - alternative path for database - alternative path for backups - allow ODBC and JDBC connections - WPE indentifier and passcode - all schedules, gone!

Hello, I'm working on installing FMSA 8 on Windows 2000 Server. When I go through the initial stages of setting up the WPE user, no matter what I enter, as soon as I hit submit, it says, "There was an error." When I go back and try resuming configuring, it stops me at the WPE login and won't let me proceed, even though I entered the username and password I just set. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the entire Server and Web Publishing app and it does the same thing every time. I've tried the simplest username and passwords, wpe & wpe1, and it won't let me passed that screen. The strange thing is, I reinstalled the OS and it still does it. Does anyone kn…

Ok this is something I learned today but have no clue why. I have a file "Inventory" which somehow became corrupt(Still figuring that out). There is a simple Product Status Field which is a Unstored IF statement of If(GetAsNumber(Qty In Stock Calc) < GetAsNumber(Lower Limit);"Order";"Good") Works Fine until just recently when you search for "Order" some of the records will show in the find even though the "Status" is "Good". Ok fine it's corrupted I get that. What I did notice today is that when the file is not being hosted by Filemaker server and is opened on a client computer the find works as it should. Why is this? Does Filemaker Server s…

The It guy here tells me this is not a problem. From the Directory service Event Viewer log from the box hosting our FM Files. NTDS (436) NTDSA: Online defragmentation has completed a full pass on database 'C:WINDOWSNTDSntds.dit'. Server Specs: Windows Server 2003, 2gigs Ram, and Dual 2.8ghz Xeons, 80gig drive. I'm asking this cuz ever since we started hosting thse files on this box I'm seeing random corruption popping up which is really starting to worry me. I'm in the process of rewriting our inventory file do to corruption. Supposedly this box wasn't doing anything else other than FM Server but looking through the application Event V…

Our IT department is on a massive server consolidation kick. The idea is - one mega server and have all servers running off it using virtualization. The question is - how will this work with Filemaker server advanced and the desire to bring a Web solution to the department? Currently we have three machines: 1. FM Server 2. Web Server with Apache and FX.php 3. A separate PDF Server that Filemaker accesses to serve PDF documents Then on our development side we have 4. Back-up FM Server 5. Back up Web server with Apache and FX.php Using this new virtualization and create the same three virtual computers, can this be done on one of these Meg…

Hello I am having a problem accessing the admin console on filemaker server 8. The server is a mac mini serving 8 other macs If I mount the server volume on my computer and then try to open the admin console I get the message "cannot connect to server" even though I am already connected to the server. If I attach a screen to the actual server I still get the same message. This is the only application I can't open I am trying to place a database file on the server and need to open it so it can be viewed by everyone - is there any other way of opening it without going thru the console. Any help would be gratefully appreciated as this is urgent and I am tearing …

Hi, we have an client running a FMP 6 solution off a FMS 5.5 server. Runs just fine. Windows 2003. It has low-moderate usage. Can we install and run FMS 8, to run two more low-moderate use databases, on the same server, at the same time? Seems to me it should work just fine, as long as server resources aren't taxed. Is anyone doing this successfully? TIA

Having just installed FM8 Server Advanced, when I attempt to stop the FM Server service, it takes forever and eventually gives me an error saying it timed out while trying to stop it. I have no users connected to the server.

Hi, I am in the process of setting up IWP and am logged into the Admin Console. I am busy trying to register the Publishing Engine (PE) however it tells me "The PE is not responding. If the PE has not yet been configured, click here to continue." I try clicking the link but it does not respond. Actually no buttons I click on this page in the Admin console respond. The top block on this page is in blue (Web Server), indicating it is set up successfully, the second block is in red/pink with the above error. I can't even restart the PE, even though the services are running. I have tried restarting the services and the server. I have IIS running fine. I have …

Hi, I am a Filemaker novice. I got shoehorned into a job where I need to support this application without ever having used it before. Lucky me. Anyway, there is a person in our office who, when she logs into a FM database, the UI loads but no data is visible. The data is present in the file, and others connecting to the database have no problem whatsoever viewing the data. Just this one individual has ghost data. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Server Advanced 8 properly set up on Mac OS X 10.4.8 IWP no problems, XML-publishing as well, but XSLT-publishing gives unknown error, saying 'unknown error in fmresultset.xml' The XSLT stylesheet is very simple and obviously without error. When it contains an error I get an appropriate error message. So it is found at least and readable. Any ideas? Jens

I use FM 8.5A and make substantial use of the Web Browser. If I host the file through one of the hosting companies, will other single FM 8 copies purchased at retail (separately) work OK. How do I save a graphic into a field? Right now, I capture it in Snagit, convert it to a JPEG and save just a file reference. Can I use a file plugin (like Troi) to open a scratch file for export? What happens with the Browser? What about plugins? Do they stay local? Most were purchasd with a Developer's (Unlimited license). How do users that are physically in 3 different locations communicate with the DB? Two of us use cable modems, one not yet wired (don't know what's availa…

I am using FileMaker Server with the web publishing enginer. I have been searching for a solution/plug in that will let me create a container field and allow for web uploads of files. I found Grab It and Upload It but neither seem to fit what I need. All I want is a single field that I can click on that opens a browse window. Select the file and click OK to upload it. Thats all. I would like to be able to upload multiple files and be able to add/delete as needed. Is there a solution out there for this?

I have recently inherited the responsability of maintaining a FM network. Unfortunately FM Server is hosted on a computer which is locked away, and which I will never get access to. That being said I administer FM Server via the remote administrator application, a piece of software that I have never used before. I was recently tasked with gathering usage statistics on the system, which I understand are contained in a file called stat.log. I was able to turn on the logging features in FM server via remote administrator a month ago. Now I am attempting to harvest the information, but cannot find it. The remote admin manuals says the file is located in: FileMak…

Hi All, This is my first post to FM Forums. My company deploys a FileMaker solution to multiple (many) sites nationwide; "SafariGuide". SafariGuide consists of 80 files which are all served from FMS 8.04. Many clients are served from Windows and many from Mac. All clients are running 8.5. A common problem is occurring ... the FMS software will simply stop ... the node is running just fine ... the server software justs stops. At first I thought this was due to running plugins which were not 8 certified. They were removed (across multiple sites) and the problem continues. It has no pattern ... will run fine for 1 day or 2 weeks, then BAM! it dies. Has anyone …

Can someone direct me to documentation or explain how I can access our File Maker Server from an off-site location via the web. I simply want to access the database while working from home and I can't seem to get it. I'm a novice, should still be able to, right?

I am attempting to click the button "Start all Filemaker Server processes" by oppening the Server Admin program, clicking the "Server" menu followed by "local filemaker server administration". When the Start button is pressed it indicates that the server is running (or attempting to run) but after 5 seconds in stops. Has anyone seen this before ??...It seems that I have downloaded almost every available pdf from the Filemaker website and am still being driven insane !!

I recently uninstalled Server 7 Advanced and updated my Windows 2003 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2. I then re-installed Server 7 Advanced, but I can't access the Admin Console now. Does anyone have any idea why my Admin Console is not accessible? WPC and CWPE & CONFIG all reside on the same Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 running IIS 6. The Server and Server Admin are 7.0v3. The Server and Server Admin work fine. I simply cannot access http://localhost/fmi/config Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hello I am using filemaker 8 advanced... I want to create a backup directory for each day of the week. I want to keep 7 backup in my week. My problem is, when i wanted to create a backup directory, I can't! Filemaker server only want to crate backup in data/backup directory... I crated 7 directory (monday, tuesday etc...) in the backup directory, i tried to change my path when i created my backup activity but it always give me a error... Help please!-(

Does anyone have some tips on getting IWP to work with SSL? I'm running a two box setup with Filemaker Server 8 Advanced running on a Mac OS X 10.4.9 box. I have another box running Mac OS X Server 10.4.9 hosting the website with the Filemaker WPE. The setup works beautifully. However when I turn SSL on in the Mac OS X Server box and the default port changes from port 80 to 443 the WPE cannot connect to the database. I've checked the firewall setting on the Mac OS X Server box to allow traffic on port 443. I can get to the console page: "https://www.mydomain.com:443/fmi/config" but it indicates that the WPE can't communicate with the database. Do I need to …

Hello! I'm looking at upgrading the machine we use to serve FMPro Server Advanced 8.5. I'd like to use a Mac, but wonder what kinds of machines are in use out there, and what OS version you are using (OSX or OSX Server) Thanks in advance!

I'm trying to find a way to make it easier for some of the people in my office to get to our database. Is there a way to reduce the number of steps needed for opening a remote file? As of now they have to open FileMaker, choose Open Remote, then select the database. For some here, that's two too many steps. Is there a way to make an icon or something else clickable that will do these three steps for the user? Thanks.

Got a call from someone who had a PC FileMaker server crash and when they restarted there is a file called fmswpc.exe that is using up 100% of their processor according to task manager. And it appears that web publishing has not started up. The little that I can find out about this file is that it seems to be related to the web publishing engine but when checking processes on another PC with the web publishing engine installed there is no fmswpc.exe file showing in the task manager. Has anyone run into a situation like this before? The system is running FileMaker Server 7 Advanced and using IWP to publish some files to the web.

I have an audio clip in records that works fine in Pro 8.5 clients, runtime, etc. When I publish it with IWP, it doesn't play the audio. Any ideas, thanks.

Hey everyone, I am trying to install Filemaker Server 7 Advanced on an intel mac running the latest version of Mac OS X. As soon as I install the web publishing engine I can no longer start apache. Has anyone come across this? Do I need to upgrade to Server 8 Advanced to get this working on an intel mac? Any thoughts or suggestions is greatly appreciated. P.S. Server and web publishing are both on the same computer. I have set up this same configuration in the past without problems but it was on PPC macs.

Hi folks! We've experienced a very interesting problem but have been able to work around: Our solution has been running on FMS 7 and FMS 8 fine under Windows Server 2003 with AMD Athlon. When we were installing our solution at a client's server (also Windows Server2003) it kept crashing. We tried to solve that and gave them a MacMini with Mac OS X 10.4.9 & Intel Core Duo, didn't solve the problem, it kept crashing. Then we ran a couple of tests at the office and figured out that the server can only run stable on a NOT Intel Core Duo mashine regardless of the operating system, when heavy operations with global fields & relationships to them are involved. My op…

I created a database in FM Pro Advanced and then hosted it using FM Server Advanced. I enabled Instant Web Publishing on the server, but when I view the database, the Web Viewer I have doesn't show up at all. I should also say that the Web Viewer in my database does work in the Instant Web Publishing feature of FM Pro Advanced (the client). It is just not working when I use IWP on the server. Is it compatible, and if so, how can I get it to work? Thanks!

Hallo all, we have 2 filemaker server working together in LAN. First server host 'internal' databases used by the employees, the other one host a db that is published on the web. The internal db has various reference to open the web files and write or read them so that they can by frequently synchronized. Sometimes the web server need to be restarted, we close the databases and the internal files loose the reference. I usually restart filemaker application and the connection to the web server is automatically re-established but I'm wondering if there is another method to 'reload' the reference. Note that is not just a re-open file instruction because…

Hi, I am trying to install the Web Publishing Engine for FileMaker Server Advanced 8 on and Windows Server 2003 (Small Business Server). FM Server 8 Advanced is already installed and working fine. When install the WPE I get the following error: Event Type: Error Event Source: MsiInstaller Event Category: None Event ID: 11722 Date: 5/20/2007 Time: 5:21:47 AM User: VITALNETWORKSvn Computer: MAIN-SERVER Description: Product: FileMaker Server 8 Web Publishing Engine -- Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendo…

I apologize in advance if this is not the place for this question, but here I go. My organization wants to make a searchable online database of objects that we record in a FileMaker database - basically we want people to search our objects by artist, style, etc. Our problem is that we are not sure what programs are necessary to mitigate the information from the FM database to the web. Does FM Server or Server Advanced fulfill this function? Our current webmaster wants us to buy a program to mitigate our FM data into a MySQL database, then another two programs to organize the information into a nice layout & then deploy it onto the web (I'm not sure if I ca…

I have FSA8 server running on one machine along with WPE on the same machine. On the second machine I installed Web Server Module and Admin console and entered the IP address of the machine containing WPE. When I enter http://localhost/fmi/config it says page not found and I notice there is no fmi directory in the webroot on the machine I installed the Web server module. I am more familiar with the OS X installation. I am following the instructions from the FMSA_web_install.pdf. Any suggestions that might help are appreciated.

I have just posted a new data base using Filemaker server Advanced 8 and I am using the web publishing option. I set up the accounts and priviledges so that when people login they will have to change their password (I checked the box). If I use the data base on my computer it works fine, it walks me throught the password change process. But I want this to work when people hit the database from the web. Right now when they hit the site it pops up that the password has expired. If I leave the change password on login box unchecked a person can log right in. Is this option not available from the web or am I missing somthing? Please send help.

Using SMTPit my old obsolete FMP5 unltd solutions would send automatic emails to my clients. Can someone tell me how to achieve the same functionality in FMS8A. It seems SMTPit 4 cannot work with IWP/CWP Thanks.

I have installed FMS 8 on a dedicated PC running Windows server 2003 SP2. I can see the sample file and can open it on the remote computer but cannot see or open any other database files. I have put the files in the correct folder and I think they are configured correctly. When I open SAT Remotely, the files show up and all show as normal except the most important one which shows closed and cannot be set to normal. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.

Hello, In my local network, I can reach IWP from a computer IN the network, it's work fine... My problem is... I can't reach the IWP on my windows 2003 when I am outside the Network, from my home or on the road... I have a static web adresse IP... but it doesn't work... help please

Hi We are looking at the posibility of increasing our number of users to above and beyond 250 and was wondering if this means the end of FileMaker in our company? Has anyone else reached this limit and how have you got around it. Thanks for your help Orlando

I was wondering if anyone has any idea how I might be able to create a user account management form. The idea is that I want to create a form for a supervisor to use to add/delete user accounts. I know I can use the built in script steps to create/delete/enable/disable accounts, but is there a way to get a list of all the users accounts?

Hi! We have a system were FMWPE and FMSA 8 is installed on two computers, we have the problem that if FMWPE goes down or that computer crashes our onlineshop stops working. I want to know if i can install FMWPE on another machine and have that pointing to the same Filemaker Server just for standby? Regards Joakim Sjöberg

I have 8.5 Advanced and am ready to purchase server. I just went to FM's website and the latest server they have is 8.0 Advanced. The Big ? is will Server 8.0 run the added 8.5 script additions?? (ie. GoToObject) Thanks, Mel

Hi there, I have just been trying to set up FMSA 8 on a Windows 2003 server using Apache. When trying to open http://localhost/fmi/config I get "Service temporarily unavailable" with an 503 HTTP error. I can't (and don't want to) set up FMSA on this machine using IIS because the server is a virtual private server running at a reseller's location with multiple virtual hosts installed by default with IIS. It took me quite a few hours to get the installing routine of FMSA start running by twirking several virtual directories of IIS. I set up Apache according to FMWebSchool's step by step howto. The FM Web connector error log (web_server_module_log.txt) sa…

Hi, I am currently running FMSA 8v4 on one machine with OS X 10.4.8 on a Dual 1.8 GHz G5 with 2GB of RAM, but I am going to be adding some other services to my lab and will be adding a second machine to do some file serving, and running an Open Directory server for win and mac clients as well as for authenticating FM accounts in some databases. I'm looking for advice on the best way to distribute services across these two machines. I know that I should not use the database server for file serving, so those will be kept separate, but I'm wondering how to best balance the load on the two machines without lengthy trial and error testing. The "new" machine is …

Hi everyone, very new to server advanced and looking for some help please. I installed FMS 8.04 on (non Intel) Mac hosted my files, installed FMSA 8.04 on the same Mac and accessed the hosted files via a browser. Brilliant... all works great. Did the same installation on my Mac OS X Server (Intel) and I get an error in the Apple Server Web Log "caught SIGTERM, shutting down". So with FMSA installed apache (1.33) wont load. Stop the Web Publishihg Engine and Uninstall FMSA, restart and all is well with the Mac server again. Can someone pleae tell me if it is ssimple port conflict or a way around, many thanks.

We have a form that clients fill out on our website. When we were on FM PRO 6 server 5.5 - it was setup to send the data on submit to our database for review before we oked and put into main database -0 Is there a easy guide for setting this up with Filemaker pro server 8? Thanks c

I'm using the STOP command with fmsadmin to shut down my server during a power outage. The fmsadmin documentation does not list a corresponding START command. Does FM Server start automatically and open the databases when a computer starts up even though the STOP command was issued or is there a command that can be used within a startup script to start server and open all databases. Thanks

We have a 3rd part solution (2 files) that was just added to an existing server that has been running another 9 file solution for 5 years. When you connect to the new solution from a Mac or PC and start to move around and enter data, one of the files closes itself on the server. FM Server 8 Advanced is running on a Quicksilver system and has no problem with the current solution. I have been using/developing in FMP for 10 years, and have never seen a file suddenly close on the server from a client's connection. The server has a max of 20 files set in prefs (we are only opening 11!). I cannot look at the new solutions settings, but the author has other of his clients runnin…

Hi I hope someone will be able to help me with this noob question. I have FMSA installed on a windows install running IIS and am trying to share a database over the web. So far I can get the database to show via IWP on my LAN but can't figure how to do so over the net. The machine running the FMSA is on a static IP behind my router, which has ports forwarded to match those specified in the databse, permissions have been set in the Db ok it would seem as I can access it via IWP across the LAN. Do I need to configure IIS in some way to resolve the local machine ip address [192.168.0.xxx] so that I can access the Db remotely? [i have no domain name I can use…

I know it's not recommended, but I have client that wants to run Server 5.5 and Server 8.0 on the same Macintosh server. Is that possible? Thanks!

We have FSA8 running on one computer, and just setup another computer running Windows Server 2003. The Windows server is in the DMZ and we opened up all the TCP ports recommended, 5003 16008-16018 even. When we start the admin console using localhost/fmi/config and enter user & password, and contnue and enter the ip address of the publishing engine, it takes a along time to get to the next screen. Then it says to restart the publishing engine which takes a long time, and then it asks to restart the console and web server. I never get pass this point. Is there a firewall issue we are overlooking. I also noticed if I start the admin console using http:///fmi…

Hi Guys, I have FileMaker Server 8 Advanced running on a Windows 2003 machine. When I log into the client area, I cant seem to see the account names (which the usermanual suggests I should be able to see) Is there something that I need to 'tick' so I can see this information (I can see the computer name, ipaddress connections time). Im using Windows authentication if that helps? Many thanks to all that reply.

I have converted a number of FM databases from FM6 to FM8.5. The converted databases are all copied to the Databases folder of FM Server. When I start FM 8.5 and choose Open Remote I can see all the datases except for one. The ony way to open this database is choose File-Open. When I do this and check under Edit-Sharing-Filemaker Network the box Don't display ... is not ticked. Strange thing is that in the Currently Open Files box the name of the database I just opened is displayed while with the other databases this box is empty. I think this might have something to do with this problem. Anyone an idea?

;) Hi, I'm an archaeologist working for the first time with FileMaker on my ongoing masters thesis. I was always looking for a way to truly share information between different computers since the ammount of data we have to organize is so big its impossible for one person to handle. So, I'm hosting my database with Filemaker Pro 7 and i have a client on another computer using FM Pro 8. Both can see the text and work in both computers and so far sharing seems fine but the graphics, pictures, buttons and other graphic content just appear as "missing" in my client computer. Do I have to copy everything there? I thought that was the whole point of having it shared on the first…

I know this topic comes up a lot. I've read a lot of the posts here on this forum, and still not found an answer to my concerns. The problem in brief: FMS8 performance seems to be lacking. If I open a solution locally on a G3 700MHz machine with 640MB of RAM, it runs a lot faster (400%) than if I open the solution using a remote client on a G5 Dual 2.5GHz connecting over 100MBit LAN to a G5 Dual 2.5GHz FSA server with 4GB RAM. The facts: The TOTAL size of the solution, all files and records, is 12MB. FSA version is 8.0v4. Client is 8.0v3 FSA server cache is set to 128MB. SAT indicates that Cache hit is 100%. Worst cache hit ever (over several days…

Is there a way to have FileMaker 7 open a specific served database each time the application launches? I am so tired of having to go to the Recents menu to open the database everytime. Seems like a nit picky thing, but I never open another database. It's always the same exact one. () Thanks for any help. - Schomer

Hi =) does anyone know how to prevent fmsadmin from asking to enter the password ? I am wanting to automate the backup process using: `fmsadmin backup` and a shell script. cheers, ravi

I have purchased from my ex-employer all their FM software. It was originally purchased as v7 for which all the keys have been provided. Then v8 was shipped out to them, but they seem to have lost the v8 keys. I have tried installing FMSA v8 from the original CD using the FMSA v7 key, but it reports an invalid key error. Can someone please confirm for me, were new keys issued with v8 upgrades or should the v7 key work OK ? I'm trying to get this working on Saturday and other help avenues will take much longer. Thanks, Shane

Hi, We're running Server 8.0 and first one client can't open a file anymore.. It just give the loading icon on the Mac (same on PC), problem is that it is totally random on which clients dies... Might be PC1 for 5 times, then it might be PC3, ... We haven't found out anything that makes sense, anybody has a clue? Robin

Hi, We have a Windows Server 2003 hosting school web sites and FMS 8 installed. I tried to install FMSA following the steps, but can't access the admin console (http://localhost/fmi/config). How can I customize IIS to allow access both admin console and school web sites? Does anyone have the solution? Thanks.

I am having a problem getting client stations to update (refresh) data automatically. If I produce a new record on Client Station 2 it does not automatically update the screen on Client station 1. If I toggle the screen on Client 1 the changes made on Client 2 become visible but nothing happens automatically. [color:red]Is there some way to automatically update all client station screens upon making changes on an individual client in the same network? I have a three computers on this network. One of the computers is a dedicated server running Server 7. One of the client computers is a G5 running FM8.0v1 One of the client computers is a G4 runnin…

Can someone please provide some recommendations: Our business (bank) need to host a Filemaker solution accessible from all over the world, preferably via the web with an average of 5 concurrent users. What is the best and easiest way to do it? Is the web the way to go?

I am using FM server and FM pro as client for users to connect to server. I connect to server using remote option from FM Pro.It gives me the server name, I select the server, then it lists all the database files and from that list (may be 20 files) i select the primary database to start the application. All this is Ok for me, My question is does users also have to follow all these steps to start the appln or is there a simple way for them, like just click on shortcut and it starts the application. Thanks in advance for all ur answers.

We have FMS8A on a dedicated duo core server. We are experiencing performance issues where all queries (via CWP and FMS8 clients) are slowed up to 20 seconds, simultaneously. On the actual client, just about any action will pause with the infamous coffee cup. A user could be clicking in a field to start data entry, or closing a file, or opening a file, or running a query, starting a new record, etc. I feared this was due to load (we often have 15 clients up with 20 files open each in addition to a handful of CWP users). I also thought it might be due to old databases that have been converted several times over the years (originally developed in FM3) with ma…

Where can I find documentation to create a script on the server side? Such as opening or closing files at a given time, disconnecting all the clients during the night, etc. I look at all the PDF and found nothing. Also I searched the web and nada. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello and I apologize in advance if this question has been answered elsewhere. I recently switched my database to be hosted by Filemaker Server. I now connect to it from FM PRO 8. I used to backup the database by choosing "save a copy", however this function became "grayed out" once I switched. I set the configuration is FM Server to back the database up to an internal harddrive, but it will not create the files. I would like to have scheduled backups to the harddrive as well as to a FTP site. Any suggestions or help welcomed. Thank you.

This is probably a commonly asked question, but I can't seem to find the answer to it. In the olden days, if you wanted to hide a file from the Open Remote Dialog box, you'd set the file as Multi-User (Hidden). It appears, now, that there's a checkbox in the Sharing -> FileMaker Network that says "Don't display in Open Remote Dialog." However, on files shared over Filemaker Server, that option is grayed out, presumably because that only lists files I have open locally. I can't seem to find an equivalent option in the server options, though I'm sure it must exist somewhere. Help?

Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to restrict access to fmxml resources with the IWP of FMSA7 on Mac, to, by example, a range of IP address. I was thinking of making an .htaccess file, but it seems that fmxml resources are embedded in jakarta tomcat or something like that, I don't know what to do. And on the other hand, I don't want to block access to all the webserver because I still want to share some fmxslt resources over the internet. Any ideas would be appreciated ! Frank

I have a file that works perfectly locally. As soon as I get it on the server (FS8) one script stops working. The problem: The entire script works fine except for the create a "new record" step. It performs all steps and goes to TABLE2 but then it won't create a new record! If I run it locally, no problems whatsoever. Computing, new records, etc---no problem locally. So I have no clue why the heck it's doing this on the server. I thought maybe a privilege set problem, but I doubt it... ALL of my privilege sets include this: Access via FileMaker Network (fmapp) Records: Create and Edit in ALL tables. All other databases work perfectly fine. Ju…

So I've figured out how to setup, and share files on a network. It was actually easier than I thought. Now I'm wondering, is there anyway to let the base computer which is the host, run, and then be able to connect to it from home, outside of the network. Thanks.

OK, so Sharepoint Services doesn't work with Filemaker Server Advanced. We are starting to look for a replacement for Sharepoint Services that does more than just Microsoft products. Does anyone know of a portal application that DOES work with FSA?

Hi Folks, This is an information request and also maybe a topic to build on. Has anyone heard about any problems or issues with FMSA8 with Server 2003 R2. I have purchased SA and am using it on a developing machine. We are to go live soon but are building up a server to run it on. I am in the process of purchasing the Server OS and am finding that R2 is pretty much all you can buy. I have contacted Filemaker and they have not replied. Has anyone heard anything/read anything or knows if there are issues???

Hi, I am not sure this is the correct forum for this question, but here it goes: What are the cons of schema developing using a client machine opening a hosted file in FMServer? Please take into account that I am always referring to a wired LAN, never a WAN, not a wireless LAN. I have read some negative advice, but not the reasons for it. I can see some big advantages: If I develop using the hosted file, then all global fields, calculations, variables, etc would behave exactly as they finally would. If, on the contrary, I develop with a local copy, this might not be the case and I might not be aware of an issue until I finish the development. …

I have my databases configured the way I want them in filemaker pro, but when I copy them into the data directory on the FileMaker server (v8) they don't show up in the list when clients try to access the server. I have tried stopping and restarting the service. What is the correct way to move a database from my workstation to the server?

Can closing of files be scheduled using the scheduler in fms 8? If so, please let me know how it's done. Thanks!

I've been spending many hours developing a solution for my business with 8.5. I own 4 licenses of 8.5 and have tested my solution over the network and everything works great. The ? is does server handle things differently than pier 2 pier? I will have about 15 users running my solution. Economically, server is the best way to go but would I have to ReWrite for Server? Thanx in advanced from the ignorant one. Mel

Currently there is 1 Filemaker host in the UK (Rapidhost) who host server 8. the problem is that they dont have any graphing installed on thier servers, and dont plan to add any. So, as we have a few clients who want IWP and/or dont want to host their own, we are looking at setting up our own server for FM server advanced and xmCharts here in the UK. my question is simply, is there any benefit in using 1 platform over the other? thanks