FileMaker Server v7 - v11

does anyone know how to change FMSA's IWP port? do i do it in IIS? if so, how? right now it's default to port 80 and i don't want that...

I developed a solution and then turned it over to my IT guy to serve it over our network (I am not a "computer guy"). Our IT guy hasn't worked with FM before, but we seem to have gotten it up there and it seems to be working as is should. However, I am unable to copy the solution. I had hoped to be able to copy it locally so I could take it home with me, make my modifications, and then overwrite the version residing on the server. There is no "save a copy as" function available on the menu and if I try and drag the files to my desktop I get the following: Error Copying File or Folder. Cannot copy Filename: The process cannot access the file because another proces…

Has anyone had success installing SA (Server Advanced) on something non-standard? I've tried installing on our iTools 7.3 (using Apple's Apache on our XServe G5) with no success. I can't even find a list of what SA installs where and what is modified.

I'm currently working on a web solution and in one point the user creates a new record in one table and creates the related records by means of related keys and allow creation of related records. This all works great but the problem that I am having is that one of the fields that the user provides input is a checkbox which is tied to a field in the related table. When the user submits I get an error of 501 and I noticed that this only occurs for this type of HTML form of type input. If the HTML form type is a radio button and tied to the same field, it works fine. By several testing it seems that you can't edit a related field using HTML checkboxes or rather HTML input ty…

As an alternative to using FM Server Advanced and XML for custom web publishing, has anyone actually implemented just using FM Server 7 and Lasso for serving up web pages? LR

I've got FMP server 5 running about 10 databases. I'm trying to backup a single database to a specific location. When I set the backup schedule and try to choose just one database, the databases are greyed out. Using FMP schedules, can I only backup folders or all of the databases? I'd prefer not to separate the databases into separate folders. I'm not too good at AppleScript, so if that is my only choice, does anyone have a sample script that I could look at? Thanks for your help.

I have limited experience with FM6, but am considering using FileMaker Server 7 Advanced for a new project. Before investing time and money for software and equipment, I had a a few general questions that I'm hoping someone will be able to answer. (I wasn't able to find clear answers on the FM site, or from the people at FM.) I would be running everything on a Mac G5 running OSX Server. I want to publish databases online, make them accessable via web pages, and have the ability for people to add images and documents, in addition to text to the DB via web pages. Would also like to offer the ability to edit information or replace documents via a web page. Can this…

Is it possible to run FileMaker Server 5 on Windows XP I recieve the error: File "._Access.fp5" could not be opened: not a FileMaker Pro database. in the event viewer when trying to host the files.

Hi all, I am interested in putting my database on the web and I have no experience with doing this. I was at Devcon and was told that I can simply use instant web publishing and post it. Most of my scripts need minimal adjusting for web compatibility. Would this make people able to go online to a website and use the solution? One question I have is that with the re-login step it says it is web compatible but displays "Re-Login[Perform with dialog(NOT COMPATIBLE)]", does this mean that it can only perform without dialog?. Pardon my ignorance on this issue but it is new to me. Also, any information on sources that would teach me more about Web based solutions…

Has anyone experimented with Flash as an interface? What middleware would be required? In reading through the documentation: Data Storage in Online Databases If you need to access evolving information such as stock quotes, account information, and product orders, you need to store your data in an online database. There are several database applications that range in complexity and price, from Oracle to MS Access to FileMaker Pro. Usually, you need to integrate another software application (known as middleware or application servers) to retrieve and format data from the database for use in Flash movies or other Web applications. Examples of languages c…

Hello all, Running FM7 Server on Windows 2000 SP4 Server. Recently installed a Check Point VPN device and services and now FM7 Server won't allow the addition of new databases. When a new file is added to the directory it doesn't show up in the remote file listing and if tried to access by directly opening from the shared folder the user gets the "file in use" error, even though I know the file isn't in use. Additionally, we keep getting a runtime error message when trying to use the Server Administrator Counsel on the server and when trying to use remote administration the program times out. I believe that the installation of the VPN hardware and software has…

Good morning: I'd like to know how to move databases from my computer to the FileMaker 7 Server (which is on a different building). Both computers are PowerMac G5. I thought about using Timbuk tu but I don't know if that's the best practice. Also, I'd like to know what's the best way to make changes to databases, that are still in developing process, hosted on that far-away server . I will appreciate your response very much. Thank you. Rocio Moguel

I am running into the following problem. If we add a database file to the server's database directory, the database does not show up right away. So far if i restart the services or just wait a LONG time, then the database shows up. Does anyone know of a way to change this? Chris

I'm trying to setup an ISP Billing package called Optigold, which runs off of Filemaker Pro. Included in this package is a web interface which uses the Web Server Connector. I have tried and tried but cannot seem to get the web interface and the web connector to work properly. I have FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited and WebServer Connector installed on a Windows 2000 Server running IIS 5.5. I have another Windows 2000 Server running FileMaker Server 5.5, which hosts the database. The only time anything ever seems to work is when I have Optigold's database open in FileMaker on the db server. And it's only accessible by using the db server's IP address. Th…

We are working in a multi-user program connected with a files in a central PC. When an user ends their work and try to close the program, the message asking another user to close some file avoids the operation. At the end of the working day, it may occur that the main program continue to be open.

Hi, Is it possible to install FileMaker Pro 7 in a Citrix server, and then use Citrix (through "open remote") for accessing databases that are hosted with a FileMaker Server in a different location? Thanks in advance

I am new to filemaker 7 server. To clarify, is this how remote access works - databases are hosted or served from the windows computer (with FM server loaded) and remote desktops and laptops at other locations have access directly into those filemaker hosted databases (not via web publishing) ? Also, do the remote desktops need copies of filemaker 7 installed to open the hosted files? Thanks for any advice.

I'm looking for a 5.5 server license. Anybody have one they want to sell?

Thanks to the wisdom gleaned from this board, I've avoided purchasing a new computer to run FMS 5.5 (now I can take everybody out for ice cream!), and will be adding a SATA interface and 10,000 RPM Raptor drive to an older machine (running OS X) instead. The built-in interface for the existing drive is ATA, and runs the optical drive as well. My question is: what would be the best way to use the two drives to optimize FMS performance? Ditch the old one and put the OS and data on the fast one? Put the OS on the old one and the data on the new one? Make a software RAID out of them (or out of partitions of one)?

Maybe this belongs in the hardware section, but we're all one big happy family, right? I'm just setting up to serve web pages driven by a FM 7 database. I want to do custom web publishing so I'll be going with FM7 Server Advanced. I haven't bought any hardware or software, so now is the time to find out what I don't know. From what I've read I was thinking that I'd need 2 new boxes -- one running Win Server 2003 Standard that acts as the web server (IIS), and a second one running Win Server 2003 and FM7SA. But as I look at the file maker site I see the following: * Also consider using this set of requirements if you plan to install the Web Publish…

Hi all, I have serveral plug-ins in the Server (Server Plug-ins) set to Enabled and Allow Filemaker 7 Server to use Plugs is set to true. The client fm7 PRO is set to auto-update plug-ins. Do I have to install the plug-ins on client's computer or Filemaker will automatically get the plug-ins from the server and uses it on the client's computer? Thanks, Ha Pham.

I am frustrated. I have Server 7 running on X. From relationships I can access any file. BUT, when I go to have a script import records from a database it says it can't find the hosted database...although from any other type of script it will. AND I can find it with the dialog when ask to. When I try to edit/view the file location in the script it also says it can't find the file. BUT when the files aren't hosted on the server everything works fine. I am a very experienced FM programmer and I have torn my hair our on this. HELP! Mac or PC clients are same.

I've just got off the phone to Filemaker technical support, who told me that it is a 'feature' that you can't edit a global field on a hosted file from a client machine; for changes to global fields to 'take', you have to make the change to the file locally, then re-serve it. Aside from being the dumbest 'feature' I've ever heard, I was wondering if there were any workarounds for this issue, and what other people do when they need to alter the contents of a global field from a networked client. Developer (client) 7.0v2; Server 7.0v1.

Hi, I have a site with 10 machines used by 70 staff so we use windows server 2003 with roaming user profiles. When we install filemeker or re-install for testing we set the appliaction default to use TCP/IP networking. Now I know that that setting can be controlled from the user profile beacuse in the old days we used mandatory profiles where everyone had the same profile but now a users profile is roaming ie it is stored on a central server the TCP/IP setting if set one time may or may not be set the next time that user loads filemaker. I am at a loss to find a link between the times when this setting is set and those times it is not. anyone used filemaker in…

"Anybody out there", who can help? We are hosting several FileMaker Files on a Windows NT Server (FileMaker Server -Version3). After we upgraded the HW on the NT Server, (Faster Processor, new Hard Drives more Memory and new Ethernet card and NT4 Service Pack4 to NT4 Service Pack6a) certain files are changing ON ITS OWN from Multi User to Single User??!? I am getting the following message: "FileMaker cannot host a file because of a network error. Files marked as Multi User will not be available over the network (10048)" There were never any problems before with these files. Another strange thing, which is happening now is, that when I copy the FileMaker Files vi…

i just installed the fm server advanced developer license version. i'm trying to test the site assistant feature by creating an xslt sheets. i was able to create the xslt sheet, but when i tried to access it from a browser i got the following error message. does this mean the browser i use (ie 6.0) doesn't support xsl home page?? An unexpected error has occurred while using FileMaker Custom Web Publishing with XSLT. See the FileMaker Custom Web Publishing documentation for information about customizing this error page. regards, clifford

Hi, I am upgrading from Server 5 to Advanced Server 7. I have the full version of advanced server 7. The DB that im currently running is set up in a 5 enviornment, (5 Pro client and 5 server). How exactly should I handle the task of changing everything over to 7 Pro (client) and 7 Server (advanced). Can I install 7, while leaving 5? Is that the best way to do it. Or should I delete all the versions of 5 first and then install 7? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.....thanks!!!

I was able to configure Filemaker Server 7 (running on a Mac 10.3 (not 10.3 server) to authenticate against my company's Active Directory.. not an easy task (it took me a while to realize that my mac converted the Active Directory group names to all lowercase and that mattered)... anyway... it's working great except for the fact that my PC users are asked to sign-in to the database even though they've already signed-in to their workstations and have already been authenticated against the active directory. Could someone tell me how to make it so that they are logged in automatically ?? This also happens for the mac users as well, but I've he…

Hello, I am running FM Pro 6 with FM 5.5 on Win2K3. Here's my delimma: When I run a set of db files in single user mode (fmserver close d:...) they are extremely quick As soon as I have the FM server host them, it takes forever to open these files. It goes from .1-.3 secs load time to 30-50 secs. The initial load file is a calendar that uses a script to pull data (such as upcoming jobs and bids and bills) from the other db files in that directory. It has a dialog box that says 'Replacing...' at the top and 'Updating Records remaining to update: 7" until it finally hits 1. This does not occur at all when FMserver closes these files; the calendar op…

I have a small network of 6 macs running Filemaker Pro 5 hosted by a mac running Server Pro 5.The network is connected to the internet via broadband with a fixed IP address. I would like to access this database from my mac at home via a broadband connection. What specifically do I need to set on both machines to enable me to do this Thanks

I'm running Server 5.5 on OSX Server. I needed to make security changes on a file I have on the server. So I closed the file, opened it with a FM6 client, and made the changes, then closed the client. When I went to reopen the file on the server, it shows already open (grayed out). However, it isn't. On Remote Admin, it doesn't show in the files list, and it also doesn't come up when I click the "Open Files" button. So it isn't open, and it isn't closed. Basically I can't get at it at all. Any ideas? I don't need the file today, but I have to have it running by tomorrow.

We are currently running at maximum (without Server 7 yet). A few times, one of our systems crashes and needs to be restarted. When this happens and the User again tries to run the Opener, we get a message 'Maximum Number of Users Reached' message (Opener just performs external subscript from main file). In the past when this has happened, I kicked everyone out of FM and restarted the Host and it solved the problem. We had it happen again today and we received this message again. But, just as I was posting about it, I tried again (10 minutes after the first attempt) and it let me in!! No users had signed off. Can someone explain how FileMaker tracks this? And w…

Here is a question concerning power outages. We have been having a few lately. I just bought a new APC UPS. It can connect the the server via USB cable. It can then safely shut down the server before the battery runs dry. But because FM Server is not applescript compatible, how would I go about being able to tell FM Server to stop serving the files, thus avoiding file corruption before the server shuts down? Also, what about automating FM Server to start serving files once the server is re-started? Larry

Haven't seen this before. I have a few databases that contain thousands of records each, that relate to a main "Contacts" database via 1 to Many relationship. When I look at the records in a portal on the Contacts database, I see all the records I expect, no issues. When I look in the database directly, there is only 1 Record! The file size is correct. And I can do a recover and all the records appear in the actual database again. Has anyone seen this kind of thing before? The files are hosted on FM Server 5.5. I know what to do to fix the databases now, how do I prevent this from happening? Thanks!!

I've just ended a solution. In local everything works fine, but when I move to a server (W2k, with FMS 5.5)

I'm planning on going to fm7 from fm6 and also going to fm7 server. I read up on it a bit and have the following questions: Our computers are running either windows 2000 or xp, soon they'll be all xp. I have a separate PC available to be the fm7 server with nothing else on it. Our network is currently Novell 5.0. Our fm6 files are on the Novell server (separate computer) and we access them from there currently. I would want to create my new computer as the fm7 server. Question is, once I install the fm7 server software on the new PC (XP machine), how do I get the files over there - just put it in a directory on the new fm7 server machine? Then, how do i see the files on m…

I run a FileMaker Pro application called Traffic Office Manager in FMP 6.0v4 in Win XP. Typically I have no problems, however, for some reason it suddenly stopped properly opening the .usr files! It opens from 1-3 files but shows only blank space on the layout and hangs. .fp5 files seem to open just fine. I have tried the following: Uninstalled XP Service Pack 2. Reinstalled FMP about 4 times. Recovered my .usr files and had them checked on a mac (they are fine). Uninstalled some newly installed fonts. Uninstalled any new apps installed since the last time Traffic worked properly. I am at my wits end!! Any ideas?? [stephanie] shudson…

I made a database for a client using Filemaker 5.5 and it is now hosted on their Filemaker 5 server. I am no longer on contract with them, but am going to be making small additions to the database (i.e. new reports) I would like to buy a copy of FileMaker so that I can work from home. What version would be able to open the files from the server? And is it still available? Susan Douglas

In a multi-user solution hosted by FM Server 5.5, a scripted FM export file (with summary totals) is created and written over each time the script is run. The problem is, each user who runs the report apparently needs their own specific export directory path in order for the script to work correctly on each PC. Keeping this going has required frequent trips to scriptmaker to "reestablish" the proper export directory path. Any suggestions (other than to upgrade to v7, which we will do sometime soon, I hope)? Thanks!

I'm setting up my first a FileMaker 7 Server running on a Windows 2003 Server, so I'm not sure if I'm missing something but here is my problem. We have a bunch of simple FM 5 files that I converted to version 7. I installed the server and it loaded my files fine. I can see and remote open the files from the FM Pro 7 clients running on Windows 2000/XP. The problem I'm have is when we try to modify records they appears to work but when we view the records again the changes are not there. We don't get any error messages or warnings. Does anyone have any ideas on whats wrong?

Hi. I am currently looking into taking my DB App and placing it on the network for three remote sites to use simultaneously. I have never done anything like this before. I don't know anything about networking in this scale. I know that we are getting a T1 connection and that one site is about 100 miles away, the other 20 or so. I've been reading through some of the posts about performance and some of them get me a little worried. What kind of performance can I expect? Here's a brief overview About 100 tables Simple data entry... mainly a chronological logging system Simple scripts to perform finds, searches, create reports, etc. About 15 users …

I'm hosting a set of dbs with less than 1gb total data size on new PC server. We upgraded from an old Mac OS9 server but are still seeing the same speed performances when trying to access and work on the database over a T1 line. Particularly with field mods (calculations and such) and data searches. Are there any docs that spotlight top issues to address for improving performance, or do we need to just accept some issues when working remotely? With imports/exports, calculations, etc. it processes only one or two records per second.

Is it true that FMServer v.7 only sends the contents of container fields if and when a client needs to view them in their active window? In FMServer v5.5 I couldn't include many Photo's in a container field because the client would choke with its CPU going berserk when opening a database. I was told that the old behavior was for the Client to download all of the data in the found set and that this has been remedied in FMSv7.

Hey whats up guys? I posted this earlier to the regular Filemaker Pro forum....Im new here and didnt realize that there was a server section....sorry! Anyway, I am looking to upgrade from filemaker 5 to filemaker 7 and might go with the advanced server version. i like the features of the xml and want to integrate it with a web site's shopping cart and make my own order status thing. Anyone have any tips on how to do this? or any pre-made plug-ins? Also, I found this version on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3773&item=3696065281&rd=1 and was wondering if this was a good price. so i posted this question in the FM…

I just recently started a new position in a company using Mac and Filemaker. I am a "newbie" to both. They are going to convert to FM7. I was recently told that FM Server had to run on a "dedicated" server. If this is so, it seems we are going to have to shell out more $ for a server to host accounting and office software. Server is a G5 dual processor. Seems to me it should be able to handle all we could throw at it unless its a software issue with FM. Can someone give me a real answer, as Filemaker doesn't really say anywhere.

Two days ago I noticed my FP application stalls momentarily while loading the TCP/IP settings. Today, however, it indicates that TCP/IP loaded successfully, however, the program doesn't seem finish loading and after a few minutes the system gives me a "FileMaker Pro not responding" message. What's going on, why did it happen and how do I fix it? thanks, d

If we wish to web-publish, am I correct in understanding that our only options are those? I am unsure if we would go over 10 consecutive on-line users but I know we don't need 100! 15-20 would have been more reasonable, FileMaker. They could have broken it into three categories, I think. So if I predict 15-20 simultaneous max onlilne (with shopping cart and credit cards), I'm looking at $2,499! Is my frustration with 'no middle-ground' showing. LaRetta

can anyone tell me if fm7 advanced server instant web publishing is scalable beyond 100 users just like the fm6 server unlimited? how does one implement web application to handle more than 100 simultaneous users on the web? regards, clifford

My general questions are: 1. How do you rollout changes to a solution that is being shared by several users? 1a. How do you incorporate changes (to layout, field definitions, scripts) you've made to a (recent) copy of a database back into the original database? 1b. How do you make changes to a database while it is being accessed by several users? 2. How can you test changes to a solution without having to a) duplicate the work to implement those changes between a test copy and the production copy, or : risk messing up your production system by trying the changes directly within it? I have inherited a FileMaker Pro v6 solution along with the responsibility for…

Can anyone offer advice? I have for some time (about two years) been using FM Server 5.5 on a G4 Server machine that is also acting as a File Server. After reading the posts I'm beginning to realise that this may not have been such a good idea(!). I will rectify this problem soon, cost permitting. (As an aside, can anyone tell me the difference between a 'standard' server and a rack mounted XServe?) My problem is that now I have corrupt files that I can't open, despite recovering them about 10 times. I also cannot restart FM Server without it freezing. The events log records that it gets to a certain point and then stops. I have to force quit and restart t…

I am trying to set up external Authentication. Everything seems to be set right; I have a group that is set for external. authentication in the database, have a group set up in Active Directory, and have registered the directory service (When i did this, it did not give any kind of feedback, such as successful or not, so i changed some info so it shouldnt work and no response there either..maybe its not supposed to...) Now when I try to open a database hosted on the server, it pulls up the login prompt asking for account name and password. Does anyone have this working, and if so: are you supposed to get the login prompt with an extra "option" to use external auth…

What's going on? We're currently testing our FM6 files on a new Linux server (previously they were on a Windows OS). When I open the Server hosted files, they all open write-protected (especially when the files are opened via scripts). We've setup the necessary Linux access groups... however, the problem seems to persist. A possible solution seems to lay within directing Filemaker to the file via 'hosts' rather than directly to the file directory. I never had to do this for the PC hosted solution, and it worked fine. Is this something specific to hosting files on Linux? any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

Hi - I've modified the layouts and scripts of a customer's DB, tested it under my own FMP 6.04, and now wish to test it on the customer's FM Server 5.5, without interfering with the customer's current DB operation. I have no experience with either FM Server or OS X Server, which is running FM Server (but I do know OS X). My main concern is to not interfere with their production operation. Can some of you perhaps warn me about things to do and to avoid doing? Thanks for any help... Chap

I have looked and looked for the answer to this question, pertaining to FileMaker Server 7's ability to run scripts on a schedule: What kind(s) of scripts can you run, and what can you do with those scripts?

I've converted a database which uses the import script. It works perfectly in FM 7 however when I try to run the process using Filemaker server 7 the error message is 'can't find the file'. By clicking through remote and opening the file it eventually works but is not a solution! Have checked all scripts and redefined the file refs. If anyone has any ideas please help!

Hi All, On both an OSX server and Win 2003 Server I seem to have often but intermittent problems with not being able to delete records. This happens in different databases at different locations that have nothing in common other than they were converted from FM6. When trying to delete a record either from FM directly or from a script step, the client just hangs and does nothing. No hour glass, coffee cup... nothing. I once had a client reboot the entire network and there was no change, but then about an hour later the problem just went away and everything deleted normally. The problem doesn't seem to exist when the database runs locally but since it is intermit…

Does anyone know if FM server 7 can handle FM pro 6 databases??? I know that FM Server 5.5 CAN NOT handle FM 7 databases, but was wondering if it worked the other way around Carolina

Hey guys! I'm having some issues with an aplication and though that maybe someone here could help me. I'm running an aplication that uses 17-20 different databases. It was created using FM 6, it is running on a windos xp os, using a filemaker server 5.5. the application is opened using a "start_up" scrip which initializes the file to verify the user. the application verifies the user by pulling information from a "users" database, and comparing to entered information. My problem is that if someone is logged into the databases, and someone else goes in, the system can not figure out what is going on..... o.k., let me see if I can explain this a bit better.…

I am developing a filemaker solution to be shared over 10-15 users using FileMaker Server. There'll be about 20-25 files in that solution. One of the files is storing low-res images, no more than 40k each in size, and all in gif and jpg format. There's about 200 in there and already the file size has shot up to 18MB. Between 15 users, with another 25 files, over 10/100 network, using filemaker server, what's the recommended maximum file size? FileMaker quote a theoretical maximum size of 2GB (i think it's something like that) - though obviously that would be a nightmare using the network situation above. What max filesize am I looking at before I start g…

I am testing the trial version of Server 7 and I'm getting a password prompt that has me confused. When I open a specific file with FM Dev 7 I am presented with a password dialogue that consistently shows the same user name that I used last. I enter my password and away we go. But when this file is served the dialogue uses the user name set in the registry for the current user AND an unknown password is already entered. It is not the correct password either and I have no idea where this password is coming from. I can understand why the server might default to trying the registry user name but up until now I have not had a user in this file that matches that us…

My server that hosts filemaker 3.03 is dying. I am moving the multi-user databases to another nt4 sp6a server. I believe I have set up the new filemaker server setup in the same method as the old server. When I use the client on the new server, I can see the databases, etc. However, when I try it from a client pc, the server doesn't show up, only the old server is visible. Even if I add the ip address into "specify hosts", it isn't there. I must still have something not set quite right. Can you point me in the right direction? I know it's the older-than-the-hills version, but it is for archived data that is used continually. We've moved away from filemake…

Excuse my ignorance about networking issues, but here goes: I'd like a user to open a remote host to get into their company's network when they're out of the office. The IP address I have doesn't seem to work, and the DNS name I have ("xCompany.com") also doesn't work. Does this have something to do with the company's firewall? How do I figure out what address to use for a served database when prompted to specify the host? In a related issue, I've published the database via a workstation that has the database files open. While at the company, I can just enter the workstation's ip address, and view the database on the web. Outside the company, that doesn't work. …

Loaded Server 7 on our new Xserve Dual 2 the other day. Has been working great until last week. The usage statistics tab shows just dashes and never updates. Tried running admin on two computers and the xserve, all the same result. It worked when I first installed server, but not for a week now. Anyone have an idea of what is causing this. I have reset permissions on the admin folder on the various machines, that did not help. I also reset the permisssions on the server drive/Library/FileMaker Server 7 folder and contents and no luck either. Thanx Gary

does anyone know how to allow filemaker 7 web application to be accessed by more than 100 users? i wonder if the 100 user limitation in fm7 advanced server is technical or just some marketing strategy. regards, clifford

Still testing the trial version of server 7. This just started happening: If I have the Server Admin console open I cannot run my copy of FM Dev 7. Soon as I close the Admin console I am again able to open databases with developer 7. Anyone else had this problem?

Anyone experienced this?: I'm running a test period on a system where a brand new Xserve G5 runs a FMS 5.5, and at this time I have 4 FM6 clients using the system (Power Mac G5s and Powerbook G4s). I'm developing parallel on one of the clients (standard - not Developer) During the weekend the Xserve had "crashed" (a different story...) and after recovering 14 (of 54) files I was up and running again. First I noticed that 2 of my files was seriously damaged: layouts, fields and scripts was disappeared around in the two files. OK - I can understand that - and I have spent the day rebuilding from a backup. But what I find strange: Now after starting to use the other…

Hi, I'm feeling the heat. We've got a problem. I have to solve it. 2 months ago we upgraded from FMPS3 to FMPS5.5 & all 40 users are now using FMP6 on Mac OS 9. 1 or 9.22. Server is a dedicated G4/466, 256MB ram, 100bt, Mac OS 9.1. 35 files, largest file is 550 MB & was originally made in FMP2. That db has over 400 fields, and dozens of layouts, as do 2 other db files. Please don't even consider telling me to manually recreate those files from scratch, it would take all year. In all the years we had FMP Server 3.x & FMP 4.1, we never got a server crash. Only when power failed did it ever stop. 2 weeks ago, we had a terrible server crash. It to…

What is the default port for accessing FM server remotely? Thanks!

I have several small data bases, that will be used by about 20 users total (with maybe 3-5 on at any one time). What would be the recomended way to set this up? Getting FM Pro for all of the users seems rather expensive, since most of them wont need any design functions. I am contemplating using Pro's IWP feature to set up a makeshift web server for the users to start with. This should atleat get them up and running. If our needs grow, i was thinking about using FM Server on some more serious server hardware as the main web server. Any comments or suggestions?

hi all, I am going to be upgrading our current File Maker Pro version 3.0 to the 5.5 server platform with clients running version 6.0. Where can I find information about the steps I need to take and the order in which this should be done? can anyone provide some helpful hints for me? thanks

Hi FMP Server 7.0 Is there anyway that to force user to install the plug in before they are able to log the system? Somehow can we install the plug in in the FMP 7 Server, then the server will prompt to force to install the plug in? Thanks

Hello, I tried searching but I couldn't find an answer to this. Our server hosts about 75 files. I did a test conversion yesterday and all the files converted okay but when I go to 'Open Remote' and then click on the server IP I only see the first 24 files alphabetically. I've verified that the other files are all open. In fact I can open them if I type in the entire path. (ie fmnet:/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/test) I can open any file I want. Even when I go to the screen where I can specify which files I want to show up there are only 24 listed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

I am getting a Warning message the a user has lost a connection. On the client side, the user is exiting from a field that is used in a relationship (date range relationship) when he gets a message from Windows that "Filemaker Pro has generated errors and must be shut down." Any ideas as to why this is happening?

I have been allocated some budget in our company to spend on new hardware and I instantly thought about upgrading our database server. I know that the biggest performance boost would be not in the memory, or processor but in the disks. I thought of getting two 10,000 rpm drives and setting them up using serial ATA meaning the data is on both of them - striped or something I think it's called. I know this can be a bad idea due to the reliability factor but if it goes wrong the most we would lose is half a day's work. Do you think that drive configuration would be the best way to improve performance? Rather than shoving 1GB of memory in I think it migh…

Is it possible to make a remote base auto open when I launch FMP? I tried AppleScript, but FMP is not scriptable...

Im trying to unistall the server 5.5 trial that I was trying and on unistalling it is giving me a 1723 error dll missing I have tried repair and reinstalling but its not having any of it? Can anyone help me PLEASE?

I cannot find the properties dialog box in the MMC FileMaker Server 7 admin. In the help file, it says to register the Web publishing engine I need to connect to the server, then click on action on the top menus, then properties. But the problem is there is no properties in the action menu, only the help action. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Another server question... I want to back up my databases to a folder on a shared network drive. When I set up the schedule, it looks fine. I am able to direct the path. When I run the back up, however, I get an event error saying my folder cannot be found. How can I fix this? Could it be something in our network preventing the schedule to write there? I can write to the shared folder normally, but it seems that FileMaker cannot back up to it. Any ideas? Thanks, ng

I just started serving our database on FileMaker Server, but unfortunately I forgot to enter some of the graphics that are defined in global fields. In other words, I have graphical layout elements that are really just global fields, but right now those global fields are empty on the host machine. I can paste the graphics into the global fields on the client computer, but then when I close the program those aren't saved to the host. How do I get those graphics to be stored on the host so that whenever I (or any client, for that matter) opens the database those graphics will be there?

I've had this post in the importing and exporting forum. 39 people have looked at it and I've gotten no replies. Perhaps the people viewing in that forum didn't have an answer, perhaps it's a "dumb" question like "how do I make a database", or perhaps there's no answer. I thought I'd give it one more try here.... I want to update a database by importing data from a tab delimited file on a daily bases. The database is hosted by FMP server 5 on a Win 2000 server. Is there a way to automate the process. I've looked through the scripts, but how do you automatically trigger the scripts?

Just checking to see if the best practices for FMS 5.5 apply to FMS7. Should the Database Cache be set to approx. 5% of the total size of the Databases being served? What is a good time to dist. the cache flush. Databases = 1.9GB Xserve G5 DP 1GB Ram. Thanks, day

I just installed OS X Security Update 2004-06-07 v1.0 for OS X 10.3.4 and now when I start FM Server 5.5v4, the events log shows "TCP/IP network initialization failed; the TCP/IP address is already in use or an address could not be obtained." and the FM Server software just waits. All other network apps work, Safari, Timbuktu, etc. During the maintanance downtime, I changed the IP address, but I'm sure there's no other system using the same IP address. The preferences pane of Server Config shows the default IP address correctly. Any ideas what's happening? More importantly, any fix? Thanks.

Can FM Server 5.5 run on a platform using MS Server 2003, also , can FM 6.0 client run on Windows XP? It appears FM 7.0 server and client are ok but older versions?

I want to open a FileMaker database which is hosted by a FileMaker server using a batch file (or command line). I know you can open a *local* database by: "<path>Filemaker Pro" "<path>database.fp5" But what if the database is hosted by FileMaker Server? Is there a syntax for the parameter to specify a hosted file? Thanks

We have developed an application using fm7 for a client. The client wants us to host the application on our server and they will access it from their offices. 17 users will access the application remotely, and each have FMP7v2 installed on their machines. Currently, the database is not that big, with any script step having to deal with at most 200 records. However, speed is horrendous over a WAN, but is good over a LAN. I've spoken with filemaker support, and they were not much help, other than to say, it should not be running this slowly. We have established a series of selections from the app to test performance. One such selection takes 4-5 seconds on the LAN. The…

I have developed a software in Dev 7 and tested that all are working. However, once I compiled into exe mode, the import and export function refuse to work. The error message is " "myFilename" could not be created on this disk. Use a different name, make more room on the disk, unlock it or use a different drive". This error happens even if I run the exe using the administrator rights. Does someone know the cause. Thanks.

Has anyone ever experienced this ? FM Server 5.5 serving to 3 or 4 users with FM Pro 6. Mac G5 running OS X 10.3.4. Server daemon is set to auto-start using the normal conventional startup file. The server (and everything else) suffered a power fail. On restarting, not only were the statuses of current record ID's reset to mad values (we use these to tag records), but files contained records with field contents from other records ! ! The whole shared database (4 files) was a mess and necessitated a lot of manual reconstruction. Very bad news. I can understand a simple record corruption on power fail, and the loss of currently accessed record is n…

If I try to administer our server from outside the network using the FM Server Admin Console, it does not connect. Usually a long delay and no message. Occasionally a message "Could not connect to Server...". Have tried accessing it from different computers - same problem. So I wondered if my firewall settings are OK. I can open the database remotely from FMP7 computers outside our network so I know port 5003 is successfully open and allowing traffic for that. I read in the documentation (see below) that ports 50003, 50006 and 25003 are also used by FM server, but I was not quite clear. Do some or all of them have to be open for remote admin? Thank…

One of my seven clients is disconnecting several times a day and getting the message "communications with the host was interrupeted and could not be re-established error code -3284" Does any one know what the error code -3284 means or where there is a list of codes. This has happend to only one machine on a network of 7 running OS 10.3 The same machine has been kicked off the internet with a message "phone number not entered" (we are on broadband) This may not be a FM problem but I thought I would start here.

I have established my new FM7 solution (BUSINESS) on my home system. This will be network (not Server yet) for 5 people. An OPENER file (Vaughan's) calls a subscript external to this file. Network sharing is on, all Users. OPENER has default password. Script in BUSINESS runs SecureFM. This has been working fine. I have been plagued for months with random "FileMaker cannot share files because another User is already sharing files using FileMaker Pro on this computer." The first time it randomly appeared, I was breaking apart Business Tracker. It kept reappearing for weeks after I trashed BT. And now ... it is back. I dump temps, reboot, open either OPENER or BUS…

Yesterday, we had a power outage which killed the computer that hosted my FM Server. We installed it on another machine and put the databases (luckily I had them backed up on a zip disk) into the FM Server directory. Unfortunately, we can't seem to figure out why these databases aren't showing up on the client's host listing. Any ideas? Did we put them in the wrong place? Are there some settings that aren't set correctly? Thanks in advance

Is it possible to open a hosted FM Server7 file off a desktop icon? Launching FM7 and then going to File->Open Remote or File->Open Recent is a bit of a pain. Has anyone found a better way? Thanks,

I'm downloading it now...can't wait do do some speed tests... FileMaker Version: Server 7 Platform: Mac OS X Panther

We host Filemaker Server databases for clients, some of whom are connecting from outside our firewall. Can Filemaker be set to use SSL for connections to a remote host? I suspect the answer is no but I thought I would ask anyway. thanks John

So, I've got my files on the PC server now. To access the files, my users need to "Specify Host". How do I configure it so that it is the "Local Host"? I don't want to have to specify the host on everyone's machine. Right now, I still have a Mac running with a server as well. The Mac is showing as the local host. Can only one server be the local host? Is it a network thing? Thanks in advance, ng

Hi All, This is my first post here. I do know FileMaker pretty well, but I am in uncharted waters now. Here's the scoop: I am attempting to move our server from Mac to PC. I have figured out how to move the databases. I need some help though configuring the server now. I have virtually no documentation and my wizards do not function. I am using FileMaker Pro Server 5. So, my question is...where do I begin? On the Mac, as the host, we made aliases of the databases and there is a complicated script (I think) that opens them for use across the internal network. I'm not sure where to begin to host the databases on the PC server. Please HELP.…

i am interested in locking users out of a filemaker database located on a filemaker 5.5 server while the database administrator runs maintenance. i would like to keep the file up on the server but prevent all users except for the administrator from accessing it. in addition, i would like to script this capability into my database so that the database administrator can perform the maintenance without having to do anything too complicated (like, go to the server, close the folder of files, open them locally, turn on single user on the main file, do the maintenance, switch the file back to multi user and open the folder of files back through the server admin window)

Could someone please tell me why the value lists on the "Visits (receipts)" layout of this file do not work when the file is hosted with Filemaker Server 7 the file's log/pass is admin/admin I'm running Server 7 trial version on Mac OS 10.3.4. The value lists work fine when running the database with the client version of FP7. Many thanks in advance! Doctor_test.fp7.zip

Hello all! I am developing an application where I plan to put some reports over the internet. I am using FM Server 7 and the main problem, as everybody knows, is that I can not use FM Server 7 togheter with FM Pro 7 Instant Web Publishing. I could use only FM Pro 7 with Instant Web Publishing. However, as this application is resident in a place where there are only common users and there isn

Instead of networking 10/1 (when Server 7 is purchased and the new 7 design will be ready), we need to be networked Monday morning. Only 5 systems (7's limit), peer-to-peer (?). This is temp fix just to consolidate 15 Act dbs so sales can clean up their Act (pun intended) in preparation of the new program. Yesterday, I knew nothing about networking FM; today after a 20-hour study-stint I'm dangerous. My home system is not networked so I can't even test to see what it looks and acts like. Vaughan's Opener demo and posts have been invaluable. With my head swimming with information, I have a few questions because some of the various bits of information (and posts) se…