FileMaker Server v7 - v11

I'm trying to find a way to protect a folder from being accessed from the "Open" menu in a Filemaker client. Currently I've set it's properties to be hidden in the Windows OS. However, if a user knows the name of the directory or a file from the hidden location was the last file accessed it will be visible in the Open dialog box. Is it possible to have Filemaker Server hide or protect it but still allow it be accessed from scripts?

We are looking into upgrading to FMServer 7. Does anyone know if it is possible to have the server automaticaly restart? Any advice would be appreciated. thanks

I'm having problems locating where to download the sample "AutoUpdatePlugin.fp7" file on filemaker.com's website. Does anyone have a direct link? much appreciated....

Could someone please tell me what type of harddisk is recommended for Filemaker Server 7 for Windows, with 20 to 50 users? The server is only for filemaker so the size is not that important. I don't think the database would exceed 1 GB. Thanks, H.P.

I installed Server 7 and went into the administration with no problem. Since then I installed Server 7 on an XP client (as I see so far this is required for the new remote admin(?)) After going back to the server, I can't connect. I have the right IP but when I click Connect I get a long delay with no hour glass then nothing happens. I've closed everything on the client and tried rebooting the server. ??

Can anyone suggest why my quicktime files play fine on the host machine but won't play appear on the client machine during file sharing (file not found error) ? I have imported the file and not a reference to it and both machine have quicktime installed on them? It is a mystery to me! Cheers Colleen,

Hi there, i'm attempting to set up a bunch of database solutions for my office of about 5 macs which are all on airport wireless. I have FM Pro 7, but wanted to know if I'm actually supposed to be using FM Server 7...which I didn't know existed until this morning. So, i downloaded the trial...and i'm a bit confused as to what to do with it now...basically, how do i access my database files and work with them now? Is each computer supposed to have FM Pro 7 AND FM Server 7? I'm embarrassed that this is such a newbie question...perhaps if someone could let me know if there is a basic user's guide for FM Server 7, that'd be cool as well.

I'm having a strange problem. I'm serving a FP7 file. When I log in to the file, with the full access password, I cannot perform a find.. it tells me that I don't have the proper access privileges. But I have FULL access privileges, so how can this be ? What gives ? any ideas anyone ?? I called Filemaker... they said to try a different file.. hehe but... I would *really* hate to hear that answer a few months down the road.

Hi. I am going to be developing three separate databases that basically are identical. They are at three separte locations (possibly a fourth). We are not sure as of right now if we are getting the T1 line to tie them all together. The current plan is to run three separte databases and use a fourth 'master' to pull information from the three individual databases. Of course one would think, why not have one MEGA database and use the network for all 4. Well, first of all I am not sure if we are getting the T1 line, and I don't know much about handling that many people at once. Question (1). What do you think the best course of action is? 3 separte but equals, or on…

I read the FileMaker Server Documentation about LDAP and I don't understand that ! Explain me the LDAP utilisation please ? What is his utility and how to configure this on the server and on the LDAP... Thanks.

I'm trying to understand how and where to place plugins that clients can download similar to FileMaker Server 5.5. I have a plugin that the user needs. Does it work the same with FileMaker Server 7 in that the users will download the plugin on their extensions folder? Can anyone point me to some detailed instructions on this topic? Thanks. ron

Hello! At the office my FM databases are hosted on an iMac running FM Server 5.5, I want to connect to them remotely. They have suggested that the best way to do it is to call my broadband provider and order a static public IP address that forwards to the private IP address on the iMac. Then, when I'm away, I can simply go to "Open Remote" on my FM and enter the public address. Under this scenario I have two questions: 1. They told me I have to configure port 5003... How and where do I do that? 2. Security: What steps do I need to take to prevent a "hacker" from finding the public IP address and getting in? I'm the only one that will know it and use it but I'v…

We have a networked database made up of various versions of 5/6 we've bought over the years. It has come to a time now that we need to get a box set or vla to allow us to have to concurrent users running the database in terminal services. Is it still possible to get these for filemaker 5/6? I've seen this product on UK website cancomUK - I've ordered from them in the past and they've been fairly reliable so long as the item's in stock. http://www.cancomuk.com/products/searchr...mp;fromlist=yes Judging from the product description it seems like it's what we need. Though I'm suspicious about the price point

I have a multi-user solution shared over max 15 users - 10 all day using fms 5.5 With about 20-25 files - the total size of all files together is 60MB. I am considering adding a very useful feature to the main company database, but this will push the total database size up to about 250MB. It's a large calculation field that needs to be indexed to be part of a relationship. Is this still ok for our uses? Or will there be a significant impact on performance? Our database performance at the moment is fast. What kind of maximum total db sizes is a threshold for a degradation in performance over filemaker server? Are there any accurate formula that anyone'…

We have just introduced Server 5.5 into our small office, onto a file server running windows 2003 server.Workstations are on XP with FM6. This server business is all new to us here, and we are currently experiencing very slow connectivity on all workstations (e.g. opening files from buttons also scripts running very very slow). Its not a huge database, i would say its not even a complex one neither. On occasions it can take 4 to 5 sec onds for a script or file to open from a button. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

running winshield to remove server 5.5 reports error 1723, requesting a DLL required for install to complete.

I am a new user of Filemaker Server. I have a number of databases that I have hosted and when I go to access them through Filemaker Pro 7 remotely only one shows up. I have made sure the permissions are correct. I am lost and really need some help.

The administrator guide on the filemaker pro site is inaccessible so i was wondering if someone would give me a little rundown. plan to migrate to server 7 and i was wondering are the passwords and permissions set on the server side now and not on the actual database before hosting it with server? thanks in advance.

I have a client willing to upgrade their current FM 5 server to FM 7. They have a 25 client license (FM 5.5) and all clients are running OS X. They are willing to upgrade the server, but are asking why they need to buy 25 more client licenses when they could run a compiled FMP7 app on their server. My question is - What the pros and cons of this approach?

I do all the developing of databases on the Mac, but they are served using Server 5.5 on a Win2000 Pro workstation. Usually after the database is running I can work with it on the Mac but usually use the Win if I

This is probably really obvious but i can't figure it out. I keep getting this error when i start FM Server 5.5, "The copy of FileMaker Server has been modified by another program or virus. Please obtain a fresh copy from your locked master disk after determining the cause." I get it every time i start up. We used to have Server 3.0 and got the same error then as well. We upgraded about 2 months ago but that didn't help. If I ignore it and click 'Continue' nothing bad seems to happen. Can someone tell me what the error is, why do i keep getting it and is there a way to get rid of it because it's a bit disconcerting? By the way the server is running on an ol…

We have three servers running FMS 5.5 v.1; two are G4s running OS 9.2.2 and one is a PC running Win2K server. Max Users is set to 50. Clients are on both Win2K and/or OS 9.2. This set-up has been running relatively smoothly for years. This morning the two Mac servers suddenly stopped accepting new connections (with less than 50 users logged in). They could be pinged and users who were logged in at the time didn

Hi All, We have the problem connecting from Citrix to Filemaker files on server from the beginning. And I have no clue to solve it. The problem is that some computers can connect citrix to server and some computers can not. Sometimes we have to change username to log in to server through citrix and it works. But sometimes it does not work? Is the problem from connection through Citrix or the problem of filemaker files on server? Someone has the same problem ? Can someone tell me how to solve it ? Do I look for Citrix issue or filemaker files issue ? Thanks Anh Tran

I'm working on upgrading to FMP 6 however we only have FMPServer 5. I can see the server files in FMP 6 however I'm not sure what I need to administer them. In 5 I loaded the Server Administration Plugin that would allow me to work directly with the files. I can not find something similiar to this for 6. When I open the files I see a message Server Administration Plugin not Installed! Can anyone assist with this issue? Version: v6.x Platform: Windows XP

We are trying to run FM server 7 on a Windows 2003 Server in a 2000 AD domain. I tried to setup external authentication with no luck. When we try to login a database, with a user in a group defined on the domain, we do see a login attempt (successful) to the network, however filemaker comes back with a error message not allowing the user access to the database. Even if its full permissions. In contacting Filemaker tech support, they told me the domain group the user was apart of had to be A) a member of "login as a service" on the domain controller policy and : A Administrator of the machine filemaker server resides. Needless to say, I think Tech support is…

Want to know if I can run Server 5.5 and Server 7 (trial) off of same machine. Rather small number of users, so I'm not too worried about performance. Just want to know if it's possible.

Hello We are currently upgrading to seven and are looking at ways to get access to the database from another office. both these offices have good internet connection host office 2meg up and down remote offices 2meg down 512 up now is this going to be enough to use fm remotely over just tcp/ip or should we look at using something like syncdek i have heard about all the great speed improvements in server 7 but will this be enough at the moment with 6 it is painfully slow and drops the remote users every 20 mins Bye Craig

Hi, I'm new to this forum. Currently I have my complex solutions currently running on FMServer 5, and because this server does not support web publishing, I have some simple solutions running on FMPro 5.5 in Web Publishing mode, but it seems you are very limited in the number of layouts you can get FileMaker Pro to publish from a single file (two or three I believe). Can anyone tell me how many layouts the FMServer Advanced will allow per file in web publishing mode? Is it suitable for running more complex solutions and capable of publishing 10 or more layouts in the solution? It would sure save some upgrading costs at the client end if I could serve more compl…

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I currently have server 5.5 hosting about 14 files. i would like to set up the ability to access these files from both a web browser (i.e. php) and FMP client machines. I understand from previous posts that server "hates" multiple IP addresses so are there any suggestions for possibly using multiple machines? Hopefully this post is clear enough.

We just put FMS7 on a Win2000 Server machine. I have followed the directions, but cannot connect to the server to set it up. I have tried localhost via the admin console on the server itself and via remote (which stated that remote admin had not been setup on the server). I did notice that the IP address for the localhost was different from the IP of the machine itself. I cannot set the machine to the 127.0.0.1 as it is a "loopback" address. I do not seem to be able to edit the localhost in the favorites menu of console. It may be that we have a bum CD, the admin pdf file cannot be opened.

I've looked in to the syncdek.com software and I was just wondering if there is an alternative (simply because it is synchronised via email - similiar to outlooks old netfolders which is a complete pain in the ****) What alternative are there out there to sync from a server to a single-user copied file? Thanks Simon

We are in the process of deciding whether or not to upgrade to FM Pro 7. We currently use Server 5.5 and are wondering if this will support FM 7 files. Do we need to upgrade our server too? Thanks!! Heather

is there any website that make with fm server 7 . please give me a link.

Can't Find the server in my hosts box. Trying to set up a new PC. I am sure that I must be doing something basically wrong but can not figure it out. Mark

I'm having a problem with losing data within records after the server crashes. Some of the data lost is up to a month old. Any ideas on why and is there a way to recover it?

Hi, i currently have FMS5.5 hosting 50 files with 'Max hosting files' setting at 50. I wanted to host more files so i changed the 'Max hosting files' to 75 but some how the server still wont let me host more than 50 files. I didnot turnoff or restart the server after changing the setting. So my question is that do i have to restart the server in order for the new setting to take effect? is there is a way to change the setting without restart the servser ? Thanks,

Can I install FM7 Server and use it off the XP server without having the filemaker pro client?

I hope some one can help,My first post..great forum,helps me alot! ,any way..I run a small shop 11 macs , osx.3.4 and i admin our network and database.i just converted 10 databases to server seven ,from 5.5 and only three files will "open" i have checked all admin permissions and have full access on my user.to all accounts,.but i get a message in "permissions that says.the action cannot be performed because this file is not modifiable...Did I do something wrong when converting? I eliminated all passwords in 5.5 pre conversion only keeping my master password..Yes i have 5.5 still running(separate machine )while i work on this problem.....any tips would be appreciated

I have a unique situation here. We have G-4 hosting or FM database. It has FMS 5.5 running with OS9. We are then using Terminal Services (remote desktop connection) for our users to access the FM app over a WAN. We have a problem here. After we suffer some kind of "Hiccup" or crash of the G-4 (happened a few times now) our user profiles in the Terminal Services Server (WIN2K Server) somehow get corrupted and the CPU in the Term Server maxs out and we crash. We found we can Rename all the profiles (effecifally removing them) and once new profiles are built as users log on everything is great......untill the G-4 hiccups again. Has anyone seen this before? Can we fix this by…

My client is using FM6 on the client side and using v5.5 Server. Am i going to run into trouble with this setup? Operating system OSX. If I am what would those problems be, GUI or performance or file recovery etc..etc.. thanks !!

Hi, We want to buy new server to host our solution and make it available via internet to our customers (web page & client-server). We are currently translate our existing FMP6 file to FMP7. well, should we choose Mac vs Win, single-dual CPU, etc... Tks

I have a problem.... If I try to sync a file to my pocket pc from a server file (set up to share via mobile companion) I don't have it available to sync when I open it remotely and check the application plug-in details. I have tried sync-ing a standard single local file and this works fine so I assume there is a problem with this? Does anyone have any knowledge of this or any suggestions? Ideally I want to have palms on a number of desktops but if its a case of having to open up a separately synchronised single use file then this could be a bit of a pain as IDEALLY i just want to sync straight from the shared databases. Any help on this would be SO great!!

I was wondering how it is possible to synchronise a local copy (single user) version on a desktop with a server one. (plug-in??) (Ideally what I am looking to do is to click from the current database open a local version which is then synchronised and sorted which I can then activesync with pocket pc) Thanks

Event Type: Warning Event Source: FileMaker Server Event Category: None Event ID: 17 Date: 14/04/2004 Time: 14:11:54 User: N/A Computer: MMGFMPRO Description: User "User" [172.16.26.80] no longer responding, connection closed. (17) ------------------------------------------------- On a brand new server connected to a fast ethernet network we keep getting the above message and users are losing their connections to the FM server. The guests timeout is disbled, has anyone else come across this problem ? It only seems to happen to users who are constantly logged into FM. FileMaker Version: Server 5 Platform: Windows 2000

I just installed FMS 7 Preview on a 500 MHZ G4 with 512MB of ram, running 10.3.3. Install asks if you want automatic startup or manual. I chose automatic. Install went smoothly. Asked me to restart. I guess the restart is to trigger the "automatic" script to get the server running. Things I've noticed so far... Default location for database files has changed. Now resides in the Library folder. The new FileMaker Server Admin application seems to combine the fuctionality of the OS 9 5.5 version and the OSX FileMakerServerConfig.app application. The interface its a bit odd but better than nothing. Opening databases is now really fast. Used to be a few sec…

Didn't know if it was best to post this here or in the Unlimited forum, so I tried both. I have FM Server running on a OSX box. I have FM Unlimited running on a PC that serves up some of the files from the FM Server. FM Server is set to automatically backup the files each night at 10:00. When it does this the PC unlimited access is paused while the backup occurs. It seems that occassionaly after the backup is complete something happens and the PC unlimited does not come back online. When I come in in the morning I have to go and quit Unlimited on the PC and then relaunch it to make the services available again. Is there anyway to stop this from happening? I…

I hope this isn't a stupid question, but I can't seem to find the answer in previous posts. I am running FileMaker Server 5.5 on an old Mac (OS 8.6) and this morning it crashed. The message said that the FileMaker Server has unexpectedly quit, because of error type 2 and that i had to save my work in another application and restart the computer. I did all that and it's back up now, but i'm just wondering what happened. Is it a low memory error or something because the computer it's running on really is quite old. any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks Veqtor

It's on Filemaker website that Server 7 is now available! YAY!

Hello. In system requirements for FMS it reads that it runs on NT4 (sp4) and Win 2000. What about Win XP, Win 2000 Server, Win 2003 Server? Thanks

Hi there, Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to get another licence for the same server? I am setting up another office and was wondering if it were possible/cheaper to get a "shared server licence" or something similar. Thanks for your time

Hello, I am wondering if I need to get the developer version to develope a database for FM7 Advanced? I know it is not necessary, but would it help? Thanks Jason

Running FileMaker Server 5 on Windows NT. Here's a typical performance monitor screenshot. My problem is every once in a while (probably once or twice a day) I get the little double-arrow cursor with the squiggly line. FileMaker basically freezes up for a minute or two, then finally resumes where it left off. Most often this seems to happen when switching layouts, and I can see half the elements on the layout have been drawn (based on the front / back level). The rest of the layout just shows blank, until it kicks in again. This has happened to at least one other OS 9 machine, so I don't think it's just me...

I installed the public beta of FMP7 Server.....now everytime I boot Developer 7 i get a TREMENDOUS delay and an eventual message stating that instant web publishing cannot start. Any ideas how to re-establish the ability to do instant web publishing? This is VERY annoying! Thanks

Hello. What is the difference between FMS 5 and FMS 5.5. Is there FMS 6. Also is FMS 5 good for serving files created in FMP6? Thank you.

A client has reported a strange problem. Some of their local machines have screen savers or go into sleep mode. When they wake up, the FileMaker screens they were on have changed and sometimes, there is no found set in whatever file is up front. Anyone heard of this, and if so, know a workaround? These are all Macs, by the way, some running OS X, some running OS 9 (FMP Server is on an XServe). Thanks, Gary

I can't get the autoupdate plugin to work with filemaker 5.0 - in this case filemaker 5 unlimited. Does it only work with versions 5.5 and later?

I've noticed some weird behaviour with global fields since using filemaker server. I set a global on a client machine, then when everyone has quit filemaker, with the server still running, the global returns to the value it was before. Is there a way to reset the value of this global to something different without taking the server off-line? Thanks

We have FileMaker Server 5.5 installed and remote administration is enabled. What are the steps to starting and stopping FileMaker Server remotely? Thanks!

Has anybody tried using FileMaker Server 5.5 on a Windows 2003 platform? Please post your experience. I'm considering using this configuration, and would like to know what issues might arise.

When you open a file hosted on filemaker server, a small box flashes up with a filemaker logo. Saying "powered with filemaker" Is that stored anywhere or is it hidden away in the internal workings of filemaker server?

I'm trying to set up Directory Services in FM Server 7, but I'm baffled. The FM Server Admin manual says to check with your Network Administrator, but that's me! I have not set up LDAP or Open Directory before, and the Open Directory manual that comes with Panther Server is too verbose. Anyone know of some good resources for setting up an OS 10.3 server as an Open Directory Master with LDAP, and then what settings go in the Directory Services pane in FM Server to get it all to work?

Has anyone ever successfully ported filemaker through a firewall? I have spent many hours attempting to acomplish this for my database people to no avail. I have the specific settings from filemaker.com with the correct port # and filtering schemes for UDP and TCP filtering. I am now starting to think that my firewall is correct and that the server is not. Configuration is as follows: port 5003 for all filemaker traffic. Block port 5003 for UDP in both directions but allow TCP. Export services for port 5003 to the filemaker host. We are using NAT so a static IP is not possible. Thoughts anyone????

If I put a certain file in the autoupdate folder on filemaker server 5.5, say a word template (.dot) that I use with macros to perform a mail merge - can I use the filemaker auto update feature to download an updated version of that file on startup? By simply going External ("FMSAUC-UpdatePlugin", "letterplain42.dot") or something? Basically is the autoupdate plugin restricted to just plugins/.fmx files or could I use it for other support files that I use with our database? Flipping handy if I can auto download new versions of our templates to clients rather than having to add it to our network startup scripts. FileMaker Version: 5 Platform: Windows …

Strange installation on OS X... I had one user installed on a G4 / Panther. named fmserver. I had this machine prepped with FMS 5.5v4.. I installed Server 7 and it assimilated this user account my home directory was not accessible it puts the server's home directory in Library. and I am assuming it is creating an fmserver user. When I installed it on my powebook I had no problems. Just make sure you don't have a user fmserver on your machine prior to installation.

Hi. all. I am trying to put together a startup applescript that launches files in Server 5.5. Here i s what I have so far. (* This script will launch Filemaker Server and load the key database files. *) tell application "Finder" activate select file "Server 5.5" open selection end tell tell application "FileMaker Server" -- FileMaker PRO DATABASES open "Server HD:Desktop:Key Databases:Calendar.fp5" open "Server HD:Desktop:Key Databases:combinations" open "Server HD:Desktop:Key Databases:klc_staff" open "Server HD:Desktop:Key Databases:locker_db" open "Server HD:Desktop:Key Databases:Mentor" open "Server HD…

Hello everyone, I am a little confused about the client server aspect of fm7. Is it a client server database or a fileserver with some additional plugins. I am less interested in having people from the internet access my system, than the internal network. I understand that all internet connections will be client server... what about regular network connections? My confusion stems from statements about plug in that will perform on the server rather than the client... what about normal queries and sorts? Or do you have to buy additional specific, expensive plug ins to take advantage of the client server aspect. Thanks in advance for your help. Jason…

OK I have a question. I've started purchasing a few plugins for our company, to extend the functionality of our database. I use filemaker server 5.5 on a windows 2000 machine which serves the database all day long to about 15 guests in total. 11 windows users, 4 osx users. I've managed to get the autoupdate feature working kind of. How do I get the mac format plugins, onto the autoupdate folder on this windows 2000 machine without breaking the macintosh formatting of the plugin? I just unzipped the archive which came with my plugin - and try emailing the osx plugin file over to an osx machine, dropped it into the FileMaker Extensions folder as ins…

This is a trouble just for "ghost-finders". I have a lot of experience developing and deploing filemaker solutions but yesterday I found an extrange fail when I try to server differents filemaker files in a Mac OS X 10.2.8 server with FileMaker server 5.5v2 to clients using Filemaker pro 6v3 running over a MacOS X 10.2.8 too. When we have open different filemaker files from Filemaker pro client side, no calculation field was calculated (nor seen on screen), in no layout and I no database. No calculation was done in client side, but if we try to server those databases from a Filemaker pro 6 instead filemaker server, no problem was found, and customers can work wi…

Can someone help? I'm developing a .NET application that needs to connect to filemaker server to make use of FM files hosted by the server but I'm getting connection errors. I had earlier connected to filemaker pro 6 and it worked fine but using filemaker pro requires that the FM files I need be manually opened. This is what I'm trying to avoid by connecting instead to filemaker server...please help!!!!!!!!! FileMaker Version: Server 5 Platform: Windows XP

Does anyone know how integrated FM Server 7 will be with Windows' Active Directory? Before I started with Server 5.5 (currently using it) I read about the AD integration and thought I could define FM permissions by AD user/group - obviously I couldn't. I'm planning to upgrade to FM Server 7 when it arrives - right now my FM setup doesn't have user-level security and before I go and spend 30+ hours building it into my 9-file system, I want to know if my efforts are worthwhile. If FMS7 will be able to read usernames and logins from AD then I'm going to wait. Any info? Anyone get a pre-release version of FMS 7 yet? FileMaker Version: Server 7 Platform: Windo…

I am running Server 5.5 on Windows 2000 Server. If a user login to check backup schedule from FileMaker server console, he won't be able to see any schedule at all. (But he can create a backup schedule but it will disappear when he logs back in) But i can see all the backup schedule if i log in as administrator. Does anyone knows how to make a non-administrator privilege person to see/edit backup schedule from Task scheduler in FileMaker server console??? Thanks in advance. FileMaker Version: Server 5 Platform: Windows 2000

My customer has been running FMP V3 under Citrix for a few years. Although this was not a supported combo, the performance was reasonable. We did have initial problems but the then H/W supplier managed to give everyone their own copy of FMP.exe. It worked. Recently, I talked them into upgrading to FMP V6. What a shambles! I won't describe all the problems but just recently things have become almost impossible. (Basically, losing links to files and using 100% CPU for up to 30 mins doing nothing.) Unfortunately, I do not know just what the H/W guy did with V3. FMP told me that we had to use Server with Citrix, even though I cannot find this documented anywhere. So my …

I stuck a dozen global text fields in a db being served. I put some test data into them while working on a script. Now, no matter what I do, every time this database is opened, on any machine on any platform (even the same machine twice in a row), my test data is back in the globals. I even made a little script to clear these globals I manually invoke every time I open it. If this wasn't temporary, I'd put this script as the startup script. I understand the local nature of globals on a served file, and now know that getting this job done is better with a one-record preferences file across a constant relationship (so the data goes into "real" fields that look and …

How does an FM Server solution compare in terms of speed, reliability and database integrity to a PostgreSQL (or MySQL, for that matter) solution? I've heard Bad Things about FM Server performance under anything other than a very light load, and I wanted to know what some experts had to say.

Hi folks ! Is it anyhow possible to set up a local backup system for the situations where the server is down ? I mean a system where solution first tries to open database in server. If there is no connection it uses a database locally and later - in next contact with server - updates all new records to server. Is it possible to make a fresh backup to local disk every time the database closes (which can then be used if there is no connection to server) ? Arttu Version: Developer v6 Platform: Windows XP

Hey Everyone, I'm trying to connect to a local database from a remote location. I downloaded the FM Server and figured I'd give it a shot. It's REALLY slow. I'm not sure if it's the design of our database or if it's just the nature of so much data going over the connection. Both ends have either DSL or Cable for internet access. Are there any tricks to speed FM Server up? Thanks!

I have developed a database using 5 FM files in Windows. I now need to transfer those files onto a Mac Server (running FMServer). There were already 3 files on the server that are viewable through "Host" (they are greyed out when "Opening"). However, the new files are not "Opening" when I configure the server. It seems as if it's ignoring the process for my Windows created FM files. Please help. What do I need to do to make these files visible over the server? P.S. I have restarted the Version: v5.x Platform: Windows XP

With the delay of FM7 Server release (very bad strategy if you ask me), I wanted to begin rocking and rolling with FMPro 7 and just use up to 10 users in the guest/host model until Server comes out. However - I read that the client version, FMPro7 only supports 5 users! What the #*%@+ ! I need more than that to get off the ground, I was planning on the 10 that FM6 supports. I am hoping that the 5 users deal is just a conserative cover your ass statement and that it may actually support more users, just with the typical performance hits. Can anyone confirm if Pro will support more than 5 users? Version: v7.x Platform: Windows XP

A newbie needs help. I'm using FMP 6, FMP Server 5.5, and have FMP 6 Unlimited. Currently have FMP Server running on Windows 2000 and 12 users accessing approximately 55 databases as FMP clients on the network. Will soon need to provide web access to some of the databases to approximately 30 other users. Can I do this (should I do this) without setting up FMP Unlimited? If I need to set up unlimited, can it be done on a partition of the server different from the partition dedicated to FMP Server? Thanks for your help. Version: Server v5 Platform: Windows 2000

Hi - head scratcher this one. I'm running Fmserver 5.2 on Windows 2003 Standard Edition. It is working fine on our network but it refuses to display hosted files when connecting remotely. The router has been configured to allow UDP/TCP traffic on port 5003 - the clients seem to connect but it refuses to display any of the files in the host dialog. IS there something I should be doing on Windows Server? Or do I have to upgrade to fmserver 5.5 If anyone has any ideas I should be very grateful. Thanks Peter Version: Server v5 Platform: Windows 2000

Not sure exactly where this one should go... This is a definite first for me. A user tried connecting to a hosted database on our 5.5 server (running on OS 9.2) ... the minute she tried connecting to the database FileMaker Server crashed. We can duplicate this every time. She is running FileMaker 5.5v2 on an iBook running OS 10.3. Any ideas? This server has run flawlessly for 2 years up until today. Version: v5.x Platform: Mac OS X Panther

I am about to install a server that uses Windows NT 3. I have a copy of Filemaker Server 5.0 that I want to install on the server. There will be eight computers, running various Windows software (ME, XP, 98 and 2000). Can anyone tell me if I am going to have a compatability issue here? Version: v5.x

Im trying to run an end of day backup on to another computer - so the backup address is ServernameFolderFolderFolder format but in the error logs it says it cannot recognise it. If I give it a standard local address it works fine? Any one shed some light on this??? Thanks Simon

Hi Can someone explain to me how this works? I recently had my server v5 setup for 2hour flush (and I think this is why) and notice that some people were complaining that details that they had added were not showing up. So I changed this to the default of 15mins and rebooted the server and some of the entries which we couldn't find had appeared. Can someone tell me if this is the case that cased this or whether I should be looking into something else?? Thanks Simon

I am updating our 20+ file solution daily. It is being served with Filemaker Server and we have about 15 users. Obviously, I deal with Define Field problems (need everyone to close the file to define fields). My question is, are professional developers NOT working on their solutions when users are using it? I have no choice. I can't avoid updating every few days, because we are constantly deciding on new features we want incorporated into the solution. What is the best way for me to do this? Right now, when I do major changes, I work early AM and late PM and on weekends. I shut it down in the office and VPN in, move the files to home and move them back.…

How do I delete IP adresses which still are shown in the host dialog box in the list at the bottom of the host-window? The adresses were added "permanently" to this list but how do I get rid of them? Not a big problem but an annoying one ;-) Greetings Harald

Just last week I noticed that the server wasnt working I tried repairing, and restarting the server but to no avail (filemaker server 5.5 is on a win 2000 server machine) when I try opening a file on the server itself I get that a 10048 error code network error (which i didnt get b4). I have shortcuts to the files in the fmserver.exe folder so I can't understand why they aren't being hosted it was working a treat? When I try to open the files from the clients I get you are about to become a host blah blah. I can open the files with Filemaker pro 6 on the server machine and they are hosted on the client machines fine (multi user - once I stop the fil…

I have a Filemaker 6 script that generates a TV schedule for our channel for the next day, but I don't know how to tell either a) Filemaker Server (which hosts the file with the script) to run that script, or : Filemaker to run any given script (including that one) at a certain time every day. In the case of a), it seems like Filemaker Server can only run AppleScripts, and I don't know how to translate my Filemaker Script into an AppleScript. In the case of :, well, I just don't know any way of triggering scripts to run except for during Start-up. Any ideas for where I can get help with either option?

The way my college runs the Filemaker databases is off 2 servers and then another server which has FileMaker Unlimited and webconnector. The problem is that the two filemaker servers shut down at 3 AM to backup. The other server is still running so that after the backup and the two servers are back online, the FileMaker Unlimited server doesn't know that they are back online. The way the college has it set up right now is they have a filemaker script that checks every hour for the databases. This is not efficient and I was wondering if there was another way to go about it? Thanks. Justin Grewe

Guys, I just read a post that made me nerveous: Post: Hi, We have a FileaMaker Server 5 on Windows 2000, and about 30 clients on pcs and Macs. 1. I'd like to know if the passwords are sent across the network in clear-text when I open a file on the client (laptop or desktop). Do I work with the hosted file on the server, or is it completely run by a client, and only saved on the server on commit? 2. FileMaker seems to be extremely client-oriented when it comes to performance of scripts. That leads me to the question: are the scripts/calculations processed on the server or on the client? Thanks Answer: Passwords are passed across the networ…

I am running Filemaker Pro server 5 with 3 workstations. Here is my problem. I will have a user create a record on one of the workstations and the record appears on the other 2 workstations. When a user updates the record on any workstation you can view the updated record on all the other workstatiuons. Now when a user omits the record after they are done with it. The record is still showing on the other 2 workstations. How do I get the record to disapper on all the other workstations? Thanks

I have a problem that appears to be related to the FileMaker Server. I have a image database that is hosted on the Server. Users are accessing the file via Web Companion being hosted from a WinXP machine. About every 2 to 3 users is receiving an error that indicates "database not open". The Web Security database is being used for user management. I have made the changes to the database so the password for the web account has privileges to export the records. The database was moved from a FileMaker 5.5 on a Mac with the web companion enabled. Everything ran on the same machine with no server. I have moved the database to FileMaker 6.04 with FileMaker Server 5.5…

I have established file sharing and airport network for my two notebooks. One notebook has FM Server installed and sharing a dB. "Open Remote" on the client FM does not display my airport network or the shared dB. Any insight on this matter? I have done this already for 15 workstations but I cannot seem to get it working for 5 notebooks. I am using OS 10.3.2. I have FM Server installed on a Powerbook G4. I created a dummy database that I would like to share. I have an established Airport network that both the Powerbook G4 and an iBook G4 share. FM Server is started on the Powerbook G4. "Open Remote" on the FM client does not see the shared dB on the FM Server? What…

First, I have pretty much zero experience with Filemaker. My problem with Filemaker is that I had to move the DB's from a NT4 server to a 2k server. I disconnected the DB's copied them over to the new server, re-ip'ed the new server to the old servers address and named the new server with the old server's name. The old server is offline now. The problem that I am running into is when a user tries to enter new information into a form on the Filemaker client program it states that "the field is not modifiable". Am I over looking something in copying the DB's from the old server? Please help. TIA Michael

Hi All, Is there any way to recover a damaged file remotely? I am not our server administrator and often work off site, often when I generate new fields or run scripts remotely, the server seems to freeze or my connection with it, this results in the file being closed down. The culprit file can then not be accessed unless I log a call with my IT support to go and restore the "damaged" file locally on the server. It's a real pain in the butt when my IT support takes several days or weeks to respond to a request...this of course results in some serious down time.

Hi ... got a problem here I have been trying to solve the last two weeks ... when opening the main database via FM Server 5.5 with "connection" to other related files it takes upto 90 seconds to open all files .... its only 8 other databases that are connected with this main file .... on two computers it only takes 4 seconds to open all related files ... now the tricky one ... it used to be three ... now the third one takes just as long as all the others ... any suggestions ? we tried everything ... new switch, new cables, new everything .... everything but new company ... appriciate your help thanks markus

It is very little known that FileMaker Server can be run on freeBSD systems with the linux binary compatability installed. This gives you the advantage of a rock-stable, speedy server even on limited hardware. However, the installation process is not entirely trivial, since the FileMaker rpm needs to run some scripts in order to install the software. Following a brief description of the steps involved: 1. Manually create a user and a group namd "fmserver". I choose UID/GID of 5003, according to the TCP port FileMaker Server is using. The user does not have to have many priviledges. 2. If not aleady installed, install the linux binary compatability enviroment c…

I have a automatic importation task who executed all the nights. I import a file text in a shared database. For this, I execute a .FP5 file that do the importation script. All this works properly on Windows, but now my server is on Red Hat Linux. So, on Red Hat Linux can't execute my .FP5 file, because I don't have FileMaker Pro Linux distribution. Give me a solution please !

hi everyone. i copied the 2003 database and renamed it to 2004 with the developer tools. now when i try to open the database with server so people can use it. i get this error. Error occurred; unable to open file. anyone have any clue or ideas. thanks in adavance.