FileMaker Server v7 - v11

I have a script that is supposed to save a copy of a filemaker file that runs great from my local machine or a mounted network server but won't when hosted on FM Server 5. I checked and that option is grayed out on ANY file hosted by Server. Any ideas? [This message has been edited by signal (edited February 01, 2001).]

I am preparing a purchase request for a 533mhz G4 (single processor) Mac to run FM Server application and, initially, about 50 workgroup databases. We will be using Retrospect backup software to back up designated folders each night. However, some IT staff are suggesting additional config options. Is it recommended we... a) Include a 2nd internal drive? If so, ATA, SCSI...? : Use multiple FM schedules to copy data to both drive locations at frequent intervals throughout the day? c) If we go with a multiple drive configuration, should we configure the drives with RAID? If RAID, mirroring?

No problems running FMS5 on NT but I need to put it on a server running Novell. Can anyone advise me as to the line that should go into the autoexe file to get FMS5 to start when the server is booted? Many thanks.

I've installed FileMaker Server 5 on a COMPAQ server running NT v4 (SP5). Things were running fine for a few weeks but now that all our Filemaker databases have been moved over to the new server (84 files), the FMSERVER.EXE tasks periodically consumes 99% of the CPU, forcing me to re-boot. The service cannot be stopped. Has anyone else run into this?

(Same question someone else just posted only slightly different. Hope I get a better answer.) I have a bunch of various solutions (approx. 40) on FM 3 server that we need to temporarily serve off another station. Mac environment with the odd PC. Already have another server running FM 5 Server on the same network. Can't convert old db's just yet as not everyone has FM 5 yet and won't for a while. (You know, budget crap.) So, aside from the expected less than optimum network speed issues, if I install FM 3 server on the FM 5 server: a) will FM 3 server overwrite files installed by FM 5 (If so, could I install FM 3 THEN reinstall FM 5 server?) : will the two server sof…

FM running in a workgroup setting with Filemaker server, all - FM Server, and clients - configured to use IPX/SPX protocol. New app in office requires IPX to be removed in favor of TCP/IP. Changed the FM clients to use TCP/IP (Edit, Preferences, Application). Changed FM Server to allow TCP/IP in control panel, then restarted the service. Now the clients can't open any FM files - error message about file set for single user, or host not available. FM on the server machine can't open them either - error message about a network error preventing file sharing. How can I get FM server to share files with TCP/IP?

I have a filemaker server up and running. It is currently hosting some 60 files. I tried adding in a new one but it would not show up on the client when I try to select the file within a script. I have set it to "multiuser(hidden). I could see all the rest of the files which was orginally there (I was not the one who puts up the 60 files) but I could not see my new file. When I try opening it locally on the machine,it says that this file has a network error 10048. Does someone know what is wrong and how do I fix that? Thanks.

Live Oak, et al, We have databases comprised of numerous connected parts for different projects and fax, transmittal, directory components for different projects. Unnecessary parts are hidden, however, the required parts create a long hodge-podge list. Is it possible with FM Server 5 to create separate folders for each project one level down from the current level? Will these be available and openable? Thanks to all for the help. L.

I have my FM Server 5 installed on an NT 4.0 server, and almost everyday I take a backup on my filemaker files. In order to do that I close all the filemaker files, and I stop the FileMaker service, and then take the backup. The problem is, everytime I stop the service, I have to give a different name to the server for the remote administration ; otherwise, at the client machine I cannot open the server for remote administration. I feel that there is something wrong, and I'm starting to run out of names for the server...does anyone have an idea about what could be wrong. Thank You

I have an NT4 Server running FM Server 3.0, can I install FM Server 5 on this same server running version 3 or do I need to do a clean removal of FM Server 3 first? ------------------

We haven an Windows Nt 4.0 Server, with filemaker Pro server 5.0. When we schedule a backup it only works on our C drive, not on any other drive. I also installed the 5.0 V2 update but the problem is still here. ------------------

We have the server edition set up on our server(macintosh) and we have both PC and Mac users logging in using the password system. One machine in particular is having problems with occasionally being locked out of screens or fields to which it has access. Sometimes it works ok, and sometimes it acts like I'm using the wrong password. Has anyone had similar experiences? What could be different about this one machine (Mac)? Does too many open programs cause similar problems or poor network communication? The database itself has 8 or 9 tables with many relations set. I would appreciate any insight you can give me.

How can I get Filemaker pro Server to the web?

Has anyone seen a product that allows changing passwords, editing fields, etc. for databases on an FMP server installation without going through a network share and setting the database to single user? We have a 2GB database hosted outside a corporate firewall, and the current process for doing admin work is to close the database and ftp it to the DBA's machine, Open it in single user, modify, then FTP back. Since FMP server evidently hosts single user files by setting them to Multi-user, we can't modify them in place from the host. Since the files are outside our firewall we can't use a network share to open them in single user. Would appreciate any pointers.

I have installed the trial version of Filemaker on an NT4 machine and made all the settings. It is running as a service. Probably because of my inexperience with Filemaker, it just sits there. How do I set it up to serve the database files over the internet from a web browser? Do I need additional plug-ins? Do I need to make settings in IIS? All help will be greatly appreciated. Carl

is fm server running on win 2000 pro or you need win nt ??

We have server 5 on a Windows NT machine. The hard drive is partitioned into a 2 gig partition and a 20 gig partition. (we were told that NT needed a small partition to be installed on). FM5 server installed itself onto the small partition. Now the files need to be in the same folder as server 5(on the small partition) we would prefer to have them on the large partition as they already take up most of the small one. When we moved the folder to the large partition, the service wouldn't start any more. Is there a way around this?

Our company has two diffrent locations and both side is using FMP 5 Server. We are planning to network two locations as WAN, setting Cisco Router at the both end. My question is when is networked will they be able to see the local host files each other? Or does users have to specify the IP address of server in other location.

I just instanlled a FMP solution on the client's server that runs on NT. The solution exports some FMP files. During the process the solution imports back the data from the same exported files. Now, I run this solution on a MAC FMP server and everything works fine. The only difference is that the exported files are automatically created on the guest's computer, in the FMP folder. Now here is the problem. When I run the same soution on my client's NT server, I get and error message where it says something like "Write protection error. Use another disk..." And on this error message the name of the file that can't be written is mixed with some stange caracters. How can I…

Hey everybody, I've got a relational database of about 12 files installed on a network and everybody there loves it. Only problem is, now they want to use it over a T1 connection with partial bandwidth to remote offices and it...takes...for...ever...for...it...to...work. Is FileMaker not designed for this kind of networking? Does this happen because of the multiple files? Is there an obvious way to fix this? Thanks a bunch, Dave

Gretings, I have a problem with the Date and Time's message that pops up on the clients regards using System format. I have 7 Pc's and 1 Mac accessing the Server and everytime they log on they are always asked regards the Date formats. What can cause this?, and how do i get rid of it?

I want to know if FM Server v5 takes advantage of both processors in my NT server. Should I recomend to clients to get two or more processors, or is does FM only use one processor? I couldn't find anything to this issue on the FM web site. Do any of you guys have experience with this? TIA Jerry

quote: Originally posted by dougp: I have created 180 databases....now I find a limitation of 150 in FMP. How can I get around this without re-vamping my entire project? Each server is limited in the number of files/user that it can support, however you are not limited in the nunber of servers that you can run. I have one client running 5 FMP servers as part of a huge integrated system. ------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kurt Knippel Consultant Database Resources mailto:[email protected] http://www.database-resources.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

We have been running FM Server 3 for the last couple of years on NT using TCP/IP. We have 79 databases, approximately 3.4Gb and typically 40 - 50 clients at a time. Over the years the system has slowed down but does work and is reliable. What, if any performance benefits should we expect if we upgrade to FileMaker Server 5?

I am developing a solution on FMP Server 5 on an almost dedicated G4 (after the FMP Server is shut down we use Retrospect to backup many volumes to external Firewire HDs)running OS 9.0.4. My problem is frequent freezes when there is no activity at all. I using a client iMac. Several times a day with or without me using the files being served, the G4 freezes. I suspect its a Finder problem. Several days ago I did a clean reinstall of everything. Is anyone else experiencing problems of this nature?

The automatic backup function can only back up to the C-Drive where the FM application resides. This is discouraged by Filemaker. Nonetheless, the backup scheduler is unable to find other logical or mapped drives. I can browse them and put them into the command line but at run time they are not found. Any soultions? ------------------

When I dial into the server, I cannot see the hosted files. I can browse other files, but no hosted. I can also hook up to server through the LAN and then I do see the hosted files. What could be the possible problems?

When I run the FileMaker Server Console Configuration screen, I see 5 'assistant' icons on the right hand window pane of MMC1.1. Nothing happens when I click on those icons, other than Server Monitoring, which simply displays an HTML page. Is this normal? As I have the feeling that those icons should do their respective functions. Extra info: installed FMServer 5 on a dedicated newly installed NT4.0 workstation. Applied service pack 6.a. installed IE4.01 then IE5.5.

Hi, I have installed FileMaker Pro Server 5 on a Windows 2000 Server. The problem is that the FileMaker service will not start. It returns a service specific error code 22. Apparently this indicates either that the chosen protocol is not installed or not correctly configured. This happens when TCP/IP is the chosen protocol. The service will start though if IPX is chosen instead. I have 2 network cards in this server that both have individual static ip addresses. Now I know that TCP/IP is correctly configured as I have users that connect to the Extensis Portfolio server on this box via IP. Does anybody have any ideas ? Many thanks.

I have seen this question asked before in one of the many FMP Forums I visit regularly (maybe even this one) but do not remember if it was answered. Here goes. Each time a master file calls for a related file hosted on FMP Server, an annoying message appears on the user's screen. If that related file is a large one, the message sits there until the file fully opens. This can take even longer if a script runs on opening. If the master file calls several related files............ Does anyone know of a way to suppress these messages or at the very least replace the messages of several opening files with a single message of the developer

We at the company are planning to buy in the next two weeks a new server to run our databases. We actually have an old Powermac 8600 (250 Mhz) with 128 MB and 6GB SCSI HD. The network is a traditional Ethernet 10/100 Base T. We actually have 10 users connected to the server. The server is running very slow after we had to upgrade its system from version 8.0 to version 8.6 in order to run the new filemaker pro 5.0 server. We actually have about 110 databases, but this number is growing. We know that maximum per server is 150 databases. Of the following options which is the best selection for our new server, taking into account that the old server will still run with…

I've recently purchased FMP Box Set 5.0 and trying to install Server 5.0 on Mac computer, but it only allow me to install remote administarator plug in. Do they have different CD for Mac?

I recently upgraded to FM5 Server. In FM3 Server, I used to be able to hide related files by using the _ underscore. It is not working in the FM5. I don't want the clients opening any databases than a "gateway" file. Any solutions? ------------------ ccreasey [email protected]

I have a client installation that I am about to move to FileMaker Server. They don't have the luxury of a dedicated network server - let alone a dedicated FileMaker database server - but a makeshift server running Windows 2000 Pro has been doing very well for them (they only have 3 computers on the network). I tested the eval version of the server on the W2000Pro machine this weekend, and performance was fantastic. However, I tried to run a copy of the FileMaker Pro 5 software on the W200Pro system running the server software, and it was unbearably slow. I know it isn't something that you should normally do, but is there a reason that it was so slow on the same machin…

OK, I can't avoid it. I have a client who wants a web site built with FileMaker Pro and Lasso. They are putchasing FMP Server 5, FMP Unlimited 5 and Lasso 3.5. No problem, I can do this, says I. EXCEPT, I'm an avowed Macintosh guru, not a Windows guru. I tend to have an alergic reaction to Windows, and have stayed away from it whenever possible. I have developed solutions for Windows, but it's always been the client side that I had to worry about, so Windows 9x, FMP for Windows, and Virtual PC on my Mac has always been enough. What do I need to know to set this up. What dangers do I need to look out for. I'm flying up to Sacramento in about a month to set this up…

Try to find this out in the FM support section, using the search engine..!

quote: Originally posted by nightdesigns: I am running FM Server 5 on a win 2k machine. I have a sygate gateway set up. Here is my problem. I can only access FM server from outside the gateway (world). Anything behind it doesn't come up (private). I tried specifiying the server but still nothing. Both sygate and FM server are running on the same computer. While I am not familliar with Sygate, it has been my experience that running multiple server-type software on the same machine is usually the cause of any conflicts. Start by putting Sygate (or FMServer) on a seperate machine and see if the problem goes away. If it does, problem solved. If it does no…

I am new to the filemaker server thing......I have currently running a c drive with 500mb where server lives and a strip set with parity where all the filemaker files live.....I dont know how to set filemaker server up becuase it says to put server in with the files....meaning the filemaker folder with the files......It also says now filesharing but how does one get to the files that filemaker is hosting.......I am sorry if this is easy but I havent a clue.....could someone please help...... thanks Mike

I've loaded Filemaker Server 5 and have configured it to host a series of files. Clients are accessing these files successfully. I now want to schedule backups, etc, but when I go to initiate the Filemaker Server Console nothing appears. I can see the Filemaker Server Properties icon but nothing at all in the right pane. I have IE3 on my NT machine and Server Pack 3. Could these be the stumbling blocks?

quote: Originally posted by nookie211: Do the database files have to reside in the filemaker server folder?.......... They may. FMP Server will open files (or aliases) that reside in its folder or 1 level down. However, the files could reside anywhere. Although for perfomance and security reasons, I would suggest putting them on the same machine. ------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kurt Knippel Consultant Database Resources mailto:[email protected] http://www.database-resources.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Can someone tell me if there is a utility out there that converts filemaker 3 to filemaker 5.0 without having to go to every file and converting?......This is a pain to go to each and every file and convert and save........newbie with filemaker so sorry if this is an easy issue......unfortunately there will be many questions that some will think are not good sorry about that Mike

I currently have a multi-platform solution with about 25 db files that are tied into fmserver. Is it possible on both the mac and pc platforms to send a user directly into the server without choosing host and then the FP5 file? Only one of the FP5 is not set to Multi-User hidden, so that is the file the users open and attached to that database is the startup script to take them where they need to go. The question is can the user double click an icon or something to that effect from the desktop or start menu or laucher and go directly into the database with the startup script without choosing host and the FP5 file? [This message has been edited by Jamie Tougas (edited No…

Is there a way in FMP5 to switch a user to a certain layout based on the password entered...or autofill data into a field or fields based on the password? Thanks Mike

Hello Everybody, I have noticed for sometime now that the FileMaker Server 5 closes the FileMaker files on it's own. I have set the option so that I start the FileMaker Server service manually, and so I have to open the files again myself. Does anybody have an idea why that happens, and how I can avoid it? Thank You

quote: Originally posted by freemooner: Any Ideas??? I would like to built a network using 15-20 workstations dedicated to FM use, I would like to know the idea Server setup (speed, memory and etc...)Fundings is unlimited!!! Macintosh or Windows? Speed - as fast as possible Memory - as much as possible Harddrive - as big as possible, preferably a RAID setup. This is vague, because you did not give any details about what you are going to be doing with this setup. How many users, how many databases, how big are they, web access, etc? ------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kurt Knippel Consultant Database Resources mailto:FmP…

On Filemaker Pro 5 (Mac) I could use an Applescript to run a script in Filemaker (along the lines of- tell application "Filemaker Pro" do script "whatever" end tel). I have upgraded to FM Server and would like to do the same sort of thing, using the Task Scheduler to run an Applescript to trigger a FM script, but the "do script" option isn't available in Applescript for FM Server?!?! I really want to get FM Server to update a load of fields every night to speed up report generation and this seemed to be a good way to do it... Can anyone please suggest a way of doing this? Thanks. al.

I've noted that FM Server5 stops and starts all hosted DBs about every hour for about 1 second. The message that this is being done for safe backup purposes, but the DB is only down for about 1 second before it is opened again for 'writes'. Is this normal? Why? Can it be stopped, or scheduled for when backups actually do occur? Thanks!

I have just installed FileMaker Pro Server v5 on a Windows 2000 server for the first time. It appears to install o.k. but when I try to start the service it returns as service specific error code -21 Can anyone help please ? Many thanks. Seb Jenkins

I am script challenged; that being said, I've been pulling out my hair (what little is left) trying to figure out how to write a script to open the files that my company needs to run in case I'm not here. Instead of writing out a long list of instructions, I wanted to create an icon for someone to double click that would start FM Server 5, then open the files they need to use (they're already password protected). I've been able to create the script thus far that will start FM Server, but getting it to open the files has been stumping me. This is all in Applescript. The problem is that in trying to write the hierarchal order of the file, AS returns and error "Expected …

We am currently using FM4 and I am studying the possibility to upgrade to FM5 or possibly to another db.We are direct mail company and do marketing in hundereds of countries around the world. We are dividing our records by country making one file for each country with 100.000+ records in each file. We would like to know the pros and cons of upgrading to FM5 vs. another db as well as the performance limitatations of FM5.

Basic question. I've just loaded FM Server 5. When I go to view any of the options in the Console window, I get the message 'This page cannot be displayed' - as if the information were coming from the web. Any suggestions?

If you want to change properties on a live server (such as increasing the number of clients) do you have to close the Filemaker Server under the Services window in Windows (NT)? This is FM Support's advice. So why am I asking, you might wonder? The server hosts a very busy database. I'm loathe to take it down to perform an upgrade that doesn't work (as I did recently - following similar advice). I'd be obliged if anyone could confirm this from experience.

I'm running FM Pro 5 on a local network, and I used the Server Administrator to close a file, then I did some routine maintenance on it (added a new relationship and changed the validation rules for a field). When I try to re-open the file to the server, I get an "unable to open file" message. I've tried recovering the file and opening the recovered version, tried copying it and opening the copy. I even tried cloning the file and opening the clone. None of these works. Now that the file is off the server, I can open it in FM Pro, and it appears fine. How can I get the file open again on the server? ------------------ Dr. Stephen H. Savage Arizona State arks 130…

Dear All, I don't really know if this problem is related directly to FM Server 5 or FMP5. My problem is, after I have installed Microsoft Data Access Components(MDAC) 2.5 on my Windows NT Server, I can no longer administer/open the FM server from a remote machine. I can see the Serve's name, but it is dimmed and cannot be opened. That only happened after installing the MDAC. I don't know if installing it has chaged anything. I checked the network configuration, and everything is still the same. I tried reinstalling the FM Server, and the FMP5 on my machine, but nothing has changed. I'm in deep trouble, and I don't know what to do; help me if you can. Thank You

Hi all- This is probably a really simple question, but I'm doing everything without documentation so here goes.... On an NT system running FMP Server - to share/add data to a FMP database for an internet site, does the FMP application and database file need to remain open? If so, is there another way of doing it without staying logged onto the system. The server it's running on is in a area that alot of people pass through, and I don't like the idea of not being able to log out just to keep an application running for an indefinite period. Thanks in advance for any help....

There is a general problem of slowness with server 5 for macintosh. We have 45 table (complete accounting program) working with filemaker 3 and also with filemaker 5 in two different network with 10 customers in each one. There is a ramdom behavior of slowness in filemaker 5 server. Sometimes this behavior have a precise cause and sometimes we don

Is there any way to allow guests of files hosted by FileMaker Server to modify the layout order? Some of our users are frustrated that they're able to create new layouts as guests, but can't change the layout order, even if they are the only guest. Thanks.

Hi, FM Server 5, running on an NT box with SP 4, a single FM5 file sitting under it. Remote access installed on client, admin password for FMServer & FM5 file is the same... ... So how come I can't modify the access priveleges. The only option I have is " change password" This makes any development very difficult as I have a number of different "groups" with variety of access requirements. Service console 'appears' to be operating fine but this is the only other place I can see where the problem is. No. of concurrent users is less than 10 out max of 22. Can't get around having to work off the main file as a copy and import content as a regular operation. Apa…

I have just installed Server 5 on an NT machine. This is an upgrade from 3.0 on the MAC. The interface is much different than the repvious version, particularly the way you activate files. I put the files I want to share into the main folder and it worked, but there must be an easir way to administer this program.

Hi: I have FMP Server on Mac running TCPIP through a Cable modem. I have a satellite office connecting through tcp-ip to the server through DSL and after a few moments the connection is lost. Can someone offer any reasons for this continued drop in connection? Thank you ------------------ David Roth Gulfshore Media, Inc

I have an FMP Mac server with web-based (Home Page HTML) access for surveys, grades, etc. Lately users have been getting occasional errors when submitting: "user limit exceeded. The maximum number of licensed users are connected." I can restart FileMaker and it is then OK, or it corrects itself with time. Apparently the IP guest limit is set at 10. I assume this is the cause. How is this set and how can it be increased? Any thoughts?

We received this message from one of our members in Australia. I don't know the answer since I don't have the server version. I think he can run 4.1 with Server 3.0. Can someone help me out? Doug >> Basically, We have a small LAN (about 13 stations) and we are currently using a database build on Filemaker 4.1 and parked on our Server. The Server is running FileMaker Server 3.0 only while the Guest machines are running 4.1. In order to install the new database onto the server, does this mean we have to install a copy of Filemaker Pro 4.1 on our Server as well? The database will only be accessed via the other PC

We have a client who is running FM server 5 on Mac OS 9.0. At the beginning of the day (after teh server starts up), the database is access and displays the results quite quickly. As the day progresses, the access and display takes longer and longer to complete. On one firm, it goes from an instantaneous refresh to nearly 3 minutes. FM Server 5 is the only application running. The server has 256 Mb ram, and was originally OS 9.0.4. We have since backed teh system to 9.0. We've even tried upping the cache and increasing the amount of ram allocated to FM Server 5. Still no change in the symptom. All we've been able to do to allieviate this is to shut down FM Server…

I am running FM Server 5 on a mac 266 G3 with an Iomega 2 gig disk system for backup. I have FM scheduled to back up at the end of each day, however several times during the day the Iomega system seems to start up slowing the server down. It is not backing up when this happens - any suggestions :

I created a database for my school for as a Community Service Logbook. As the details of the database aren't relevant (I don't think anyway), I'll just tell my problem. I am not the administrator for the school's FMP Server, so I am not knowledgeable about how it works, however the admin told me what the problem was but he wasn't sure what was causing it, so I said I'd post it on this forum and see if anyone might have some ideas of what could be causing it. When he tries to open the file through the server it says "error occurred;unable to open file" He is able to open it off the desktop as a regular file, but not through the server. Any ideas of what might be causing…

Can I utilize an ODBC connection in conjunction with FileMaker Server, or is that only available via the client version? I want to be able to link file on my FMServer with a SQL Database. Thanks, David

I have Filemaker 4.1 and we are looking to upgrade our system to multi user. I have downloaded the trial version of FM Server 5 and FM Pro 5 to my network installed Server on to the NT Server but I cannot seem to find anywhere to open any of the files I want to make available across the network. After installing FM Server there is no way to open any files ...? The marketing material suggests that it is easy to set up but I have managed to find a way to make it complicated I think. Any idea what I might have forgotten to do ?

I'm new at this web hosting thing. A couple of quick questions. What is the best solution for hosting web pages from FMP. What should you use as the back end (ie FMP server etc.) and how should you go about writing the rest of the HTML stuff if you want to have active searching and addition to your database (much like this message board). I would like the interface to be as close as possible to my FMP one that I have designed using lots of scripts etc. Any suggestions? Kevin

I am developing a Filemaker System for a client that has an NT Server which is also the running Filemaker Server 5. All is well except for remote access via an IP #. The person that handles the NT Software has set NT up so that the staff at the clients location uses the null IP numbers 192.168.0.x for the internal access to the NT Server and Filemaker. They do have a DSL line which has a regular IP number. The NT person is trying to provide Internet Security since he has file sharing turned on. He wants to configure the DSL router so that Filemaker is the only item that remote users can see. It has not been successful. Does anyone use a configuration similar to this that …

Hello, In the FileMaker Server Administrator's guide for FileMaker Server 5.0, it says that if you create a shortcut to the database and put the shortcut in the filemaker server directory, you should be able to have these files hosted by the server. However, when I try it, it does not work. Any suggestions? I have tried removing all spaces from the shortcut name. Thanks, Constance

Running FMP Server on NT. In folder are 16 files with one Main file. One of the sixteen must have the ability to delete records. In the Main file these records appear in a portal. With FMP 5 (single user, no server), my solution works, I can delete the records. This one file has the same password as all the others, but that password allows this one file deletion privleges. When running on the server and trying to delete a record in the portal, I get an error message saying that my PW will not allow deletion. I am on a TCP/IP network. Under "Sharing" in "File" menu I am told that the file is running as a guest of NT. What is going on and how can I allow deletion of recor…

Dear All, I'm facing a little problem after setting up FileMaker Server 5 on a Windows NT server, and when trying to open the FileMaker Server Console; the content of the messages is as follows : Cannot Find 'res://c:/PROGRA%7E1/FILEMA%7E1/FILEMA%7E1/ FMPSPROP.dll/fmpsmain.HTM'.Make sure that the path or Internet address is correct. then when I press OK, I get : Cannot Find 'res://c:PROGRA~1FILEMA~1FILEMA~1FMPSPROP.dll/fmpsmain.HTM'.Make sure that the path or Internet address is correct Do you have any idea on what is going on, knowing that I tried installing it on another NT server, and it worked properly. Thank You

I am trying to Host 1 main file within my solution where all user will access this file through the server ( as default ) and the HOST button when you open filemaker. From the main file, User will be able to access other files. The other files are below the sub directory. What i am trying to do is make all users use 1 file to gain access to many. << However i do not want to map a drive to the server. >> I know that there is a way of doing this but i am not sure if i need to create a long script or if a need to do something with my server set ups. Need help on this one folks !! Many Thanks

My company has used File Maker for years on MAC computers, but they have decided to switch to PC's. When we transferred the database from the MAC's to the PC the layout on the screen was fine, but when we print a sheet the layout becomes misaligned. We have sheets of data that display operation numbers in one column and they must line up with the operation data in another column. Well on the screen the numbers line up with the data, but when we print the sheet the numbers no longer align with the data. It worked perfectly on the MAC version, but when used on a PC we have that problem. What could cause this problem? Please help.

In the Server Administrator's Guide, in the Appendix of Technical Specs and optimization (page A-2) it says: "Turn off file sharing Make sure operating system file sharing is turned off on the server computer." Is this a requirement of Server 5 or a suggestion for optimization? The machine we want to run the as the server is an NT box, serving e-mail and 10 users for basic file sharing and saving. Will we see great degradation of Server 5 if it's not on its own dedicated (non-file-sharing) box? Thanks, Chris ------------------ - - Chris Altwegg | [email protected] Pinpoint Direct Mktg. Mgmt. | 206-632-3500 (voice) 4464 Fremont Ave N; Suite 310 | 206-632-440…

Documentation shows that you can run Filemaker Pro Server 5.0 as a service. I've heard that this is not recommended. What issues are there if I do run it as a service? Alan Auld

I am currently running FMPro5 Server Mac. on OS9 (Server). 3 LocalTerminals (Mac OS 8.6) 1 Local Terminal (W98. We Have 2 Clients which connect to D.Bases Via Remote access (Mac). My Problem is that From home I am running W98 and running FMPro 5(W98) and I cannot log on to the host. I am using PCMaclan 7.2 and I can see shared files on Mac server but when I try to access databases I get nothing. I am able to log on to server using dial-up with server IP Address set at 192.168.0.1 (SNM)255.255.255.0.. All terminals are set sequentially with the exception of Mac Client used to check e-mail, which is connecting via Apple talk. When I attemt to access host from home (…

I am in the process of switching from FM 5 to FM 5 Server. I can't seem to figure out how to continue hosting web companion files using FM 5 server. Any help?

Sorry if this is deemed rude, but that is pure bull crap. Who ever told you this is probably trying to sell you or your company and a bunch of other NT solutions too. ? We run a mixed network here, and have our FMS running on a Mac. None of the PCs have any trouble accessing it. If you are running FMS 5.0 on a Mac, you can select in preferences - networking to run either TCP/IP only or TCP/IP and AppleTalk depending on your needs. Now restart your FMS app, and any PC not your network host be able to see the Mac FMS server as a Host. One caveat, this assumes that you are running some sort of IP addressing on your network. Hope this clears thing up for you.

any opinions about how to set up for optimal performance under nt? i'm about to buy a machine for our new production system, with about 50-60 users, up to 30 concurrent. none of us in IT are very familiar with optimizing fm under nt, and i'm wondering specifically if fm is multi-threaded, and if multi-processing makes any difference to it, or if a single, faster processor will perform best. otherwise, all the usual junk is covered, i.e., raid5, as much RAM as we can justify, etc. suggestions? glenn

I have been sharring an 8 file database acros a statewide WAN with my staff for about a year now. I keep all of the files on one of my Novell servers. I would like to install FMP Server on this server. In most cases a NOS doesn't matter, but I thought I should ask if there are any hidden issues with Netware. I am currently running Netware 4.1 on our WAN and will be upgrading to 5.1 this year.

When Trying to connect from MS Query through a ODBC connection we are experiencing errors reading tables on the FMP database with remote data access companion turned on. The FMP database is located on a FMP server. The ip address is fully qualified. What could be the problem?

I am having some trouble with Filemaker Server crashing during or around scheduled backup times. Someone thought this might have to do with the Database Cache and Flush settings. Currently the Database Cache is set to 40MB and the cache is set to flush every 15 minutes. We are running Filemaker Server on a G4 with Mac OS 9. It is hosting 41 files with 20-30 guests at an average. One file is huge:623 MB. Five are large: 80-130 MB. The rest are under 12 MB. Anyone have any thoughts on this? We are thinking of switching over to NT.

Our File Maker Server 5 had been running just fine. Last week I installed the upgrade. Three times since then File Maker Server has crashed. A common symptom has been the appearance of guests which have IP addresses from our users but no user names. Sometimes there are several with the same IP address. Why?? Where are these unnamed guests coming from? Please help somebody.

I have 750 Megs of Ram on a 500 Mhz G3 Server that is reserved for FM Server 5. I run this on a Novel Network managed by another guy. We have on average about 8 people connected to data files at any time. Most are just viewing. Only 4 have modifcation rights. Solution is 20 files. I wonder if I configure the machine to load FM Server and the files into a RAM disc if it will run any faster? Some things take bloody for ever, like subsummary reports etc. I realize I will have a problem maintaining valid data in case of a crash, but that can be solved. Any ideas? Thanks ------------------

I recently upgraded to FileMaker Server5 on NT. I would like to schedule back ups to a network drive and am unable to with FM Server5. Is there a good backup utility that will allow me to schedule daily back ups at different times durring the day to a network drive? Thanks.

Dos anyone know of a way to surpress recording all the opening of all files by all users from displaying in the NT Event Manager? This does nothing but clog up the event manager with a lot of garbage!!

We have just set up a Cisco PIX firewall, and can't seem to get the FileMaker server available thru the firewall. We even tried opening up all ports across all protocols to our DMZ NAT IP addresses--to no avail! We are using NAT so a static IP is not possible. Anyone have any info to fix this? if the fix is to detailed to post here, please email me at [email protected] Thanks

When upgrading from FMP Server 3.0 to later versions of 3.0 we got "Windows NT access violation Errors". This problem is mentioned in Filemaker article 104759. Basically, FMP Server was having conflicts with HP LaserJet 5 and 6 drivers. Filemakers solution was to delete these drivers. Does anyone know if FMP Server 5.0 addresses this problem? ------------------

hi, this is from the FM technical support: "Storing external graphics. When using the Import Picture command, you can use the checkbox to "store only a reference to the file. When this option is used, only a thumbnail image is stored in the container field, along with a reference to where to locate the image on disk." I have a big problem with referenced files - they cannot be found after having copied the database and the images to another computer - is this how FM wants it to be? does "disk" mean the local disk the database was running when the graphics were imorted with the option "store only a reference to the file"? thanks for helping :confused

We have a number of individual users working with filemaker on the Mac. The plan now is to integrate our information resources personnel and have Filemaker hosted on an NT Server. We anticipate about 40 users. Of the 40, about 10 will create small aps and 4 will actively build fields on the server. Do all users require a version of FM?

We are currently running 20 Apple FM Pro 3.0 licences in a multiuser and relational database environment for the recording of scientific data. We are at the point of upgrading to 25 FM Pro 5.0 licences (Mac and a few NT clients) as well as FM Server 5.0. We also intend purchasing an Apple G4 500MHz server to enhance our collection of over 30 Macs. My question is how does FM5 Server integrate with the Apple G4 server. Could the FM5 Server software run on the G4 server running Appleshare IP? If not, how could the Apple G4 server enhance our FM environment?

We're running our production databases on one machine using FM Server 5 and we use automatic backup to back up those files each night. Using Visual Basic, we copy the backup files to our web server (separate machine) and want to open them in FM Pro Unlimited 5 to allow access to more than 10 web users. In order to do this we would have to close the day old files on the web server, then copy the new backup files and open those in the Unlimited application. Does anybody know of an easy way to do this or know of something that has already been created? Thanks!

Any help or suggestion will appreciate I have NT 4.0 servpk6a, run FMServer v5 with win95, 98 workstations, it works very fast. Until I install AppleTalk Service for Macintosh. All Day today. I

Is there anyway of duplicating the database once a new entry has been submitted by a user through the web. We need a duplicate for editing purposes by another department???

I have a database with approx 2000 students and need to serve this using FM Server 5. Using the Importing Pictures example in the AppleScript examples which load with FMPro5 I can do a batch import of all their ID photos to a container field. When I share this using FM Server5 client users get the message that it cannot draw the Pict. If I paste PICT files into this database one at a time then they show up fine. Please help ?

Hello, Nice to meet you in this new forum dedicated to our preferred MDBS. Actually, I've got a problem with FMP Server which, as anybody knows, forgets global fields when a users close a file. In my case, I've declared a counter as a GF, but I absolutely need to remember the information for the others users, specially those still connected. Does anyone find a process to keep the data in ? According to my poor english, do not hesitate to contact me if my question is not clear ! Pat