FileMaker Server v7 - v11

Hi, As per my understanding the File Maker server has been structured in 3 parts File Maker Database. Web Publishing Engine Web Server. For any external module to communicate with the File Maker database we have option on Web Publishing XML or PHP. If I am correct the external module will communicate with the Web Server which in turn will communicated with Web Publishing Engine and which in turn communicates with Database and return the result in opposite order. By default the File Maker Deployment wizard configure the Default web site and add its require component there. I did some investigation and found that File Maker Server adds a ISAPI filter "Fi…

Good morning everyone, I've looking at that plug-in tab in the server GUI trying to see what its really for. I though that perhaps if a plug-in is registered there, then maybe i dont need a copy on the client side? I've 4 applications that use the filemanipulator plug-in and right now, anyone joining that team will inherite a copy of that fmx file to copy into the Extension folder. I was hoping that maybe i can register that plug-in (one time) on the server side and that if i use my FMP client to connect to the server where that plug-in is registered, it would mean i can just use the features and no need to have a copy of the FMX file on my client. B…

I see others have had issues with FMP 12 quitting, that I have not had yet, but with files hosted on the server, I keep losing connection with host forcing the hosted files to close. Are there any settings to prevent this?

I installed FMSA with no problems on my windows 2003 server. Right after I installed it the first thing I did was go to the window you see below and I am being told this is not a valid path. Any ideas?

Good morning everyone, I'm presently working on an application, in FMP, that keeps track of all databases on a said server. Right now im doing that prety much manually (Looking at my server GUI and writting name down) I was wondering if there's perhaps a hidden FMP server database somewhere where maybe an up-to-date list is being kept? Anyone have any ideas as to how to build a list of db's that reside on a server? I would much rather build a fancy script that i can just press once every 3-4 months that would just update my DB list with any NEW db's it finds. Thank you very much for helping me with this.

Hello: I am able to launch the Admin Console and I have full permissions to all the folders where Filemaker Server has been installed BUT for some reason I don't see any of the clients when they log on and when I tried to upload a database I get the infamous "One or more of your destination folders does not have enough space for the specified upload or it does not exist." I have Java version 1.6.0_32. My laptop is a Windows 7 platform Filemaker Server Advanced Admin Console 11.0.2.217 Can anyone point me in the right direction or offer something I can look into? I even tried just copying the database directly into the databases folder on the server…

Hello , i have a database runnin on FM Server since 1 year. during that year i have made some changes in the reports while database running. now when i try to make a back up from the server folder the database show no changes? how do i apply the changes to the database? is there any possible way? thank you

We are trying to set up a command line script that will allow us to gracefully close all the Filemaker databases on our FMS11 Advanced Server (on Windows Server 2008 R2) in the event of a signal from the UPS that the power is out. We've got this running successfully, but a critical security issue for us is that we have to embed the Server admin password as clear text in the Command line batch file, which we are unhappy to do. According to the section on Configuring Administrator Groups in the FMS11 Server help file, we can set up an secondary administrator account which can be given the permissions to close all the databases. This works if we log into the Admin Conso…

I am trying to copy an image of a graph into a container field. It works in Filemaker pro, this is what I have done. Go to objectname "Graph" Copy Paste image in container field. I can't get it to work in filemaker server. The copy and paste script is compatible with filemaker server. However it won't paste the image into the container field. Any ideas on how to automate this process?

Hi all, We previously hosted our website internally using a Windows 2003 server and our website had a client portal which linked to a FM database. We are in the process of shifting the website to an external LAMP server but do not wish to shift the FM databases off our server here. The website is being hosted on a VM with MelbourneIT, so we don't have the same amount of control as we would on our own servers. I've gone through some of the logical solutions I can think of (changing the ip address in the php files etc) however I think there must be more to it as when I try to access records through the portal I get the following: Line 138 in this file is …

Am curious if it is possible to take a hosted database and take a full back up of it daily / weekly / monthly and rename the back up to EOD / EOW / EOM respectively for the end of period Then rehost that file, halting and removing any existing with the same name. The goal is a live hosted file with data AS of that period.

Hello All It is time to change the IP address of my Filemaker 11 server, yet again. I am wondering if there is a way to use computer name instead of IP address for the external FM database relationships? (ex: \\computer_name instead of \\192.168.2.6) If I can get this to work, we can change the IP whenever we want, because DNS would take over. I'm thinking I may need to a 3rd party plugin, but I'm not sure. Thanks for any advice.

Hello all -- A little while back I moved from: MacOSX FM Server 10 Advanced on MacOSX ... to: FM Server 11 Advanced on Windows. My current production solution is 3 files in a Folder that all "know" about eachother. (In "External Data Sources" they reference eachother by file:xxx). In Filemaker Server 10 Advanced ... as long as your Files you wanted to "cross file server script" with were in the same folder on the same machine and you use the above "file:xxx" ... you could get away this. Well since the move to 11 and switching operating systems ... these Server Scripts fail. I can provide the error number ... if you need it ... but this exact same scripts we…

What does the half-filled circle under the Go/Pro column designate?

Is anyone else using anything other than Citrix Xen App to stream FM Client to Mac users so communication between FM client and FMS is on the same LAN for remote users? We're trying to get 2X Streamed App (http://www.2x.com/) to work to avoid the huge fees with Citrix Xen App. (~$300/ user to set-up & Annual Maint.), but don't have the answer yet as our issue keeps getting escalated up their support chains. It works great until you try to Print or Print Set-up... freezes. Windows Remote App 2008 R2 works great for PC users so all data transfer between client and server is in the same LAN, except that users seem to loose connectivity to their local drives an…

I'm stepping into the realm of running system level scripts on OSX and/or Windows servers and I don't know what I'm doing. I'm trying rename a timestamped backup folder to a standard name. I don't know enough to write the batch script or the shell script (would like to be able to run this on either platform), nor how to set them up so Server sees them to run on a Schedule. Any help would be appreciated... Thanks, David

Hi, My FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go cannot find my databases hosted with FileMaker Server. The problem could be very simple, but I am not proficient in servers and have no idea of what could have gone wrong. I have installed FileMaker Server (FMS) to a server computer that also has FileMaker Pro installed. The database was uploaded with FMS, and the status was shown as Normal, with Pro, XSLT, XML and PHP checked. On the FMS Overview screen, the Database Server was only showing ODBC/JDBC as "off". The FileMaker Pro on the server computer was closed. On another computer, or on my iPads, they simply could not detect the databases at all. I tried running the …

I have a FM 11 Server Adv which has been in Production for over a year, sitting on Win 2k8 R2. I have real problems with Server Admin. It used to just not launch, despite having updated FMS to re: the Java issue. Now, every time I launch Server Admin The Deployment Assistant starts. I don't want to complete it in case I mess something up and bring the server down - it's serving it's DBs just fine, I just can't check logs or changing things using the Java GUI. Any ideas why the Deployment Assistant is behaving like its a new server, when it's working quite happily. How can I launch Server Admin without the DA starting? Oh, I've run the latest Java updates and …

I am so tired of filemaker server advance always breaking on upgrade... Lion, incl. all patches, java up to date installed files remote accessible admin console not working deployment assistant after install not working totally lost here... Cheers Lars

Hi all.. I have filemaker database hosted in with a filemaker server 11..The database in accessible when in the office network and since the filemaker server 11 doesn't not allow Instant Web Publishing..... I was wondering how i could be able to access the database when it other networks other than when in the office...i.e i want users to be able to access the database even from home...

Does anyone have any experiences or advice that they would like to share with using NComputing products as thin Filemaker Pro clients? TIA, John

Hi, I have a database with 15mb size, when my client what to open that, that happen very slowly, and some times they have a error massage, I install my databse on filemaker server advanced 11 in windows 2008 r2, and only install it with only master server(no worker install). In server location, some client use of my database and they have no any problem with this database, and some client in other location (in other city) have problem with this database. That client when open database from web,they don't have any problem to load this database ,but when they want to open it from filemaker advanced pro 11, they have problem for open it. Please help me, Tha…

Hey there. We have a Mac OSX server hosting Filemaker 8 with several databases. We'd like to move Filemaker 8 onto our PC server. After I install Filemaker 8 on the PC server, what should I do? I know where the Filemaker databases are stored on the Mac server, so I imagine I just copy them to the PC server. However, I'm not sure how to point our Filemaker clients to the database directory automatically. Normally when a user opens Filemaker, we choose Open > Remote and it pulls up a list of the databases. Any thoughts?

I currently use Filmaker 5.5 server & 5.5 Pro, server is running on windows small business server 2003 the client machines are mixed between XP & Windows 7 - All runs well. However we want to upgrade our server to windows 2011 - Will Server 5.5 still work? Also can anyone tell me if we can increase our 10 user licence on 5.5 Server? Thanks Jim

This is first time i met this problem when i configure the FileMaker server 11 advance on the machine windows server 2003... Please find the attachment.. there is red color showing up against to the web publishing engine.. Even i have re-install the fms.. but the problem will be come again.. with this particular windows server 2003 machine.. Thanks for your valuable time in advance to sort out the above issue..

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i have successfully installed the filemaker server on virtual machine and hosted the two filemaker files But i cant see the hosted filemaker files when im trying to connect from filemaker pro via "open remote" and there is no issue with the filemaker versions and os versions, and my internet connection is very speed. As a seniors, I hope many peoples face this problems. Im expecting your kind support and solution with your reply else please share the essentials points to solve this issue. Thanks in advance

I have server-based database that can be checked out and back in (for use off-network). All records in the database have a URN (auto-entered serial) field but, as it would be possible to have duplicate URN records created off-site and on-site, each record has a second field, which is URN & UID (unique logged-in user code). This second field is an auto entered calculation field with "do not replace" enabled and is also the check-in import match field. The import process is replacing the content of URN·UID, even though 'do not replace' is enabled. Is this just the way things work and I have to move away from auto-entered calculations? Or is there another…

I am in the process of upgrading my FMS 9.03 to FMS 11. Here's my problem: I upgraded our OS from Tiger Server to Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8. Ever since I did the upgrade, I've been unable to launch the FMS9 application. I'm running Java 6, which I am betting is my problem. I tried to download Java 5, but I get an error that it's no longer supported. I would like to A. Review the scripts I have running in 9.03 to make sure I transfer them over correctly, B. Stop the Database, then C. Upgrade to FMS11. Then in a few months upgrade to FMS12, but first things first. How should I proceed? My last resort may be to stop the database in Terminal and keep my fingers cr…

hi guys, i am completely clueless with this. thinking of setting up a VPN for my 3 offices in different location, where the server has a static ip. using OPENVPN questions, i somehow setup the deployment with my local host ip (127.0.0.1)with port 80, how can i change that? i tried edit deployment but it doesn't show me the option of changing it. i wanted to change it to 8081 because my router has occupied that port. and what ip should i use for VPN IWP hosting setup? and another big issue, it came with a sample database where in the database screen, all options are checked with green ticks, i tried uploading my own database but only FMpro is checked, i…

Hello, In the admin console I keep getting the error message show in the picture. And the files aren't even there. I try "Refresh List" and Verifying the databases, but it still does not work. I am able to remove other databases, just not these. I was trying to test these with IWP. I would appreciate greatly anyone's help. ~Laura

Hi, I´m making a database for getting registry of Facebook Posts. I´found a great Facebook developer tool named "graph". Ej: https://graph.facebook.com/154711371235848_371627896192938 I tought that THAT was what I needed. Filtering the necessary information and pasting it in corresponding fields via script. But sadly discovered that instead of see the page in a webviewer, a windows appears offering me to save the file (). I think it´s something about the webkit because if I open the page in Google Chrome I see it as needed but, If I try to open the page in the Internet Exploder, the window offering save happens. I need to get the code without download the file…

Hi Everyone, I am using Filemaker v11 on a Mac with Filemaker server v11 on a windows machine. I was wondering is there a way of getting emails into my database? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Neil45156

Java Update 6 x 31 breaks the Admin Console in FMS 11 and in FMS 12 (under certain conditions). http://thefmkb.com/10824 Steven

Hey there, We have a Mac OSX server with Filemaker 7.0, and a Windows 2003 server with Filemaker 5.5. I'd really like to get rid of our Mac server and put them both on the same server. However, I have a feeling issues may arise by having two different versions of Filemaker on the same server. Will this be an issue? I know this is a strange setup with old versions of Filemaker, but both of our databases are dependent on their versions, particularly the database hosted on 5.5. We are considering a second, dedicated Windows server to host Filemaker 5.5, but it'd certainly save a little bit of money by putting them on the same machine... Any advice / sugge…

Our client purchased the FMS11 to be installed in their system, the issue is that they only have the one DC, 2003sbs. This is not a supported OS for the FMS11, has anyone successfully installed and configured FMS11 on Windows 2003 SBS. The installation completes, but the "deployment assistant" does not open. I followed the following troubleshooting: 　 Deployment assistant does not start after installation If the Deployment assistant does not start immediately after you run the FileMaker Server installation program, the most common solutions are: On Mac OS, check whether your browser is configured to prevent files from opening after downloading. If so, …

We are still running Filemaker Server 7 on a Windows server. Over the weekend, something happened to cause the remote host to disappear from the open remote file dialog box. The files are still accessible using Open Recent under the File menu or when using a launch file. Filemaker Server Admin still connects to the server and I can open and close databases without a problem Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello all, I have a solution that requires 7 users to access an FM11 Database over a WAN. The problem I have is that the WAN connection is not consistently good enough quality to access the database via FMNET. It basically works, but I see far too much of the coffee cup. The FM clients need to access the computer’s serial ports and has very precise printing requirements, so I don’t think that IWP would be an option. To limits the network traffic to only screen updates, I was thinking of setting up a second server at our head office with 7 virtual machines and then access the 7 virtual machines via remote access. I don’t have any experience with Virtual Machines and wa…

I am working with a Virtual Dedicated Server 2008 R2 Standard IIS is installed with the defaults and ISAPI Filter/Extension options (i only installed IIS with the defaults and later added ISAPI and rebooted the server--I have also enabled 32 bit application pool in IIS as per a previous article on this site) When i get to the deployment wizard, i cannot get IIS to be picked up by it. The error i am getting is "web server error could not get a list of web servers from the specified machine". I have done many FMS installs before and have not encountered this problem before i can access the IIS Site via "localhost" and the machines IP Address as well I …

I am having difficulty running the deployment wizard with FM server 11 on a Windows Server 2008 standard edition box. It can't connect to the web server. I found the note in the read me about making sure II7 anonymous user access is on and it is. but ist still fails to connect. Can anyone shed some light? Thanks Todd

I am moving my FMSA 10 to a Windows 2008 R2 box. Everything installs fine except for IWP. I've added the ISAPI filters and extensions, configured default app pool for 32 bit, and ensured Anonymous Authentication is enabled and IIS is using IUSR. After completing the config settings using Deployment Assistant and clicking Finish, the FM Server goes into a continuous deploying state. The progress bar just keepings ripping back and forth endlessly. I've uninstalled and reinstalled several times trying different things with no luck. Any assistance would be appreciated. DEI FMSA Admin

I have seen the Server Advanced 11 feature "Administration Groups" mentioned in many places but I cannot find any technical documentation. Does anyone know where I can find a white paper or technical brief on this feature and it's limitations?

Hello I read the sticky post about serverside export and import. I want to create a report which gets actualized during the night with a scheduled script. The script runs fine when started from a client, but I get error 800 when I want to run it as a schedule. Attached are two PDFs of the scripts. hole Offerte in File "Reports" run the script export Offerten in file "Offerten" and then imports the result. Any hint why this happens? EDIT: added screenshots from updated but still not working version of the script and result per email â�� it sticks more to the example 1 Subject: Offerte Export: Error Message 800 Reply-To: ralph.schwe…

I have a backup of a hosted file that when I attempted to open it, gave the error message: “The access privileges in this file have been damaged or possibly tampered with. Please contact FileMaker Technical Support if the problem cannot be resolved.” Any suggestions for accessing this file? Recovery doesn't work!

Increasingly, professional FileMaker developers as well as IT administrators with responsibility for FileMaker Server are encountering some interesting issues with file sizes and backup schedules. Prudent organizations who run frequent backups–with or without file verification—and who also have large file sets running into the hundreds of megabytes, or even larger, are experiencing delays and the infamous “coffee cup” on their networks when FileMaker Server executes a backup schedule. Some developers and administrators have tried staggering the backups by selecting only some files for one backup and then selecting other files for the next one. While this redu…

I have an application with a FMS10 server under Tiger, multiple FM9/10 clients, & a remote MySQL/PHP/Ajax/Apache webserver. We need Filemaker 9 to make reports based on data from both FMS and MySQL tables. The FM programmer we use proposes to put an ODBC driver on one of the client machines, have it interrogate the MySQL server, and then build the reports only on that machine. I am wondering if it is possible to have FMS-10 instead do the connection to the MySQL, so that any client could read the data & create reports. But I'm clueless as to what server ODBC support really means. Thanks...

Hello – I have a question about FileMaker Custom Web Publishing performance. My company has a fairly large application written in FileMaker. We have decided to port some of these features to the web. This app will be installed on our customer’s web servers. I’ve only been using FileMaker for about 10 months but I’ve been using programming languages like PHP and ASP.NET for about 10 years. One of the things that come to mind right away is what version of FileMaker Server to use. I see Advanced allows ODBC which I like since I’m really confident in SQL. The other thing is performance. With FileMaker Server, instead of using ODBC, I see that the FileMake…

I'm having an issue when running a script on the server. I have a variable set called $filterDate. I run a Perform Find [Restore] finding in a field on one layout with the criteria $filterDate. This find works. However, later in the same script, I use the same Perform Find [Restore] on another date field on a different layout and it returns a 500 error (I set a send mail step just after this to trap the error and notify as you cannot debug on the server side). The strange this is if I run this script on the client side, it works perfectly. I then disabled the Perform Find and replaced it with three steps. Enter Find Mode, Set field x to $filterDate, and Perform Find …

We recently moved a FM Pro app (7) from one box to another by copying the files. When users try to open the application (usually they RDP to the server and Terminal services is set to open the app by default), they receive "dbname.fp7 could not be opened. Either the host is not available, or the file is not available on the host". It works if the application is up in the old server . We've checked the file references are pointing to the local ip in new server. Please help us out trouble shoot this.

I have two machines(macine1, machine2), and i installed the same fm server both machies and upload the same files to the server.. Both machines are windows 7 ultimate... and filemaker verion is 11 (both server and client) Here machine1 can able to access the machine 2 server files via filemaker pro but machine2 can not able to access the machine1 server files via filemaker pro I cant able to sortout the issue.. My be the port or other..... could you please give me the solution if possible Many Thanks in advance

I had successfully installed the fm server 11 on the my virtual windows ultimate machine But i cant able to connect the hosted application from another networking computer I got error message in filemaker admin panel "An error was encountered communicating with the server".... What i do now and how to resolve this... Here i dont want any php related publishing.. i need share my fm application via fm server to another computer with internet... I have attached the screenshot wit the error message

I am experiencing challenges with the server module of FM Server 11 ( up to date at v.11.0.3.309) on Windows SBS 2003 R2. On some restarts the will report back an error in the adminserver.exe file 5 times. If this happens neither the Control Console nor the Command Line Interface can access the server module. It often reports error 10502. The adminserver preforms as expected via the CLI. This error was caused over the weekend when we updated the Window SBS 2003 server with the Java 6 update 31. However I have had the same issue without performing an update at other times. What is causing the server module not to start or respond and how can it be repaired? …

HI , I am a newbie and i am sure its a tiny simple click that i am missing I set up a server with filemaker server advance 10. Its up and running. I can accessto database in my home network with 192.168.1.1/..... numbers. with fmp7 extentions i can access to my database from internet. With different ip address in allover city with filemaker pro 10. So i know I have no problem accessing with pro versions.The only problem which is very important for me, i cant access my IWP from the web. here is the info what i have *Filemaker Server 10 *Filemaker pro 10 *Windows 2003 server *IIS setup ------------------------------------- *all the database open and norm…

Setup: Main server = 10.6.8 client Secondary server = 10.7.3 client Both bound to OD on 10.6.3 Server Confirmed group and user on OD from both servers and a client machine using: sudo dsmemberutil checkmembership -u 1234 -g 5678 I received the response "user is a member of the group" from all three machines I check the group name spelling in the .fp7 file that it matched the OD Account status is active Access via FileMaker Network (fmapp) is checked under extended privileges. Under Configuaration: Database sever : Security: Client Authentication radio button has FileMaker and external server accounts selected and saved. The file tha…

I have a solution that is based at company A and company B also needs to gain access to the database. Along with a few other remote users form different locations. Apart from having a dedicated broadband line between the two companies. What is the fastest way to share data? I was thinking a terminal server? However, I am not sure how quick that will be and will it be any quicker than just using regular broadband and using the remote connection on the regular server??

I need clarification on how FMS schedules process. Our system has several server scripts that run at night. They are called from separate schedules and we assumed that they each run the File Open script. 1. If Schedule 1 takes 3 hrs and Schedule 2 starts at 2am, does it run concurrently or wait until Schedule1 is complete? 2. If it runs concurrently, does Schedule 2 run the File's Open Script or does it say, "hmm...I already have a session, I'll skip the Open Script?" I ask because we are seeing unexpected settings to our global fields. These fields are set in the Open Script. We're starting to think concurrent server scripts are "overwriting" the global va…

Hi all, I'm a bit stumped on a problem. I have a file with 2 server-side sync scripts; 1 work and 1 does not. I am using script steps as shown in the attached image. The scripting works fine when run from the client connecting to a server as well as client with a local file, but it will not create the export file when running as a scheduled script (error 100, file does not exist). The odd thing is I have an identical script for STUDENTS and it runs perfectly fine as a scheduled script. I thought I might have a corrupted file so I ran recovery on both, and no errors were reported. I also created a new separate file with TEACHERS and STUDENTS TOs, export scrip…

Here's something I'm curious about: Let's assume for a moment that FileMaker will update their database file format down the road (they haven't done that since version 7 in 2004, so it's bound to happen at some point). Let's assume further, that you, as a company, have clients which are connecting to a FileMaker server you're hosting. Now SOME of your clients start using a the new file format, while others stay with the old one. That poses a challenge. Since the current version of FileMaker Server can only serve the current file format, you need to keep that one. However, to serve those clients which switched to the new file format, you need the new FileMaker Server …

Hi All, Will it be possible to run FileMaker Server 11 on a MacMini Core 2 Duo with 4 GB ram, running Snow Leopard 10.6? I am expecting to have 6 - 10 users connected for this solution. Cheers, JPierre

Hey all, I've been running a FMS locally for about 5 years with no issues. We have an XServe and a large database with about 20 users and a ton of data. Our salespeople access it remotely from home on their laptops and via FileMaker Go. We recently merged with another company and are in the process of moving them to our FileMaker solution. For a short term solution, I installed a Mac Mini Server running 10.7 in their office (they're in SC and we're in FL) connected to a 1.5Mbit T1 line (not fast but about the best they're going to get in that area...and the same that we have here). To convert them, I made a clone of our database and imported their data into …

I'm currently running FMSA11 and have a few server side scripts on a schedule. I attempted to setup a new schedule today and am having an issue with the Start / End times. The parameters i would like to setup are: Server side script to run daily every 15 minutes Start Time: 9:00AM End Time: 10:00PM When i attempt this time range, FileMaker states that the End Time needs to be after the Start time which it clearly is. For the mean time i compromised and set the End Time to 8:00PM and File Maker accepted that. When i save the changes and view the details for the schedule at the bottom of the Schedule window, it says: Repeat: Run everyday, every 15 mi…

Hi All - I know that the general rule of thumb is to NOT run the FileMaker Pro client on the same server as Filemaker Server. We sort of break this rule by installing FileMaker Pro Advanced on our client's servers and use it only for support. No regular/normal use on the server. As of FileMaker Server 11, we skipped over Server 10, I am noticing a pretty annoying problem that is becoming a great inconvenience to our clients. I thought it was isolated to our Mac installs, but has now shown it's face on several of our Windows Server installs. The problem is that if we try to open our app in FMPA, on the server that is hosting the files, via our st…

Ok got another good one Here is the basics , I am running file maker server 11 , which is hosting a database which is password protected , Database runs fine, I have been asked to generate an automatic email based of the experation date of a contract inside the data base So for example in plan english ; Every morning at 8 am System does a search of the database Compares the Current date to Date_End on the specified layout Finds all records that match the above calculation If the Date_End is with in 60 days of current date Go to another layout and go to field Staff email and locate there email address Send email to Person Staff member as well cop…

Since Filemaker advertises FMSA 11 as being able to serve more than 250 simultaneous users, I'm wondering if anyone has actually tested this to see what kind of load a system can handle? And in those situations, what kind of hardware and system architecture was used?

I have 12 or so databases that I want to host with FM Server 11 on a Win7 machine. I've imported the databases through admin consol, and have also set security and sharing to read/write for all to the folder manually. But they still don't show up in the FM Pro 11 client on the MAC. I only see the correct server name. The server.perm filesize on the MAC is 8kb, so it is present and not "blank" Any good suggestions?

I'm getting this error message reported from an FMSA 10 server once an hour on the dot. FileMaker Server 10.0.2.206 on SERVER-PC reported the following event: Sun Feb 05 13:32:38 GMT 2012 FMS ERROR wpe1 Some problems were detected in the WPE COMPONENT: COMPONENT IS NOT RESPONDING. The problem started when an Windows Update forced a restart on the server (running Windows Vista Business) about five days ago. This was security Update for Windows Vista (KB2585542) FMSA did not restart correctly after the update, and I had to restart the server again before it would relaunch. The Admin console shows a red dot on the Web Publishing Engine st…

Hello All, I just purchased FM Server 11 and while installing / deploying wondered if it would make sense to get a private name server from my ISP as I don't want people to type in a http://192.168.... number to get to my server. Since I'm new to the FMS surrounding is was wondering if this is a common procedure or if I can even publish my database on my website california-sunriders.com? Thanks for any advice, Andy

All Right I give , I am currently running Filemaker pro clients with Filemaker Server 11 My client links work perfectly on the office network useing the following link fmp7://00.00.00.00/xxxxxx I have Created this as a shortcut on the desk top and this automaticly opens the Database into the client, this is very easy for the users to understand Ive enabled filemaker server on a windows iis7 machine and i can access the machine useing a reguler web address, what i would like to do is eather place a link on the desk top that wehen we are away from the office would open the database into the client just like it does at the office but i cant figure …

I am looking for some advice for having users remotely connect to our database for data entry only. Originally, we used IWP, but it was frustrating because we have a number of fields that use value lists with related values (the second field would be dependent on what has been selected from the previous field) and with the IWP we had to commit the record by pressing save in order for it to "refresh" and populate the next field's value list. This made data entry take too long. Currently, we have FM 11 Server on one server, and we have all of the user licenses living on a Mac Mini. Users access the Mac Mini through Share Screen/Remote Desktop and use the Open Remote fe…

I have been having a problem today trying to set up a script that runs on the server overnight which will gather currencies and security prices that need to be updated with the market closing values of the previous day. This script involved setting a filter field with the value Get ( currentdate ) - 1. The script runs with no errors but the filter field is not being set. It remains empty. When running this in a client, it works flawlessly. I found an article today which discusses differences in scripts being run on the client vs. the host. The article was not very clear but it seemed to imply that many of the Get ( ) functions return an empty value when running on th…

I have problems with connection via IWP from the local network or the Internet, I have configured everything according to the manual, I have static IP and opened port 591 in the router but when I try to enter, can not. I have an FMS 11 Advanced on Mac Mini with Lion Server. The Apache server is running, when I run the test is the classic confirmation message. A pattern of what I review.

So, I've been doing some metrics of Filemaker's abilities, and I have some questions. Here's what I did: I created a database with over 800,000 records. The database itself has only 2 fields: Price and Price_Summary. Price is a number field with that was populated with a random number between 1 and 100 to 2 decimal places. The field is not indexed. Price_Summary is a Summary(Total) of Price. Record Count: 837,000 File Size: <14 MB File was not accessed by more than 1 person (me) at a time. Next, I allowed Price_Summary to calculate while the database was opened from my local machine, and again when I opened it from the hosted file on FM …

Hi: I have my files hosted on Server 11 installed on a Mac Mini server running Snow Leopard, accessed by machines running FMPA 9, FMP 9, 10 and 11 and FM Go, both remotely (WAN) and locally (LAN). Router is a Netgear. No problems until recently and seem to be VERY hardware incompatibility related. a) Cable company changed my home modem to a Arris Touchstone Telephony modem/router, form that day on, I cannot see the files hosted on the server from home. On my iPhone and iPad both with FM GO, I switch WiFi off and connect via 3 G, and all the files are visible again. With my Toshiba R-705 Laptop (FMPA 9) it is the same story, blocked access through the Arris, b…

Hi everyone. I don't know a lot about PHP or FM Server so be patient with me, if you don't mind. I didn't configure this server. The person who did no longer works here. The server failed to serve these pages on a day that a lot of the website files had to be overwritten because of an unknown problem. We are trying to serve several FM databases on our website. PHP 5.3 is running on OS 10.6 server (FM 10 server) I have tried dealing with the FM API files and getting them in the right spot. - Currently the Filemaker directory and Filemaker.php reside in /Library/Webserver/***Host name***/ We have the PHP module running in Server admin, but it does …

Hi Everyone - Firstly I hope I posted in the right place and also really hope someone can help me? This is my first time, so please be gentle... I have 10.4 server with FM Server 9. I have external authentication running and connecting to remote server via VPN. At home I have an iMac running 10.6 with FM 11 client. I can connect via VPN without any problems and open databases. Two laptops one with windows 7 and the other vista. Both with connect to VPN. Originally when I open remote on either PC I could click on the server in Favourites and it would open the user and password box... enter all details and see and open databases. My client c…

I know FileMaker doesn't officially support FM8.5 more, but has anyone had any trouble hosting files with FMS11 for FM8.5 clients?

We use FM server 8 to host our student database and I administer it using the admin console. I could run it fine on my XP machine, but it doesn't run properly on my new Windows 7 machine. I've tried running it at both 32 and 64 bit. In 32-bit, it looks like it's starting OK, but it hangs once I select the server to log into. In 64-bit, it says "MMC could not create the snap-in" in the main window. Has anyone had any success running the FM server 8 admin console on a Windows 7 machine? Any tips? I've still got my old XP box hooked up so I can remote in and use the admin console from there, but I'd like to just get it running properly. A while ago, we tried …

Hi all! Does anyone know if there is a way to limit the number of databases that an administrator group can upload? Thanks in advance.

I currently have the following Setup: 1) MS SQL 7 Backend running on Windows Server 2000 2) FilemakerPro Server 9 (FMPS9) running on Windows Server 2003 SP2 3) FileMakerPro 9 (FMP9) running on Windows XP The database is hosted by FMPS9 that makes an ODBC connection to MS SQL 7 backend to retrieve records. Access to the database records is done via FMP9 Clients that connects to FMPS9. I recently upgraded to MS SQL 2008R2 for the backend running on Windows Server 2008. I am able to successfully establish an ODBC connection to MS SQL 2008R2 from FMPS9. The problem that I am having now is that I am unable to access the databse records via FMP9. I get the hour glas…

My older server running FMS9 recently passed away, and I put in a new server running 10.7. Needless to say, FMS9 will not run on it, although I tried to get it working. I experimented with running FMP11 on that machine and accessing the DBs from other machines on the office network, but it's just too clumsy, so I sprang for FMSA11. Now, unfortunately, FMSA11 will not install, insisting that I delete FMS9 first. Because FMS9 never got working, the installer file will not offer me the Uninstall option. After checking other posts in this forum, I tried deleting the entire library/Filemaker Server folder and dumped the Java cache, but FMSA11 will still not install. …

Hi Guys, I've got FMSA 9 running on my Mac OSX. Im having trouble with the PHP installation as whenever I try running the test php page I get the following error: Warning: require_once(FileMaker.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/web-server-support/test/fmi-test/phptest.php on line 5 Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'FileMaker.php' (include_path='.:') in /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/web-server-support/test/fmi-test/phptest.php on line 5 I've redeployed it a couple of times and it still isn't working, so I think I mi…

Dear All, I am working on Exporting the record of my FileMaker file in another FileMaker file which is stored in FM Server in different machine. Both the files are different in both FM Server and Client. In client file, there will be button named Export. After clicking this button, It will Export the record of the File to the server file. I am using : fmnet://192.168.2.4/iPad but it is not working. Please provide me with a solution. Thanks in advance.

Hello, My apologies if this isn't in right the area. We have a database on FMSA 11 (WIN). We also have a Win2K8 server that is holding scanned PDF documents that we now like to integrate into the database. Is is possible for FileMaker to somehow connect and display the contents of a shared directory? We don't have the resources right now for something like SuperContainer... Ideally, we would like to "relate" the two systems. Example: In the database we have a field which holds the value 154-1234. On the shared drive we have many folders, but would like to view the contents of only X:\Scanned\154-1234\. I've looked at OLE linking, but I either don't g…

FM Server version 11.0.3.309 running on Windows Server 2008 R2, with 30+ FM Pro licensed Windows clients & IWP. I have several scripts with a Send Email step that is configured as "Send via SMTP Server" (there is no Outlook or any other email client on the server). These scripts work fine for all FM Pro clients (in fact, IWP users as well), except for one user. In any script that calls for a Send Email via SMTP Server, he is given an error message: "The connection was refused by the SMTP server." The error would seem to be related to his client machine/install, because when another user logs in with his credentials, they are able to send an email. How could …

Hi, everyone, Today, I was looking over our FileMaker logs and I noticed the wpc_access_log. I was about to open it when I realized that it is over 1GB! My initial thought was to create a new text file with the same name, then rename the old one so I could go over it on my own time, but when I did this, permissions became an issue and I had to revert it. I was wondering what I can do with this file. I the log size limit enabled on the server and set to 40 MB, but perhaps that doesn't affect wpc_access_log? I would prefer to open it on my own machine and leave a blank text file there for the log to continue recording into. If I copy the file, then delete …

My application is crashing and need to recover in every 2 or 3 months,why its happening

Hi, All on the same machine: Mac Mini, Mac OSX Lion Server, Filemaker Server Advanced 11, Filemaker Pro Advanced 11 Client. I am sure that my general stupidity is preventing me from accomplishing this EZ task. I have some videos that I would like to view in a container field either using IWP (enabled) or on another remote machine with a Filemaker remote install. I keep getting the same messages, no matter what I try, of "cannot locate URL" or no link or video at all ..... I have tried: 1) putting the video in the web folder of the Filemaker Pro Advanced Client, and trying to access via "Quicktime Access" I do not see anything in the field remotely…

I need to set up a server scheduled script to export a bunch of images, to a different drive than the filemaker server installation. Also I need to be able to create folders at this location. I have tried creating a shortcut in the data/documents folder and used get(DocumentsPath) & "myfolder" but this does not work. Also tried using "myfolder.lnk" with the same result. Enviroment is Windows Server 2008, and FMSE 11, also I have the mooplug and CNSImage plug-ins installed. As I am a OS X dude myself I am in desperate help of anyone with windows folder mapping or FMSE experience of this or similar situation. Thanks!

I recently installed FMS on to Windows Server 2011. I am getting the dreaded - HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter "C:\Program Files (x86)\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Web Publishing\publishing-engine\web-server-support\iis\isapi_redirect.dll" failed What I have found on the web for fixing this does not seem to work. Also, I have removed the installation, bonjour and all the folders and reinstalled, and it still does not work. I also have Symantec on this server. The only way to get the Symantec to work is to change the DefaultAppPool / Enable 32bitApplications to False. But Filemaker publishing does not work …

Dear All, I am working on MacOS X. My FM server on my machine getting very slow in every aspects. It is getting very slow, even to login, uploading database and all. I dont want to reinstall it. Please suggest me the right way, So that my FM server will execute in its original speed. Besides of FM server every application is running very smoothly.

Average is a function of time. What is the period that server statistics shown in the FileMaker server admin console are averaged against?

Anyone else having a problem with the FileMaker server console? I discovered this morning that I can open it, but get an error message. Interestingly, from the Server Overview, if I go to the Server menu, "Start Database Server" is a valid option. When I select it, nothing happens other than it graying out. My files are hosted just fine, scheduled server scripts are running, and all the FileMaker Processes are running, I just can't get admin access to the server. I checked Java and it hadn't been updated so I updated it. I know in the past Java updates have caused problems, but those times the Admin console wouldn't start at all instead of starting with ov…

I have a DB with about 50,000 records that is shared over a FMP server. It opens extremely slow but runs fine once all the records are sorted. There are years worth of records which don't necessarily need to be easily accessed in the same database so I am considering removing the majority of the records and archiving them into another copy of the database. But rather than have two copies on the server, I was just wondering if there are any better options before I go that route. A little more info on the setup- Records are viewed in a Portal on the main layout that opens when the DB launches. Portal is not set to sort records. DB is shared over the FMP server feat…

I know this is going to be a simple question, but I've looked everywhere with no luck. How can I find out where my database is on the disk? When I open FileMaker I just see the name of my database, not the path where it is saved. I've looked everywhere I can think but I can't figure out what path it is saved under. Thanks for any help :)

Hi, I'm trying to import ODBC tables (from a VisualFoxPro database) into my database located on a FileMaker Server. The ODBC source / DSN are located on the same computer as my Server. The trouble is, when I try to import the tables, either from the File menu or by setting up a script, I can only choose my LOCAL DSNs, not the ones setup on the server. Any suggestions? I am eventually going to want to to server-scheduled scripts, but this task is more specifically about having a user activate a script that will run an import from the ODBC source to the Filemaker database, all on the server side. And since the source is VisualFoxPro, a live External Data Source is …

Lately our office has been experiencing trouble accessing our databases - either over the local network, or remotely, offsite (via VPN access). Loading time is super slow, even scrolling through records gets it hung up and the db shuts. Often the window with the "communication with host could not be re-established..." error shows up and all windows close. We can access our networked volumes/folders/files fine. This issue seems to be particular to FMPro/FMServer. Sometimes it goes away after a server restart and other times it seems to resolve itself. I can't think of anything that was done to the server recently that would have affected FMServer (We are running 9, c…

How many processor / cores can FileMaker 11 Server utilize in 10.6?

Hi there, one of our customers is planning to upgrade his Windows servers from Small Business 2008 to Small Business 2011 and has asked us if there are any known issues with FileMaker Server running under Windows Server 2011. He is using FileMaker Server 10. Along with the upgrade of Windows he'd be willing to upgrade to FileMaker Server 11. I am aware that Windows Server 2011 is not in the list of the supported platforms on the FileMaker web site. I was wondering though if FileMaker Server is already fit to run with Windows Server 2011. Has anyone any experience with that kind of setup? Alternatively, if FileMaker Server may not be used together with …

I have recently installed FM Server 11 adv. When I type my ip address into a browser a screen appears with information about my install for all the world to see. How do I hide that?

Here is the output of ls -l from /Library/FileMaker\ Server/Data/Scripts/ -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 fmserver fmsadmin 73 Dec 5 15:17 touch.sh This is the shell script: !#/bin/bash touch /Library/FileMaker\ Server/Data/Documents/touchtest.txt This is the failure in the FileMaker server logs: 2011-12-05 15:26:59.389 -0500 Information 146 filemaker.hostname.com Schedule "touch" run now by "accountname [123.456.7.8]". 2011-12-05 15:26:59.395 -0500 Error 642 filemaker.hostname.com Schedule "touch" aborted; unexpected error. (-1) This bash script is being called from a scheduled system script from FMS. Nothing else is attached to it like in a s…