FileMaker Server Legacy Discussions

Hello all! I am fresh here and will be able to handle all the newbie sarcasm! Bring it on! I have just been hired on to a new company and first things first right? Update FM6 to FM7. I recommend 8.5 and get shot down. I install FM7 Server and FM7 Pro on to the server which is running OS X Server Tiger. I convert all the database's and have everything up and running great. I do a test on my computer and I can do everything that I was able to do in 6 just as easily in 7. Next step, intsall on 'others' computers. Everytime I go to open remote I need to go to 'Favorites' and 'Add' the host (which to me is not a problem, there are only about 20 people that ne…

I am sure I have read it somewhere.... I know it is possible for more than one filemaker 8 server to publish the same files. However, is it also possible to have these servers share the same address? I am talking about multiple servers in a load balancing kind of way.

Does anyone have an ultra-large database that could be used for Server benchmarking? We are trying to test a Dual G4 vs. Dual G5 vs. Intel iMac to see how it handles large files. jon

I am trying to run Filemaker server 5.5 on a PC running Windows Server 2000. I set the application to launch automatically (it doesn’t) and I get the message: “Snap-in failed to initialize Name: Filemaker Server CLSID: {8B1BF5E3-4F4D-11D2-84A9-006008B01131}” on launching Filemaker Server Console for Windows 2000 (FMSCONSL.msc). If it matters, I did install Server on my D: drive due to lack of space on my C: drive. I will be updating to a ver 7 solution ASAP, BTW. Any ideas out there?

Is it just me, or is external server account authentication broken? Works fine under v3, but as soon as I updated to v4 for some reason it no longer works? The event log is silent, as are the various open directory logs.

This page http://www.filemaker.com/products/fmp/universal_app.html claims that Server 8.0v4 is now Universal, but the downloads page lists only a PowerPC version. Typo, or is a Universal 8.0v4 version forthcoming?

I help a non-technical nonprofit with using FM (since FM 2) but at a distance. I just received this appeal for help: "There is a intermittent problem with the front e-mac and the server e-mac. When we access the files on the Filemaker Server 8 by opening Filemaker 7 and then opening remote in the file menu. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The dialog box opens up but none of the files on the server e-mac show up in either the local server or the favorite server. It is programed to show up in the local server. No other computer in the office seems to have this problem." The "server eMac" hosts FM 8 Server and the "front eMac" is host to the shared doc…

Hello, i was wondernig if someone can help me out with this. one of our database crash yesterday. Today i was checking the event log to see what happen i notice this error: Jul 13 09:57:14 fm-server.local INFO: Closing file "Students Database" due to serious error. (10204). i check at filemaker.com to see if it happen to someone before. any help would be appreciate it. thanks victor

Hello, I was wondering if someone can help me. We are running FM 5.5 Server on Mac os X Server Tiger. it seen that is not logging at all unless is logging to another folder that i dont know of. is there a way to check where FM Server 5.5 is logging the events? the reason i want to check is because one of our database today crash and i need more information on the cause. i was able to recover it but this is the second time that this happen. Thank you victor

Hi, we're creating a FileMaker DB (FM8A) hosted on a FM8Server over a MacOs X Server 10.3, which will accept connections from Windows and MacOsX clients over an extranet link. As in this solution we have to manage images, too, we are trying to avoid the "embedding" and trying to procede as follow: 1 - Accept embedding by a client. 2 - Control existence of the uploaded image on server disk. 3 - Export to the server disk in a predefined directory. 4 - Re-Import the image "by reference". It's all going well locally, but when in remote we can't understand to which directory on server images will be writed to, and, therefore, neither from which director…

I just upgraded my mac 10.4 tiger to 10.4 Server. I used to host FMS 5.5 on the old OS and everything ran great. When I install FMS 5.5 on the new OS, it just keeps trying to start and never does. I also tried just installing FMP 5 and opening the db as a shared file and I can access it with web publishing on the network but can not connect remotely from a client machine running FMP? Any suggestions would be great as I can not find anything on the apple support site relating to FMS not running.

We have FMS 7 installed on Windows Server 2003 for Small Business. The server has been specially configured for security to meet HIPA requirements. It has two NIC cards, one to an internal network and one to the internet. IIS is being used for web serving. I did not set this up and do not have much knowledge of it, being a Mac person. I am able to access the database being hosted directly with FileMaker client without a problem. When accessing through the web I can see the list of databases but when I click to access a database a dialog box appears asking for a user name and password. Unfortunately the accounts in the database are not accepted. I have enabled a gues…

Something is really screwy with our server. First I was having trouble accessing the server with a password that I am 100% certain was correct. Next I installed the FMS8 demo and everything worked great for thirty days. Then I "uninstalled" FMS8 demo and "reinstalled" FMS7. It worked great until I entered a password for the admin utility...then...the password would not work...again! So I removed FMS7 and reinstalled it a third time. This time I left remote admin off and did not enter any password. I went out of town for a few days and when I returned there was a message that said something about The FileMaker Admin utility had changed and it asked me if I wante…

Have searched the archives for this topic, but came up relatively empty, so... I've recently been forced to move our FMS 5.5 from OS X to Win 2003 Std Server. The IS Ops guys "strongly insist" that all servers in the organization get a reboot via automated task on Sunday mornings around 1:00 AM. I have created two automated tasks which stops FMS (FMSERVER STOP) a half hour before the reboot, & starts it again (FMSERVER START) a half hour after the reboot. I'm not really a Windows guy, so the question is: Is this the appropriate way to handle having to deal with the reboot requirement? Or should I add a task that closes the files before the stop? Or, sho…

Yes I'm new. I have just installed FM8.v3. Background: I have two backups. One: I stop the FM services and then backup to CD the FM database. Then I run Veritas Backup Exec to backup the entire HD to tape with the exception of the FM database. What I want to do is to make this easier. First backup FM database incrementally(I guess I could overwrite it completely everyday)using the administrative function on FM server. Then backup the rest of the HD using Backup Exec. There must be a way to script this function, such that would turn off the FM services, then backup the FM database, then start Backup Exec to do the hard drive to tape. It would be nice if t…

I have been having a problem lately and I thought I should ask about it. When I have had to stop my FM server ( running on Mac OS X) to pull files down it often will tell me that it is shutting down, but can take hours before it actually shuts down. I do not have hours to wait, so in the past, I have had to resort to less than friendly means for shutting down the system. I worry as the last time this happened it causes major corruption in one of my databases. Is this a known bug? Is there are work around? Also, when I try to close just one file via the Administration databases it also sits there for hours saying that it is closing. Then I have to shut the…

I am deploying a system that comprises 95 files on the server. So far everything was just running fine on many customers I have. This week I am deploying on new machines (client) running xp sp2 and when I try to open very simple files it takes too long. The odd thing is that when I change the subnet mask from 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.0.0 I get normal opening speed, but this is causing slowdown on mapped drives and other things. Can anyone help me please.

HIya guys - I'm new to the forum - been using FM since version 2 and find myself stuck with a problem: I have given one of my users the level of access just below full access, but they claim they cannot edit scripts on the live system. They can open Scriptmaker but not open the scripts. I have granted them unrestricted access to edit scripts under the access privileges. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Not sure if anyone has encountered this scenario before but someone may have an idea as to a solution: - we have a number of FMS hosted FMv6 files that get updated every night by an ODBC import from a set of Paradox table from an external app - works fine unless FMS starts a cache flush and tries to pause a file that is in the middle of an ODBC import - if this happens the FMS seizes up with an application error stating that it could not pause the file due to an outstanding database lock - only way out is to reboot the FMS Our FMS is presently set to flush cache every 40 minutes. It makes sense that it might encounter the above scenario from time to time. S…

Hi, This may not be new to some but I found an issue with VPN Adapters & FMS 5.5. I had to install a SonicWall VPN Adapter for a client so I could log into their Term Serv. When the adapter was enabled I could not see the FM Hosted files in the Host dialog box but when the adapter was disabled everything was fine. I was having the same issue with a very big client. But I logged in to their Term Serv and found that they had a Hamachi vpn adapter running and once it was diabled again everything was fine!!! I don't know about you but I am sooooo glad that this worked. However, does anyone know if there are settings within these adapters that will not block …

Hi, we have a client running FMS 5.5, hosting 125 multi-user files. There has never been a problem hosting these files. The files are opened using an "OPENER" file scripted to properly open the files through the Host dialog box. When the files open to the host dialog box, all the files just show up in the window. They have never had to "specify host". However recently they had to reboot the server where FMS is installed and now none of the files are showing in the Host dialog box. I had them "specify host" and enter the server address and check the box to permanently add the address. And now they must always “specify host”. My question is why aren’t the files s…

our state-wide agency doesn't have a network but we'd like to share client files/reports between offices (New Mexico). Is a database hosting the best way to go (a lot of our staff are not too computer literate) and can you recommend a good one? Thanks, Carol

I work for a small company that has been using Filemaker with no serious issues for a while now. We have a Windows 2000 server running Filemaker 5.0 Server. Up until recently, all the client machines were running Windows 2000 and Filemaker 5.0. We recently purchased a new client machine running Windows XP. With Filemaker 5.0 or 5.5, the machine seems to have many problems opening or working with the Filemaker databases. Either the database will not open and Filemaker will crash, or the database will open, but Filemaker will crash after working with it for a while. The problems are very inconsistent. One time a certain database will open, other times the sam…

Hello, I was wondering if someone can guide me in the right direction. It seen FM server 5.5 is not doing backup. i set up the schedule to run at 8:30pm every day at night. I turn on the Allow to run schedule. I also try to do a run schedule now and it didn't work either. i am running FM 5.5 on G5 Server running mac os X server tiger 10.4.6. any help would be appreciate it. thank you victor

Hi, Is anyone running the above configuration? Has anyone experienced any problems running this configuration? Any other thoughts? Also, wanted to check if anyone is running Pro 8 on Citrix 64 bit edition? And, again if anyone has experienced any problems with it. Thanks, jd.

We run server 5.0+ with 50 users throughout our plant. It has been very solid and reliable. Occassionaly (a few times a year) due to network traffic or someone has plugged into the network with a incompatable IP address, the FM applications loose the server's db list broadcast. All of our users have the specific server's IP address in their host listing, but the only way I can require the menu broadcast is to re-boot the server (and then all is well). This of course is not a practical thing to do in a 24/6 operation. Is there another way to refresh the server (W2K)(or from the server software) that the menu broadcast can be re-established? Thanks

Somehow our remote admin password for FMS 7 has been changed or corrupted and now we cannot open or close files on our network. Is there somewhere one can change it on the local machine (regedit or the like?)or must we reload FMS 7?

Hey all, I'm trying to update my 8.02 FMP server to 8.03. I did stop the server through the admin, doublechecked my services to make sure nothing was still running, and ran the updater. 45 minutes later, it was still beachballing on me without having actually installed a thing. I forced it to quit, restarted the machine and tried again. That was 3 hours ago. Still beachballed. This is on a G4 800 mhz machine with two hard drives (though it seems to be searching the correct one) and 1G of SDRAM, both hard drives are 40 gigs and nearly empty. I can't find any manual updating files or information and I have no idea what to do since I now have 4 FMP8.0…

We have just upgraded from FMServer 7 to FMServer 8. All the files will open except for the two biggest files. In the Admin screen, when I right click on the file and select 'open', the status turns quickly to 'checking' and then back to 'Closed'. I am able to open the file locally with FMPro Developer no problem, it is just that they won't 'open' under FMServer 8v3. If anyone has experienced this, please help.

Hi all, I have been having a problem with our FM Server. The computer freezes at irregular intervals, requiring a forced reboot. I have searched various forums and have yet to find an answer. In the course of looking through these forums, I read that someone likes mysteries...so here's one that has me stumped. First, some details Mac Mini 1.42 GHz Power PC G4 1 GB RAM External FireWire drive for backups UPS dedicated FileMaker server Mac OS 10.4.6 FM Server 8.0v2 hosting 50 files total size 600 MB for 20 local clients (all 8.0v2) 64 MB RAM for db cache The problem we are having is that the machine freezes almost weekly but not…

If I set up two accounts and activate fast user switching, can I run FMS8 and a FM8 client on the same computer?

i have windows 2003 sp1 and been trying to figure out how to have fms set it's web publishing port to different port other than it's default port 80. is this possible? the port 80 has already been taken over by sharepoint. thanks

I want to schedule my FM server 8 to backup to another computer over the network. Everytime I put in the network path it won't validate. I have tried making a mapped drive and thatr didn't work. Any suggetions?

"File/Save a Copy As is greyed out on my database when it is hosted by Filemaker Server 8. I cannot run script to auto clone database under development. Any workarounds or have I missed something?

Can anyone explain to me what the 125 files hosted limit on filemaker server refers to if server can only host a maximum of 10 databases?

I am totally new at this administration stuff although not completely inept. Evidently I downloaded the FM8Server software to my computer from the CD as I was downloading the Administrator module/software. I don't know how I did this. Can I just un-install that module from my Filemaker Server Folder? If I do, will it somehow degrade the Administrator software? I thought I carefully followed directions in the Administrator Guide to download just the Administrator module. I can't figure out what I did wrong. Has anyone else done something like this? How did you correct it? In advance, my Thanks to All.

I have a 7 client LAN running FM5.5 and the clients are FM6. All the machines are OSX Tiger 10.4.4 or higher and 1 is an intel iMac running 10.4.6 The Intel iMac has been getting disconnected from the server for no apparent reason and I'm wondering if there is a compatability problem. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Mike

Hi everyone, I need a file which will reside only on one computer - the Owner's (to be opened only by him). He will be able to add fields (ONLY to this file). It needs a File Reference to our main solution which resides on FM Server. He needs to be able to view our Contacts (graph in file will be related Owner::ContactID = Contacts::ContactID). When he leaves for the day, this file will go with him (or a zipped copy of it). From home, he wants to open it again (referencing a copy of the main file named the same). We realize the main file data will not be up-to-date (when used at home). But he won't be allowed to change anything (in main file) from this ext…

to say the least I am far from a computer expert, however I managed to get put in charge of creating our filemaker database. I'm having some issues with search lag so the people at filemaker suggested that instead of implanting the whole photo file into the container field (which had to be done so the image could be seen by all on our server) to set up a folder on the server so the image would only have to be refrenced from that folder. The sad part about this is now people are not able to export the image from the container field. Is there a script I can substitute the original export script with that can export the image via the file path, or is there an easier craf…

I have been told that FM server 5.5 and FM unlimited 6 should not be run on the same machine (because they will request the same port number?). However I am very keen to see if this is a real issue or there is a work around (apart from using two separate machines). Any tips or advice?? Thanks

Hi, Running FM Server 8.2 and Pro8.2 clients on OSX-Tiger. All my users get the message that their network connection has timed-out and that all files will be closed after about 30 minutes of not using FM. I disabled the "disconnect on timeout" feature in the FM Server configuration but this does not help much (it was set to 4 hours prior to turning it completely off). I've already checked the privelege sets in all my files but the function to disconnect on idle is not enabled anywhere. Does anyone know where I should look?

Here's the Scenario I'm looking at: I'm building a POS Tracking/Analysis Database (7million rows and growing quickly in the main table). Using FMP8 to prototype the solution, and I have some very long running tasks (a weekly import normally runs 8+ hours). Some of the aggregations needed take similarly long. The solution I'm thinking of is running server and client in my usual Administration account, and then running a second client either in a second account, or inside VMWare. Has anyone had any experience with this? It would be ideal for these long running tasks to execute in the seperate account/VM. As for the machine it should be ok. It's a AthlonXP 64 …

I do know a decent amount about computers but most of my experience is on Macs. We've used FM6 on PC's at work to create patient databases and various procedure forms. Since we now have to be able to share files, we bought FM8 individual seats and the server app (we did not have a server edition before). The install documentation is pathetic. We had to pay $20 for a manual after spending about $3000 for software and it still doesn't make total sense. The programs are installed on our server (Windows 2003 Server) and on our individual computers (XP). My main question now is -- if I create a new file do I have to send it to the server and then actually go to the s…

I have a layout that uses several portals, most of which work fine. One, however, "forgets" the records it is supposed to display. If I actually go to the layout of the record(s) it is supposed to be displaying and create a new record or duplicate one that exists, suddenly all the records that should have been contained within appear, including the newly created record. When the file is closed and reopened the same thing happens—records are absent until the entire process is repeated. I've done the usual checks and tests of the relationships and everything is fine. I should mention that this only happens when the file is being shared, by FM Server 8. If the file is opened…

I am a rockie when it comes to databases and I am trying to teach myself as i go along as my boss have given me the job to create a database (don't ask me why) How ever as all this is new to me i would like to know where to start. Basically what should we invest in. It's a small company with 10 computers and they would like to have a database on the server so all can access their clients details. Do you need to install filemaker on all computers? and could i build the database on my laptop from home and then transfer the file to the server? I bet it's really stupid questions. Greatful for any replies... Frida

Hi, Is it possible to install FileMaker Server 8 in a Dell PowerEdge SC1420 Server machine? In other words ... is it possible to install Windosw XP in this machine? It might be a waste but this company has this computer available ... any help would be very much appreciated!

Hello, Is it possible to host .fp7 and .usr files on one Filemaker Server in a way that the database files can communicate (the .fp7 and .USR files) with each other? I am breaking my head about this one as I am not sure how to build and compile it...probably missing a nerf from the left to the right ear;) thanks in advance, Jeffrey

Hi. We have successfully installed FM Server 8 Advanced on a W2K SP4 Server machine. I am able to use the Server Admin tool that is on the same machine, but when i try to use the Admin Tool that is also installed on my local machine, i get a "Login Failed" message. We do not have a password set yet, and the "Allow Remote Admin" box is checked. Can someone please help! Thanks.

I am new to using FM Server 8 Adv. Can i use the local install of the Server Admin Tool to copy a file to the server? I tried dragging the file to the databases folder but it does not show up in the directory, even after refresh. Thank you.

I have a customer that has had FMSA running on an old iMac, and now we are trying to move it to a much faster Mini. FMS its self works much faster, however I can not get the ODBC connection to work. So I did a fresh install of 10.4.6 server (which is what they have been using) on an external firewire drive. Installed FMSA 7.0v4 with the v5 ODBC drivers. If I attach the drive to a G5, and boot to it, everything works, including the ODBC connection. I then take the same drive and put it on the Mini, and the ODBC connection does NOT work. I have tried thsi on 2 different Mini's and get the same result. Any ideas? I know people say not to use the Mini, but in this…

Has anybody tested FileMaker Server 5.5 on an intel mac (mini). It seems to run ok although does not always quit after closing files and does not always write to the log file when this problem occurs... anyone have any other issues... do not want to deploy if corruption is a possibility.

Hi everybody, I have established remote administration of FM Server 7, and everything works fine year and half. But, we changed internet connectivity in office ( ADSL instead of wireless ) and local IP addresses was changed. After that, I couldn't establish remote administration. When I try to connect on server via FileMaker Server Admin, it brings me message: " Could not connect to FileMaker Server “(IP)”. " Connectivity with server from all machines and to all databases works perfect, just remote administration failed. Port 5003 is open. Any suggestions how to solve problem? TIA

How do I add a script that runs upon the user opening the database over FM Server running in OSX? I just want to find all records and create a new record. Furthermore, when the user quits the solution, I want to ensure that a script runs.

I'm trying to set up Server for the first time. I have a trial version on my Mac Dual G5 Desktop. I also have Filemaker Pro Advanced on my desktop. I have a solution created in FM Pro Advanced that is open. On my laptop, I have launched FM Pro Advanced and am able to open FMServer_Sample. I do not have the option to open my solution. In FM Server, the status for my solution is "closed" When I go to FM Pro Advanced and then to Sharing/Filemaker Network a dialog box opens called "Filemaker Network Settings". Network sharing is turned on. Do I need to change the status of my solution to "open" in FM Server? If so, how do I do this? Thanks

We are using v6 under Windows 2000 terminal services, files hosted under FMServer on a dedicated machine. Problem: if I log into the terminal server with admin rights, FileMaker file opening and closing takes very long, lots of squiggly line and hourglass. One example of an application using 7 related files takes almost 30 seconds to open. If I log on using more typical user rights then opening the same app takes 3 seconds. Same results across all of my apps. FileMaker priveleges have no impact. Anyone know what's up with this?

Hello, I have encountered a problem when 3 or more users are using a file through Server 7 ver 4. There is a three tier relationship in which the grandparent table has a one to many relationship with the parent table which in turn has a one to many with the child table. Records are created in all three tables and later modified, and every once in a while a record in the child table will go missing after modification of either the parent or grandparent table!! This then adversely affects calc fields in the other two tables that reference the child table. This only happens when 3 or more users are working on the file at the same time. They are not, however, working…

I've got a group of schools using a FMP 7 database. In one building teachers are reporting that the Filemaker Pro app is quitting on them after someone else logs on to the data base. It is not giving any error message it just quits the app. When they log onto the database using their VPN connection it seems to fix the problem. Any suggestions?

Running Server Admin 8.0v1 remotely (to a Mac server). Should I install v2 and v3 updates on the remote client if only the Server Admin portion of the software has been previously installed? Thanks.

Straight installation, nothing goofy. Brand new Dell box with XP Home (I know, I need to use Server OS). -Installed FMServer 8 Advanced. -Went to another PC and opened files via remote. -Saw sample file listed, opened it. -Moved one of my own files into the appropriate folder. -Could not see it. -Checked access rights. -Grabbed latest version of FMServer (8.0.3) Updater, updated server. -Could not see or connect to any of the files. -Uninstalled everything after a few hours of playing around. -Reinstalled. -Did not do update. I can see the server but the sample file (I pulled my own file out) is not listed in the Available Files column…

We have FMS7 running in Mac OS X which is set to backup every 20 minutes. I'm referring to the automated function within FMS7. We then run an Apple Automater script to send a copy of our backup once a day to our Linux machine which masquerades as a Win2K server. This has worked fine for many months until a couple of weeks ago when the internal backup function stopped working. The little button "enabled" would uncheck itself after running once manually. Then after two days of going crazy with this, suddenly it started working again and has done so since... perhaps 10 days now. Has anyone seen this? If so, have you fixed it? How? JG

I have a Filemaker Server running FM8. I use the admin tool to tap in from inside the network. PC to PC, but i want to be able to administer the Server from my Mac at home. I can access the d.bases through the FM8 application on my Mac at home, but the Admin tool will not connect. I have ports 5003 and 25003 open. Is there anything i am missing? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. **also, it is very very slow when opening files from a machine on the outside. Last time i set up a FM network (on Mac's) remote access outside the network was pretty quick. That was using Fm5.5 too! ANy ideas?)

I've been looking through ther posts and have found some good information, but not quite what i am looking for. I have people tapping into my FM8 server remotely using FM8Pro on their home machine. It takes a pretty long time for a file to open, but once things are up and running it is pretty smooth. What i want to do is to make the actual opening of the files as quick as possible. I'm not sure if it is slow becasue of calculations or sorting or whatever. I have created a script that only finds a particular set of records when the file is opened but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Any ideas how to make things quicker when opening file remo…

Hi all I have just setup my new G5 x-server as my filemaker server. I would like to take advantage of the two network cards. I believe I can use multi-homing or create an IP alias. Can anyone point me to some documentation on how to achieve this? thanks Stephen

I'm running FM8 Pro that connects to a FM8 Server database. How can I make a windows shortcut to automatically tell FM8 to open a remote database? Right now people have to open FM8 Pro, click "Remote", then click the Host, click the database, Open, then enter login information. Thanks.

Hello, i was wondering can guide me in the right path, i was checking filemaker.com support section and i want to make sure that is possible to run fm 5.5 server on mac os Tiger server 10.4 using raid. will i have any issue with Raid hard and fm accessing the files. any help would be appreciate it, thanks.

Howdy - I had external authentication set up and working great between FMS (running on 10.4.5) and the Windows Active Directory Domain (running on Win2K3 Server). At least, it was running great up until we had a power outage on Friday... now external auth. seems to be broken. Users can still log in to files on FMS with FileMaker accounts which are defined inside the files. It's only the external authentication that quit working. I have checked the event log, and it shows that when the server came back up, FMS performed a consistency check on all the files, since they hadn't been properly shut down. All reported being OK. I don't see any troublesome entries…

I am trying to connect my FileMaker Server to our OSX Open Directory for authentication. I have been able to connect a number of other application to the OD successfully, however I can't seem to make it work in FMP8 Server. I have put in the 'Distinguished name' as it is defined by my LDAPBrowser but again it doesn't work. I am curious as to what I may be missing on the server side or with the database itself. Any help would be appreciated.

i have a trial version of FMserver8 running on a Win200 Server SP4 machine. It will serve my db's, but the management screen is completely frozen on the Win2000 Server. I cannot access any of the options. Any ideas out there?

Hi all. When I shared files with FMP8 there was a way to hide support files so only the main database file was visible to users. I can't find this feature in FMS8. Have I missed something, or have I paid lots of money to lose a valuable feature? Cheers, Mark

Hi everyone, I need your help. I am currently running Windows 2003 Server and FileMaker server 5.5. We had the system up and running for two weeks before the system started disconnecting mac users. Has anyone had this problem before. I think it might be a hardware/physical wiring problem. In order to test it I wanted to run filemaker server 5.5 on the Windows Server. However, I need to have a live version for everyone to use which is the old Linux box we had beening using for it. Since the network is in a star configuration back at a central operations point I thought I could run a trial version of server 5.5 but I can't find my old download. If you have a tr…

Hello, I am trying to save a daily events.log created by FMS to another folder. I thought a simple "do shell script" to copy and move the file to a specific folder will do the trick but ... it wouldn't do it. This is what I have: if(-e "/Volumes/FileMaker Server 7/Events.log") mv "/Volumes/FMPProjects/SampleProject/Archive/EventsLogArchive/" Anyone has any ideas? Thanks, -Thanh

Hi, I am running our database on FM8 (just migrated last month). There are 35 files left after integrating the smaller tables into other files. My users are getting error mesages when editing records saying that the record is already being used/edited and they can't change anything. This happens when only one user is online, so it is not related to other users actually being in the same record. My guess is that it is related to the relations between files (that are still open in the background). Does anyone know how t solve this? Thank you for your time... PS: I'm running FM server 8v2 on Mac OSX Tiger 10.4.6

I'm planning a new Windows server for a large FM8 database, and would like some feedback on hardware. I am looking for as much horsepower as possible in a single-server configuration. I'm planning on 15k SCSI disks and multiple CPUs, but I have some questions. Some of my specific questions: Are there any FMServer-specific benchmarks or performance comparisons for hardware platforms? Athlon vs Xeon? Any experiences or comparisons? What about quad processors? Would it make more sense to get four single-core CPUs, or two dual-core CPUs? Anyone doing this? Any FileMaker-specific problems or issues I should be aware of when choosing the hardware? How much ram is…

Hi, I'm reading the External Authentication documentation and I'm starting to realize I've made this a whole bit more complicated that I should have. I do not need to register my server with the directory or enter the distinguished name, or any of that nonsense. Is that accurate? All I need is to have the FMSA registered in tyhe domain I want to use and then create groups in that domain and add users I want to access via those groups then define the access of those groups in each individual FM file. Does that sound right? I think I've got the grasp of it all, but here are my questions. Do the users have to be in the Users OU for this to work? How about th…

FMServer 8 hosted on Win2003 with some clients Win2K and WinXP, some OS X. Still under development. The windows clients are members of an Active Dir. domain, as is the server, which is set to external authentication & SSL. This logs the windows clients in automatically. User jimbob in AD appears as jimbob in Get(AccountName). Mac OS X clients have to authenticate twice, once to the server and once to the first file. But if you come in through mac os x, you have to use DOMAINNAMEjimbob for it to recognize you, so Get(AccountName)="DOMAINNAMEjimbob". So far so good. But the system tracks usage (modified, created, etc.) by account name. If your username is jimbob and y…

OK here's the scenario: FMS8 on windows 2003, 2 NICs, one for all of our internal FM workload, and one that goes directly to our Apache Server for the web publishing engine(the one to our WPE is on it's own subnet with the Apache server so we shouldn't be getting any conflicts there) when we try to use the FMS backup scheduler to do a backup at noon, about two thirds of the files come back as delayed write failure, but we run a nightly as well that runs to the same place on the server("night" folder instead of "noon") and that works just fine. the backups run to a shared drive on a fairly new compaq Prolient server(windows) Anybody have any idea as…

I hope someone out there can help us. We are running FM Server 5.5 on NT, can anyone tell me what a Dr. Watson error of: "The application, fmserver.dbg, generated an application error. The error occurred on 5/17/2004 @ 14:21:21:378 The exception generated was c0000005 at address 00408972 (LocalBigPut)", means? Our IS guys are stumped as well. Thanks for any and all assistance.

Hi. I recently bought FMS Advanced and installed FMS with no problem and can host the files with no problem. When I installed WPE i followed the steps in the manual but disabling IIS authentication and restarting. I then created a web admin account. Then i tried to go to http://127.0.0.1 and i get: "Under Construction The site you are trying to view does not currently have a default page. It may be in the process of being upgraded and configured. Please try this site again later. If you still experience the problem, try contacting the Web site administrator. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are the Web si…

Hi, I need to program an automated backup and archive routine in bash script. Unfortunatly, it does not work and it give me error codes but I can't find the significance of those codes anywhere. I hope you can help me. #!/bin/bash FileToBackup="Test/ Backup.fp7" RootBackupFolder="/BackupFM" BackupFolder="$RootBackupFolder"`date +%d`" mkdir -p $BackupFolder chmod 777 $BackupFolder fmsadmin BACKUP "$FileToBackup" -d "BackupFolder" #-----------end of script ------------------------ I don't know why, but I always get a "Error: 20500" when I execute the script file. Can anyone help me???

Hi I have a windows machine running Windows Small Business Server 2003. I intend to purcahse FileMaker Server 8 and I need to set this up to host my databases so that they can be accessed remotely by other users with the File > Open Remote... function in their local copies FileMaker Pro 8. The server would have its own ADSL connection and would not be connected to any other machines on the local network. I'm reliatively new to this - would anyone be able to tell me what else i would need to do to get this running? For example, should i order a fixed IP address for the ADSL connection from my ISP? Or would it by enough to tell the server to get …

Using FMP Server 7 on Windows and Remote Admin module. Clicking on "Clients" allows me to view clients currently signed in, number of files used, time logged in etc. I want to collect that info in a log. Server documentation seems to show how to log many other performance statistics but not this. Anyone have any ideas?

Can anyone suggest a suitable setting for the Database Cache in FM Server 7? According to Filemaker in their "FM Server Best Practices" document, the Database Cache should (as a starting point) be set to 5% of the total size of databases hosted. As the databases hosted on my Server are approximately 65MB at the moment, I set the cache to 5MB. However, whatever I set the cache size to, I seem to be getting 100% cache hits all the time. I've tried it at 200MB, at 100MB at 50MB and all sorts of others, but none seem to change things. Any advice? Thanks

I'm running a database that has approx 50 files in it on FM Server 5.5. Will upgrade to Server 8 but cannot do it right now. I need clients with browsing (read-only) privileges to be able to run scripts. Many scripts need to have parameters set by the user for the finds. All entries to set the parameters are in global fields (which my read-only clients have access to). The clients are able to change the global fields but when the script uses the global fields to set criteria for the finds, a message appears saying that the field is not modifiable. This essentially makes most of the reports unusable for my clients. I know that FM 8 allows customized pr…

I recently purchased a second-hand version of this for MacOS9/X, complete with serial number and original disk, and have registered already. I need 5.5 because we run Windows, OS9 and OSX machines. Trouble is, we normally run everything in Japanese, and naturally I purchased the Japanese manual. While I can read Japanese fine, I can scan and search through English manuals much faster. If anyone is willing to send me the English PDF of the manual I would be greatful! (Email is fine) Or if anyone knows where to find it online... Thanks! Edward Lipsett elipsett @ intercomltd.com P.S. I _DO NOT_ want a copy of the software, only the manual!

Hi all, I have installed FMP Server 7.0 on a Win2K Server but FileMaker Server Helper service won't start and return this error: "Could not start the FileMaker Server Helper service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion." Any clue? Thanks in advance, Garry

I'm currently running FMS 5.5 under OS 9 on G4/450 with 1000base ethernet - I know it's ancient but it does the job religiously and is totally rock solid, and serves out 60 dbs to 30 users running OS9/OSX/XP/98 Want to go to FMS 5.5 under OS X 10.3.9 on the same G4 (maybe add some RAM). Anyone got comments on performance expectations? I'm not prepared to upgrade the hardware at the moment except the RAM.

I have had FM Server 7 running on Server 2003 SP1 for many months without problem. Now suddenly two mornings in a row, the fmserver service has shut down. The event log contains: Source: Application Error Event ID:1000 Faulting application fmserver.exe, version 7.0.2.214, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.2.3790.1830, fault address 0x000396d0. Google and MS Technet searches didn't turn up much. Anyone seen this and found a cause?

I am presently setting up my surgical office with electronic medical records (EMR)on FM 8 pro Advanced Windows (5 pack) and have it networked in the office (front desk to the examin rooms). The combination of Scansoft's Dragon Naturally Speaking (voice recog software) and a wireless microphone putting data into FMP is awesome. I was wondering about the ability to connect the office computer running (FMP) to my home computer (FMP) and visualize the same records and making changes to the database. Of course security is an issue with medical records. If anyone has any suggestions (VPN, communication software...) it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all

I set a back up schedule but every time it hits the backup time, it disables itself. I have the enable clicked but it "unclicks" when the time comes to backup. So far it has never backed up with filemaker server advanced but it did backup with filemaker server before I upgraded. What's the scoop group? Anybody else having this issue?

I was wondering what you guys think of the encryption built into filemaker server advanced 8...Do you think that this is secure enough to allow users to login without the use of vpn? We want to make the users jump through as few hoops as possible, so we would like to stay away from vpn and definitly not use citrix, remote desktop, etc...

Is there a way to have FM Server 7/8 send email instead of the client FM Pro in a hosted database? We're currently running FileMaker 7 Advanced Server, and there may be a need in the future to have a hosted database be able to generate email upon certain actions. I need the email to be sent from the server, not every client that would be connecting to it. It seems like this is doable via Custom Web Publishing, but what about via just ordinary FileMaker networking? I've dont this in the past with Tango (and FM 4), but my current employer doesn't want to use Tango or anything similar, so I'm pretty much stuck with whatever functionality FileMaker has built in...

Hi, I am running FM8 Server Advanced, and want to set up daily backups on a server other than the one FM resides. Under the Server Preference dialog, then Default Folders tab, No matter what path I try...even mapping drives, the "Validate" button returns a "Not Valid Path". Is it possible to backup over the network, or am I stuck on the FM8 Server. Thanks MW

In Fm6 you could get a list of current groups, which was almost equal to current users. Does anyone knows some kind of function like Get(CurrentUserNames) in fm7 / fm8 ? In the server admin you can see a list of current connected users. Does anyone have a suggestion ?

I am running FM8 on one client station and FM 8 Developer on another. I have FM Server 7 on a dedicated Imac G5. This system is running a task management application for communicating between my office and my cabinet shop. The default screen people see us a columnar type layout. Records are color coded depending on current status. If the task is "In Process" the color code is yellow. If there is some urgency to the task the font color changes to red. The problem I am having is updating the screens. When a status has been changed on one station it does not necessarily upgrade on the other station, without someone hitting a sort button on the other stat…

We are using FileMaker Server Advanced 7, and are utilizing Instant Web Publishing (iwp) for users to access the databases. Is there a way to tell who is using the databases? If the client had FileMaker Pro 7 installed on their desktop and performed an Open Remote we can see the users who are on through the FileMaker Server Admin tool. Second question, our user forgot to log off when using iwp and now the record is locked. Is there a way to unlock it without having to close and re-open the file? We also noticed that the locked record could be accessed through Open remote. Now that isn't so good if we have users accessing the database through the we…

I have 2 databases (each one comprises of 3 separate .fm7 files) of the same name in two different folders. Is it possible to get filemaker server to see both databases? As at the moment it sees one or the other. Would like to keep the name of the files the same as it is easier for updating purposes. Any help would be appreciated Thanks

I am very new with FM and FileServer. Sorry in advance for a silly question, but I can't find a direct reference to this problem. I created a database on my (client) computer with a container field that has pdf file links - actual pdf files are not in the database. I installed FileServer on our Server computer fine, loaded the database on the Server and can access the database as a client no problem, but when trying to open the pdf file link, it cannot locate it. Any easy answer to where the pdf files need to be or how I tell the server where they are? Thanks!

Is there anyway to have Filemaker Server 6 automatically start when the host machine is restarted? I have FMS running on a OS X 10.3 Server G5 and the FMS app is in the login items however when the machine restarts I have to manually hit the start server button. What gives? Thanks...

One of our users is running FM Pro 8v2 on a G5 Mac with OS x 10.4.5 FileMaker consistantly crashes when the user puts their cursor into a date field that has a Drop-Down Calendar on it and then clicks somewhere else (e.g. desktop, another FM window, a button, etc.). If they click a button it will perform the script up until the point of 'user-interface'. Meaning that it runs fine until the user has to click or type something. This only happens on the Mac and with FileMaker. Has anyone else seen this or have any ideas what could be causing it. I haven't moved the machine, changed memory or anything so I doubt it's hardware related. Thanks

I'm running Server 8 on Mac OS X Server with 2 NICs installed. Each card has a separate IP address. When starting up FileMaker Server it automatically attaches itself to the first IP address. Does anybody have a suggestion for assigning FileMaker Server to my second Network Card? The server documentation says it supports multiple interface cards but it doesn't elaborate. Thank You