FileMaker Server 13

Hi, I've read every article and help file I could find about this subject before posting. In the event I need to restore from a backup (I would assume from a progressive backup since this happens every ten minutes) which file should I copy and upload to the server? The files in the progressive backup folder all seem a couple of days old according to the OS time stamps. My regularly scheduled backups run daily. Perhaps I should change this to hourly, but it seems with progressive backups running every ten minutes that these files would be the most recent. Rick.

This Find issue started yesterday, after working successfully for more than a year as part of a script step. Now, this sort of Find does not work at all: I have a calculation field that stores a number, its value is derived by subtracting from a Number field a combination of other Number fields and Calculation fields that produce numbers. The value of this field is correct (when you look at the output in Browse mode, the number is the correct number), but when I attempt to perform a Find, the results are not what I searched for. For example, ten of the records have a negative value for this field, but a Find of "< 0" returns no records. Or, a Find for "5" returns a…

Hi, Ive been searching for a solution without any luck, or maybe this just isn't how a web viewer is suppose to work, however... From my filemaker database I would like the user to click on a button whilst in Kiosk mode and bring up a window containing a web page where they can interact and then close it down which works fine, however the page won't refresh unless i right click+control and click refresh (web page contains a calendar so can see its not refreshing). Is there a way for this to be done automatically? Im using... Set Web Viewer in my script and have tried Reload also. Thanks in advance Tom

I am running filemaker server on my Mac just to try it. I now want to stop it but cannot see how to download my database file from the admin console. I can't even find the server in my library on the hard drive

We are currently running FM Server 12 with unlimited concurrent FMGO connections. We want to install the FM Server 13 trial but I need to know how many concurrent connections the trial allows so it does not disrupt access to our server.

Hi there,  I am having the problems in accessing the data stored in container fields using  php. The containers are not remotely stored. A screenshot is attached showing the database settings for container field. I am able to access data stored in other fields from a remote computer using php api. But when I try to access the container fields... For: $image=$record->getField('container field');     $attach=$fm->getContainerData(urlencode($image));     if (FileMaker::isError($attach)) {       echo "Error: " . $attach->getMessage() . "n";     }  I get:: Error: getContainerData() does not support remote containe…

FileMaker, Inc. today released an important update to FileMaker Server 13 that addresses a potential vulnerability. I strongly recommend that all server administrators and hosting companies install this update. You can find more information at http://thefmkb.com/13829. Also, please see http://thefmkb.com/13585 for more information on the subject of FileMaker Security Updates. Steven

I have a test server FMSA 13.0.4 running on Windows Server 2012 Standard. Our back office folks have IE locked down such that it's unusable. I'm having to use Chrome to run the Admin Console, which is fine. However, when I try to Open Test or Start Page from the Server menu, I get a security certificate warning and can't proceed further as it appears to be trying to use IE. I can copy the URL and paste it into Chrome an it gives me the warning, but lets me proceed.. Is there a way to keep the menu selection from defaulting to IE? I already have Chrome set as the default browser. It's a pain and very clunky. Meanwhile, I'm going to see if the backend folks can kill a b…

I maintain many FM13 Servers and this Administrator Groups feature is quite helpful to our users. Â I am having a problem I can't seem to figure out. Â We just spun up 3 new FM13 servers and I can't quite get the Administrator Group page buttons to work right. Â On the older servers, when I create a Admin Group and users click on the FileMaker Pro or WebDirect buttons FileMaker launches correctly, locates the database and pops it open, same with WebDirect. Â On the new servers we just spun up, FileMaker launches but it can't find the database. Â Same with WebDirect - the browser launches but it can't find the database. Â I ran a test where I created an identical gro…

Does anyone know if it is possible to set up external connections from a FM13 database to a FM11 database? If not, I am assuming this could this be accomplished through ODBC. Has anyone given this a try? Thanks in advance. Stewart

Hallo I recently changed to FileMaker Server 13 on my mac mini, which was already running Mac OSX Server. I had to change the FileMaker ports in order for both services to work at the same time (I don't know if this has anything to do with my php problem...). The problem is that my php files can't find the FileMaker.php file. When I try to use require_once('FileMaker.php'); the php crashes. I store my files in exactly the same location as I used to do with FM Server 12. The files however are on a website on the Mac OSX Server... Kind regards, Rugen Heidbuchel

I just upgraded to 13.0v3 Â And now, I can't see the list of database files or users. The top section of the window is too small and I can't see any way to resize it. Â Anyone else had this problem?

This morning, my files were not available via Open Remote... The only possible change I can think of is that I logged into the server via Citrix yesterday. I had not done it before but others have. Please help me troubleshoot what happened. Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 64-bit Intel® Xeon® CPU E5620 @ 2.40 GHz (4 processors) RAM 6GB Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.16428 Java Control Panel says Version 7 Update 51 build 1.7.0_51-b13, Java 1.7.0_51 When I go to Java.com's Verify Version tool it says Version 6, Update 25 I have 9GB of available space. I've already tried editing the deployment and relaunching. I can't get to fmserver_1406699924066 DMP file because …

I am trying to use Import Records[] from FMS. using the same string it outputs as file path.  for some reason my FileMaker 13 Server keeps saying File is Missing, but when I go to the machine that the server is on and to the location of the file it is there.  any ideas anyone?  ATTATCHED : image to clear confusion/support my confusion  thank you for taking the time to read my problem.

HI If I try to upload a database I get - "No Connection" dialog. Based on another forum I checked access to port 443 and it seems to be open. Any thoughts? Possible related facts: The Web server status is grayed out in the console. I cannot access the console from a remote computer any more. (I thought I had fixed this previously but is back again as an issue). Cannot access web direct. (again, thought I had fixed this previously but is back again as an issue) cheers John

Is it OK if I install FileMaker Pro on my FileMaker Server? We are running FMS13 on a Windows 2012 Server (Standard). I was thinking of putting FileMaker Pro 13 on the server so that I could open up backups on occasion. Do they co-exist well?

Hi. I have an issue with the SMTP settings on an FMS 13 server on a client site and was wondering if anybody might have had the same problem, and what their solution was. The FMS 13 server is a 2008 R2 SP1 VM on a Windows 2012 server, at the FMS aspect seems to work just fine overall. I have configured on FMS console to have the Errors and Warnings to come to the email address designated, and this works fine. The settings are that the SMTP server it goes through is an Exchange 2010 box, no authentication required. When I press the Test SMTP settings button, the test fails, yet I continue to get the normal errors and messages come through just fine. There is obvio…

I am trying to do an "Insert Picture" script step on a Server and not getting any results. The script works fine (but too slow for the volume of images) on a client. This seems like a perfect case for "Perform Script on Server" but it is not working. The server is 13.0.3.300 on Windows 7. User Account Control is off. The JPGs are on a file server. The server has access to the files. The drive is mapped exactly the same as a client. The script provides the correct context (layout and find) for the import, but the server is not finding the images. Is there something else I need to do on the server to make this work? Thanks, Paul Samuelson

On Server 13.0.1 on a Mac, is it possible to run scheduled backups that only backup the databases and not the RC_Data_FMS folder? In our case, RC_Data_FMS is a huge folder (6+ GB). Everything in it would be easy to reproduce if necessary so we don't need to back it up as often as the databases themselves. It just contains thumbnails for images that are stored elsewhere.

Issue: Update from FMS v13.0.1.224 to 13.0.2.295 breaks external authentication of openldap users in local groups on OSX Server 10.8.5 I should note upfront that my FMS is currently working again only because I've reverted to the previous version - 13.0.1. I was unable to resolve the problem with 13.0.2. I'm tossing this out to the community to see if anyone else has seen this issue and if they've found a fix. My Environment: OSX Server 10.8.5 running on a mini. Current Installed Version FMS: 13.0.1.224 OSX is bound to an openldap server on our network. This has been happily providing authentication for several services on the mini, including FileMaker Server since…

Have a very frequent crash on my FM Server 13 ever since we upgrade to version 13 on a brand new installed Mac Pro. Details are in the pictures. Here's the spec: Mac Pro 2013 3.7GHz with 32GB of RAM 28 databases around 160GB in size. AMD FirePro D300 2GB graphics card Mavericks 10.9.2 FileMaker Server 13.0.1.224 Description of the Problem After running FileMaker server and serving daily 30 FM clients (internal office) and 1000+ CWP XML external visitors, the fmserverd will go into "Not Responding" mode and sometimes the Admin Console will just gone missing with "Failed to load widgetsets" things. Admin Console is easy to fix, I just do "fmsadmin restart ad…

We have a Filemaker solution that uses 3 related databases (FMP12 advanced) . We are considering a FMS13 server (I guess this hosts FMP12 too). The databases are on our Google drive (we never use them simutaneously). I don't want to loose the existing relationships between the different databases when moving to the server. Can I redefine the location of the Filemaker data sources without loosing any relationships? Thank you for reading and answering my question.

I'm running Filemaker Server behind a NAT firewall in my data centre, and it mostly works fine. The server is bound to a 192.168.1.xxx IP address, and the firewall which it's behind, uses NAT to forward the external public IP address to the internal IP address which the server is on. All this works fine, except that on the Group Start Page, the "WEBD" buttons link to the internal 192.168.1.xxx IP numbers, which obviously don't work. Just wondering if there's any way around this, without reconfiguring the firewall to not use NAT.

A new version of FileMaker Server 13 is available. It addresses some security items. http://thefmkb.com/13615 Steven

Hello, I am working on a growing database that currently has 4000+ records, each record having up to 4 images. The file is currently not on FM Server, but I wish to propose to my company that we get FM Server and upload this database on to it. In my readings I have not come across any potential problems with uploading these large container field data. I wish to store the images externally, with open storage. Does anyone foresee any problems with this move to FM Server? Thank you for any guidance or suggestions.

I'm trying to enable web publishing on a brand new install of 2 FM servers, a worker (server1) and master (server2). On server2 I'm running the deployment assistant to enable web publishing on server1. It gets to the web server test and fails saying "Test web server (http://server1:80/fmi-test/test.xml): connection refused". However, if I open it in a browser it works. Or from the command line I can run "curl -L http://server1:80/fmi-test/test.xml" and it returns ok. What's missing?

I've found Google Chrome for iOS works much better than the default Safari iPad browser when accessing FileMaker Server Admin Control Panel.

Hi all After installing FMS 13 Windows 7 Professional 64 Odbc SQL Client 11 Im having some problems with schedule scripts that used to run before on FMS 12 very well Its not every time but some times the scripts start and in the admin Console we can see the status -> running and they don't finish and after 1 hour i have to restart FMS 13. Some times it works well four 3 our 4 hours then they start hanging again. And as I said before they work perfect in FMS12 Any Help please.

I have a situation that I could really use some help with… I am fairly new to developing FM solutions and virtually have no experience with FM Server. In fact just the word “server” kind of makes me break out in a cold sweat. I also am fighting an uphill battle with getting FileMaker to be accepted by the company that I work for. I have developed a couple of solutions that have worked out very well. I am using FileMaker Pro Advanced ver 13 to host the file on the network using the peer-to-peer capability of FM. Now I also have a couple of FM Server Licenses and am considering whether or not to host the files using server, instead of going peer-to-peer. For now I…

FMS13 Companion Released ! So, we have released a handful of free tools to help you work better with FileMaker Server 13 on MAC. Now we have combined all those tools AND included some new features as well. So we love our platform and there is a lot of new good stuff. With the changes in FileMaker Server, the webserver part is now a part of the FileMaker server. The new Server Admin Console is great, but we think that some stuff is missing in this release. That is why we created some tools and guides, which we released for free to the community. Now, we have combined thoose tools into one simple tool and even added some more. Even better, it is a native FileMak…

I have an issue at one of our customers, where clients are not seeing updates in records from each other. Updates from committed records are not pushed to the client, and/or local cache is not refreshed. Even a script with Commit Record, Refresh Window [Flush cached join results] and a Flush Cach to Disk script steps does not update the data, This is particulary annoying as the application has a realtime planning module. The issue appears at some intervals, and only restarting the client often resolves the issue for a while, but then again there is a risk that the issue reappears. Restarting the server resolves the issue for a few weeks, but then again it start to a…

Hi all, I am having issues with seeing the databases and schedules listed in Admin Console on FMS13. The white box on the bottom of the screen seems to have enlarged covering the listed items. I have tried switching browsers with no luck. Any ideas?

Hi everyone, I have a fm13 solution I want to deploy in our department. I was looking into fms13 but the pricing seems steep at $180/ connection. Management will obviously be concerned about cost when roughly 30-40 users will be accessing the Database. FMS12 seems to be more cost effective with IWB but I don't know how much better Web direct would be compared to IWB. Some users will only need access to one layout with a few fields and not the remainder of the DB, so getting a client license for such users would just seem a waste. So my question is , since I made the solution on fmpa13 , would running it on fms12 really restrict the fmp13 features? Even if all the …

My office has about 20-30 people using FM at any given time, and we're planning to move from Server 11 to 13 in the near future. I have $2K allocated for new hardware. I'm going on the assumption that a Windows server will give a bigger bang for the buck, but I'm certainly amenable to Apple hardware (everything's currently on a Mac Mini server). I've read over the hardware considerations and I basically understand them, but I don't live in the Windows hardware world much, and my head is turning to sawdust trying to put together the best package for my budget. If anyone can offer any recommendations, I'd be grateful. If $2K is simply insufficient in your opinion, t…

I'm far away from my home office now. For some time I've used No-IP to address my server when I'm away. I have FMS set to start automatically on restart. Two days ago I believe my place had a power failure or brown-out. Since then I haven't been able to connect. Today I had a friend go over to my place and, sure enough, the server machine was off. She restarted it and rebooted the Airport Extreme as well. No dice. My question: will FMS restart on its own in the circumstances described above? Or is this quite different than a proper Restart? Thanks.

Still having absolute nightmare of a time getting this software working... I asked the server team at work to create me a brand new server, running 2008 R2. All working fine. Added IIS as a 'Role' - all working fine. Tried to install FMS13 and it fails during the installation process with the following error message - "IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) is required, but FileMaker Server was unable to download it. Either connect to the Internet and try again, or manually install IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)." Well, i am definitely connected to the internet, so that isnt the issue. Also, I tried manually downloading and installing ARR 3.0 (as…

Hi all, I am just wondering what the pros and cons of deploying FMS on a multiple server environment or single server environment? I am kind of confused with this. Thanks

Does anyone have experience deploying FileMaker Server 13 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition? FMI only supports the non-R2 Standard Edition, but my client's IT department only has R2 VMs. If anyone's tried this I was wondering if they've experienced any issues. FWIW WebDirect is not a requirement in this deployment. Thanks in advance!

Hi all, i've been developing and maintaining a FM11 solution for my organization for the past few years, and it's time to move to FM13 to take advantage of some of the new features for our increasingly mobile workforce. currently the server is in the main office and we use an SSL VPN to get on the local network and log in. obviously this makes it vulnerable to outages from our internet service providers, and generally sucks time and money away from more important things. i'm exploring moving to a colocation on a new server at a data center or high-performance virtualization. i've been browsing the forums and haven't found much in terms of experiences and best …

HI, I just updated to FMS 13.0v2 and the admin console is having problems. No files or clients are listed on the Activity page. Schedules are not visible either. Files are being served properly. However it's not possible to edit a schedule. Oddly, the Close All command and Open All seem to work and the results can be seen in the Log. I've restarted the server machine. No change. Is anyone else having these problems? Rick

I'm looking for the best way to test that files are open and "normal" on a number of FM Server 13 Windows deployments that a client has scattered all over the place. Note that this is testing for a positive result, not looking for a negative result (like, that a file isn't open because of problem). There are a couple of ways that come to mind: Write an OS-level script to get the filenames and status from fmsadmin at the command line, send them to a text file and deal with that appropriately. Another way to do it is have an FM script do something like check that each file is open on the host and record the results. Either way seems like more work than it should be. Is…

Filemaker Server 13v2 been running fine for about a week. Just changed the digital certificate from the default one to one I ordered from a CA. Seemed to go in OK using the fmsadmin command, but it seemed to need a server reboot to be accepted and served to browsers (which it now is). However, since then, I am locked out of the "General Settings" page in the Admin Console (other parts of Admin Console are accessible normally). Message is : The module is unavailable because it is locked by another session I think this might be a false lock, and to do with the way it was shut down, but I had a good look around and couldn't find anything except this: /Libr…

I am connecting to FM Server 13 via ODBC with WinBatch. I realize there are probably not many here with WinBatch experience, but hopefully someone can help me. I have tried getting help on the Winbatch forum, but they think the problem is something peculiar to FM Server ODBC. I think the problem is connection-related, not Winbatch. My guess is something to do with cursor location or type or record locking, although I think I have tried every combination. I am able to connect and read data with the following WinBatch code: DBServer="192.168.1.129" Database="dbname" User="ODBC" Pass="password" cConn=ObjectCreate("ADODB.Connection") RS1 = ObjectCreate('ADODB.Reco…

So, we have released a Virtual Host guide and tool for FileMaker Server 13 and we have released a FileMaker Server Admin tool to help you work better with FileMaker Server 13. And now, yet another tool is released ! So we love our platform and there is a lot of new good stuff. With the changes in FileMaker Server, the webserver part is now a part of the FileMaker server. So you are developing your solutions and this could include CWP solutions, but need to debug errors and access. So, the FileMaker Server admin has a great log tool for viewing events that happens for server access, database server and web publishing component. But the webserver is also writing logs a…

FileMaker Server 13.0v2 has been released. http://thefmkb.com/13183. Many updates and refinements. Steven

Just been checking out the new (in 13) Upload To Server feature. Â It seems to have a number of warnings and prohibitions which make sense in the context of a non-specialist FileMaker Pro user, who needs to be protected against doing things which don't make sense. Â It seems to keep track of which of your locally stored files have already been uploaded to the server, and warns you about opening these locally (see attached), because it assumes that the master copy of the file is now the one on the server. Â So far, so good. Â However, I can envisage a situation where the client wishes to take his or her database off the server (or at least make the server copy inacti…

The new MacPro is finally out, with over 400 or so configs. Any recommendations on how FMS interacts with the possible HW configs? Specifically, the tradeoff between MHz processor speed and number of cores available? How well does FMS use multiple core & threads? The usual issues, eg RAM & HD, are not in question, since I will have enough RAM and a large SSD in any case.

I've had a couple of php web forms made so that website visitors can submit info directly into the Server hosted FM database. Is it best to put the php forms on the fm server or the website server?

Does anyone know how to point a PHP custom web publishing page from a standalone web server to the FMS13 database server? We are moving from FMSA11 to FMS13. In the past the Web Publishing Engine was on our standalone web server and the database machine was separate. In order to take advantage of the new features of 13 we put FMS13 as a single machine. Our testing database has FMS13 on a single machine installation. Our testing business web site is on a stand alone web server on the same subnet at the FMS13 machine. I need to know if anyone has experience with this type of setup. It seems to me that the standalone web site should be able to call the database server for …

May I ask if there is such an application/plug in. I would be happy if something could test just the network side with pings and stats, so that could be a network utility on the mac side. I have a few but any suggestions are welcome. Also, on the fms13 side, is there such a thing that would stimulate loads and usage scenarios and stress test it? I highly doubt it, but I have to ask.

With the expected message I 've got before when OS X server claimed FM's ports (and OS X server had websites off) : Websites are turned off. An administrator can turn them on using the Server application. This ties is with the thread on OS X Server and Filemaker but my issue is that I didn't even turn on OS X Server... I have it off with not possibility for upgrades and not using it, until an official fix comes out. And my query is: What is the quickest way/hack to reclaim said ports? I am not interested in the full technical brief hack someone's posted here for virtual websites, I just want to know if this happens again how can i fix it quickly, when restart…

What I did was I took the database down off the server, then edited it directly from the data folder that I 'd copied as is on the desktop, then I copied it back to the server folder replacing the "data" self same folder there. And now I am missing one of my more important container fields, with a series of documents once existing in a secure storage in the db that despite my pointing fm to it it won't import them. So, somehow it seems I broke this link .... What can I do to re-link these?

When a user logs into FileMaker Server, is there any way to keep that user from seeing all of the databases that have been uploaded? I would like to allow the user to only see the databases he/she has access to. Thanks, Susie

I just upgraded FMS13 to 13.02.295 on Windows Server 2008 R2. I can access files via FileMaker Pro Advanced 13, but I CANNOT open the FMS Admin Panel, no matter what I try. Advise please? Thanks, Jonn Howell

Our department (code services / building inspection, small city - 50k) will be upgrading to FM13 in the near future. We are currently on 11, and I have been the unofficial developer of our data solutions for a number of years now. I have quite a bit of experience on the user side of the system - working with the data, creating new relationships, reports, scripts, etc. Have VERY LITTLE experience on the server side of the equation. We have until recently maintained our own server at our site. Recently, our server has been moved to the city's IT department, with the intention of moving away from a dedicated server for our department, and moving onto the city's main s…

Hope my experience can help some searching soul out there. I got there in the end. Recently, we upgraded our FMS 12 setup to 13. In the process we had to switch off Server.app's Websites function which we used to serve our php web pages through https with certificates from an external authority (Comodo). I moved our existing php files to the httpsRoot subfolder, which is where they should go. As expected, the URL in the browser was still confirmed as starting with 'https'. But the https connection now came up as untrusted by our own (and our customers'!!) browsers and our expensive green padlock had gone. The FMS 13 Getting Started Guide just says to refer to 'you…

Hello all! This is an annoying issue. I am trying to setup a container data path in FMS 13 on OS X 10.9. The directory is on a FW drive. No matter what I try, the server saves the files in FMS /Library subfolders. Here are the steps that I have taken: 1. Set the container data path in FMS to filemaker:/FMMedia/Media/ and successfully saved the changes. 2. Made sure the drive (FMMedia) and the folder (Media) have full read/write permissions for the fm server user, and even made it the owner. To test, I even tried setting the permission to read/write for all users. 3. Set up the manage containers with the correct path. 4. If I test the file…

OpenSSL was installed with FileMaker Server. Will FileMaker be issuing an updater to OpenSSL? If so, will it go back to earlier versions? If not, will the publicly available OpenSSL updater update the FileMaker installed version?

I can't enable additional database folders. My system is: MacOsX 10.9.2, Filemaker Server 13.0.1.228   The message is: "Not a valid path: filemac:/MacOSX/Users/Nunes/Databases/" I tried to use various paths, but the message is the same  Someone knows what's wrong? Thanks

Just FYI there is a limited list of SSL Certificate vendors that will work with FileMaker - other then that your mileage may vary http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11413/kw/certificate

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question and if it is please let me know: I currently have 2 filemaker solutions hosted by FMS13 on a dedicated server my hospital division purchased. Currently it only runs the filmmaker server program. My division also wants to run an oracle database off the same server but I am wondering if it is a good idea to do that. Problem is purchasing another dedicated machine for the oracle database is very costly. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas or tips about running two different programs on a dedicated server simultaneously. Sorry I am new to this whole server networking stuff. Thanks

Hello all, I want to have fm server be able to store files via a container on a network share point so that computers that are outside our network be able to view them. At the same time not be able to view other files that are private. I got all this working on a version of fm12, then ported it over to fm server 12 to only find out about the limitation of storing container data in the same folder as the fm files. I did some research and found other people where having this issue, but all the posts where old. Does anyone know. a. Is there a work around for fm server 12? b. Is this now supported on fm 13 server? Thanks Drew

I recently installed Filemaker Server 13 on a windows machine. I added my database successfully (i think). I am able to access the database from that same windows machine using the connect to a remote database option in FileMaker pro 13. However, i am unable to access the file from any other machine in my lab which are all macs. i get an error "The file “test.fmp12” could not be opened. Either the host is not available, or the file is not available on that host." Additionally, i am able to connect to the server via the mac 'connect to server' program and confirm that the file exists.

Our company currently uses FileMaker Server 11 Advanced on our server and all of our Mac's and PC's run FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced. We also use SuperContainer and DocuBin and the plug-in CNS Audit. Last year we were going to upgrade to FileMaker Server 12 and never got around to it so we are still using 11. We would like to upgrade to FileMaker Server 13 and also upgrade all of our Mac's and PC's to FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced. Does anyone know what issues I might run into in upgrading to FileMaker Server 13 considering we use SuperContainer, DocuBin, and CNS Audit? Thanks, Susie

Hello Board! So, I finally made the jump from FMPA hosting a shared file to FMS13. I have installed it, everything says that it's working, but I can't get a file to be hosted. I have FMPA13 on a client machine with network access but using the 'Upload to Server' option doesn't show the actual server on the list, only my local machine. I have tried copying the file into the Data/Databases directory where the sample db is and it doesn't show up in the Console. I'm a bit stuck! Can anyone help me, please? Thank you, H

I have some files with a FM hosting service and those files have externally stored container data. The host had a problem yesterday, and once the problem was 'fixed', all links to the externally stored files were broken, i.e. VerifyContainer() returns false, I can see the image/icon in the field but export field contents is greyed out. I have a backup with all of the RC_Data, but of course I don't want to manually re-insert a couple of thousand files into container fields, and neither does my client. Any suggestions? I find this odd because my own FMS installation upgraded from FMS12 to FMS13 and didn't lose the connections to the externally stored data.

I am in a federal agency. We are faced with purchasing a Windows 2012 server shortly that will within 9 months be running FM 13 but in the meantime it will need to run FM 11 server. What items to I need to be aware of for FM 11. From looking at older post there is a possibility that the admin consol may not work but can be reached from any PC using http://yourserver:16000 Is this correct? There will be no other apps other than fm server on this equipment and IIs will not be running on it as well. Thanks in advance for help

I am currently unable to open the admin console. I've tried from a computer on the network and I have tried on the server itself via remote desktop. It times out every time. The IP address is correct. I did ipaddress:16000 for the network computer and 16001 on the server, both of which time out. We are also unable to send email via smtp. I've been working with the IT guy and we can't figure out what's blocking it. I don't know if that's related. I know FMS is running since we can connect to the file and can see other open files. Those other files *shouldn't* be open and I want to close them, and I need to change some other settings as well, but I can't get it! …

I learned following requirements from fms13_getting_started.pdf. I have 3 mac mini server installed with lion server. I plan to upgrade to OS X Server 3.0 in near future. I was wondering why not support OS X Server? System requirements for FileMaker Server This section provides the minimum and recommended requirements for running FileMaker Server on the following systems: 1OS X Mountain Lion version 10.8 (64-bit) 1OS X Mavericks version 10.9 (64-bit) 1Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit) 1Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) 1Windows 7 Professional Edition SP1 (64-bit) 1Windows 8 Pro (64-bit) Note FileMaker Server is supported in Windows

I have 2 scripts in my database that are named identical, just not in CASE.  i setup a server side script schedule and select the 2nd script to run.  but the server runs the first script instead with the same exact name.  I swear this worked 100% perfectly in FMS 12. i just updated to FMS 13 yesterday.  i can prove it by simply in the 2 scripts doing a:  go to layout (LayoutName) delete all records create new record  but in the 2nd script , do the create new record 3 times.  i then select the 2nd script in the script list and it runs the first script instead.  you can tell in the attached script i am selecting script named "IMPORT Adsem B…

We have just upgraded to Filemaker Server 13. Client machines can access database without issue, however all functions are greyed out.

I have installed FIleMaker Server and everything is working fine when devices are connect to the same network as the FM Server. My issue is that when I take a device, iPad or iPhone, off the network I am no longer able to connect to the server. I cannot figure out where to move from to here to get the devices connected to the server. I apologize for being a novice in this subject. This is my first experience with installing a server. Thank you for your help.

If you need virtual hosts on FMS13 - Mac, take a look at the guide I published on TechNet forum: https://fmdev.filemaker.com/thread/75138

Does anyone have any tips for renaming fields that are connected through ESS? According to the ESS tech brief, it seems like this should be possible without an issue: So if I'm just renaming the field, the unique key should remain the same, right? When I tried it and synced the tables again, the old field was changed to type "Unknown" and the new name was added as a separate field? Is there any nice way to do this and keep field linkings in scripts and layouts? (Details: The files are hosted by FMS13 on Mac, connected through ActualODBC to MySQL)

First off I really like FM13, the features are great and WebDirect does a great job when compared to IWP. However the new pricing model is not easy to swallow for solutions already using IWP and FMGo to any significant extent and I kind of feel screwed over on my maintenance contract. Our FMSA12 licenses got converted to FMS13 with 25 concurrent Go / WebDirect connections. This is unhelpful when we have one solution currently running around 55 concurrent FMGo and IWP connections at peak. 'Plan ahead for software upgrades by locking in today's price for tomorrows technology' is how FileMaker describe the benefits of their maintenance agreements in the blurb. …

I need to create and run a scheduled script (or script sequence) that will give me a list of what accounts are logged in, then change a field in a record for each account holder. Any resources anyone could point me to for learning how to do this?

I see on the FM website that Windows Server 2012 is listed as an acceptable OS. http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-server/server-13-specifications.html We are just getting started with FMS13 and have plans to purchase a new server, wanted to get some advice on which Windows Server OS we should look at. Has anyone installed FMS13 on Windows Server 2012? Thanks, Michelle

I apologize for what is a NOOB question. I've set up my FMP Server on a Mac Mini. I only have a single database. I've set up my port forwarding and static IP so I can access it remotely with FM Go. Everything is working as expected. I've set up myself as the sole user on the account...with a full access privilege set. When I log into FM Go (let's say for the first time), I enter my servers IP address, which then gives me my list of available databases. I click on the database I want to access, and I'm then prompted for my credentials. My question is...is this best practice? If not...suggestions please. My idea of a best use scenario would be: 1. Enter my ser…

We are having trouble getting external authentication working for FMS 13 on a Mac running OS 10.9 (Mavericks). Filemaker's knowledgebase has a whitepaper on External Authentication, but it dates back to FMS v8. Also it discusses Open Directory authentication from a Mac, not authentication to an AD server. I don't suppose anyone has a step-by-step guide for AD authentication on Mavericks, or any tips? Thanks!

OS: Windows FYI SERVER13: 64bit CLIENT13: 32bit (some or all of it, not 100% sure, but definitely the script engine ) THE ISSUE: 1. creating a script in client to pull in from an ODBC source, the import step will only see the 32bit DSN 2. trying to run that script via server schedule, or via a client side “Perform Script On Server” step, would fail. SOLUTION: create a 32bit and 64bit version of you ODBC DSN and name them exactly the same With both connections named the same, server and client can resolve the connection

Hi to all. Â This is my first post and I do not know much about FileMaker . I will try to be as clear as possible to explain my problem , here's an idea of the network I plan to do: Â Â Â I haven't done anything yet because I would like to have you opinion before I start this project , any advice is welcome. Â I want to use FileMaker as BDD for my business which includes: A main Office with a large storage space and two stores with smaller stock . My bute is to manage inventory , invoices, customer ID... from each outlets in "real time" or even by daily updated direcly on the main DB in the office. Â My questions are : What happens if one of the servers is temporar…

Apologies if this is a bit of an obvious question: I run a script across a found set to change the status flag of each record (The job can now be invoiced). This found set is itself defined by a status flag (The job can now be delivered). My concern is that while this invoice script is running, another user could be changing the delivered status and the script could miss a record. Is there a way to temporarily lock the whole database to everyone except one user - so that the script can be run without any other users modifying any data?

Hi guys, I'm on a Windows 2012 Server running FMS13. I have written a simple .bat file which simply copies a .csv file from /data/documents/ to a server share. Running the .bat in CMD prompt or Powershell successfully copies the file. I've tried to set up a script schedule in FMS13. I can see the .bat file in the drop down menu in step 1. I have also added an admin user account to run the script by. The event log gives me this error: I don't think this is a very helpful nor a true description. 1) The file does exists and has already be found. 2) It is not invalid as it runs correctly from the cmd prompt The .bat file simply says this: …

Hi, I am hoping some kind individual may impart some advice on what hardware I should be considering for the following. The short version is this: I am in the process of building a FM solution (extensively to run under Go) for the industry I work in. It is an "OFFLINE" solution to be marketed by one of the leading suppliers in the industry in which I work. What I am constructing is something I have already done and have used in a live situation for 18 months with other companies. This solution is more generic and focused on our industry as a whole, rather than our particular working practices. The Server is best thought of like an "email server".....…

I had Filemaker Server v.13 running without problems, including WebDirect on a Mac running OS 10.8. However, I decided to install Mavericks (10.9) and now I can't get the Admin Console to launch. I shut down the server prior to updating the OS, and the OS installation seemed to go fine, and the machine did the automatic restart. I can see that FM Server has auto-restarted too and is hosting the databases fine. (They are accessible via FM Pro > Open Remote...). However, I can't get the FM Server Console to launch, either locally or from a remote machine. Also WebDirect is no longer working. In both cases I get a 503 error, "Service Temporarily Unavailable" …

Hi. I wanted to start doing a bit of PHP filemaker stuff but I can't find the FM_API_for_PHP_Standalone.zip file. Its not in the /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/ folder. Where can I get hold of it? Or can someone please send it to me? Or is it possible obsolete with the fms13? many thanks.

We're going to port our databases from FMS 11 on Windows Server 2003 to FMS 13 on Windows Server 2008 R2. The databases currently authenticate to the server's local users and groups and we're going to keep that when we go to FMS 13. However we'd also like to add external authentication via Active Directory. Can FMS 13 be configured to look to the Windows server's local users and groups first for authentication, then fall to Active Directory if the user isn't in the local directory? Thanks.

Hi, A simple question really. I use FMPA 13 and FMS 13. I have one container field in this solution. It contains an image I get from the net. For example, if a production is Book of Mormon, I download an image and it is displayed on various layouts that pertain to that particular production. The images are stored as references only in a folder I happen to call "Logos". Locally this works fine. I grab an image and drag it into the logos folder then insert the pic into the container field of the record of the production. The folder "Logos" also resides on the server machine. My question? If I'm accessing the file from, let's say a laptop, and insert the pic (after g…

Does anyone know what FMSError=no subscriber refers to when enabling the plug-in? Permission for the plug-in is correct. Thanks, Agi

Hi: Today I went through the purchase options and did not find an upgrade possibility for server. Has this been eliminated for server? Best regards Carlos

Am I right in my understanding that currently the best practice would be to keep within a separate folder either the standard one or a user one instead of incorporating them into the database? That would make the database file smaller and less prone to corruption, as well as more manageable. My understanding also is that at the moment you can only keep such data in the same volume as the server is in, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Hi, After reading the advice from a knowledgeable poster here I started making sure there was no user logged into the host machine. I understand this is the safest way to use fm server. This is all fine in that FMS runs fine without any user logged into the host machine. However, I have a drive attached to the host machine (usb3) that serves as a backup destination for regular and progressive backups. If no user with sufficient permissions is logged into the host machine, the Admin Console reports the folder on the backup drive as an invalid path. Thinking this might be a permissions issue I've tried to work in that direction. So far no luck. I must be logged into…

I attempted to install FMS 13 on Windows 2008. Deployment Assistant shows the deployment progress stops at stage 5 update mDNS service info (succeeded) but after that the deployment died. It had happened for a number of times. I could log in FMS and all the files were shown published, but could not be opened from client. Where does it go wrong? I need your help.

Probably a silly question, but . . . When I run a solution locally on my desktop machine I have a closer script that saves a copy as to a different location. This is to avoid Time Machine backing up open files. I exclude the folder where my active files reside from TM backups and allow backup of the copies. Works fine. When the files are hosted however, this command is not available (and throws error 3).Why not? There's likely an obvious answer I'm not seeing. The hosted files can save PDF files on the client machine for example. Just curious why the hosted file can't save a copy to a location of my choice. Of course I'm using the FMS backup scheme, both progressive and h…

I have a file that uses an Opening and Closing script. The closing script sets a couple of global fields and the opening script references these fields. The purpose is to find a group of records and then go to a specific record. Old course, when this file is hosted, the globals can be set but revert to the original values once the file closes. Is there a way to set global fields and commit by performing the script on the server? If not I know I can get this done by another method. Rick.

I literally copy and paste the default folder address and delete part of the path, and it still won't validate it? What gives?

Hi, This is likely old news to many, but since it bit me I thought I'd pass it along. This week I deployed FMS for the first time. It's my first experience working with FM on a network. Most of my energy has gone into making sure the files had redundant backups and some security issues. Over the last two days I noticed that a couple of files were taking forever to close. Both these files had "Closer" scripts that called a number of Cleanup scripts, each of which involved potentially substantial finds. On a powerful desktop machine the files would close in the blink of an eye. On the network one of them took two or three minutes to close. So I ran the script debugg…

In the FMS 13 Getting Started Guide it staes that a folder on a network drive can be designated as the default backup destination or the destination for progressive backups (different folder) as long as the drive is always mounted. Since my server machine, a Mac Mini, never sleeps and the network drive is always mounted I thought there wasn't any reason not to use the drive. However whenever I try to designate a folder on this drive as a destination admin console will not save the configuration. The reason I want to do this is that the server machine has a relatively small drive (500gb) and the network drive is 4tb. I don't want to limit my backups to ten or twenty insta…

Last year the company I work for upgraded to FileMaker 12 from FileMaker 11, and the upgrade went very smoothly. I managed the client installations on the Mac side, while our MIS team handled PC deployments. The only headache that we experienced on the rollout was needing to manually set each user's Favorite Hosts. We've finished testing FMS13 and are planning to update the production server and clients soon, so does anyone know of a way to set a client Favorite Hosts remotely? This company has 85+ FM users now, so any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance! ---- Adam

Hoping there is a solution to this. I host my vertical market solution on my own servers for my clients and I run updates once a month. I have built an update engine that backs up, closes file, takes the file off the server, runs an import process, saves as compacted and then puts new file back in the hosted directory and opens it. This is all automated except for 1 issue. I get the pop up dialog from FMPA that file can not be shared because another user is sharing . This is because I am running on the same machine as the FMSA 13, which I need to do because Im using the command line to control the server for this process. Is there a way to disable the sharing check on th…