FileMaker Server 13

Hi, Im a complete beginner with FileMaker server. I have been working with FileMaker pro for the last 2 months. Thats my experience level. I felt should say that first. Im trying to get my FileMaker database which I have created to go onto my own website (www.mywebsite.com). But I'm completely stuck. I have gone through the manuals writing some PHP onto my website but I'm pretty sure I'm missing a step or three! So I have uploaded the database onto my FileMaker server from FileMaker pro. What are the next steps after that? Any help would be gladly appreciated.

Would anyone have come across this before? On the server are two data files: 1) Data 2) Print Layouts (layouts that refer to the data in Data) From my UI file, if I do a "perform script on server" which calls a script IN the Data file that modifies records in the Data file, theres on problem. But if I perform a script on the server (a script in Print Layouts) that modifies records in Data, I get: Warning 661 <server name> Client "delete existing stickers (type, school) - <username> 9 (administrator’s Mac mini) [127.0.0.1]" authentication failed on database "Data.fmp12" using "<username> [fmapp]". Where <username> is a Full …

I installed FMS 13 yesterday. Nice! However I've discovered when, in the admin console, I download database files from the server, it creates zip files that unzip into unix executable files. Not much good. I suspect this might be different if the files downloaded to a machine other than the host machine, but there's no option to do this although there are other macs on the network. I found the workaround. From another machine on the network, grab the files in the data/databases folder. They appear on the second machine and the permissions are all corrected as well so they can be opened locally by FMPA. It seems odd that FMS has the commands and they don't seem to work. An…

Does anyone know why, in the Terminal, this, on OS X 10.8: fmsadmin list files Works, if when requested I enter my user / pass. But this: fmsadmin -u myusername -p mypassword list files returns: fmsadmin: permission denied Error: 9 (Access denied) ??

Hi, I'm considering purchasing FM Server. Here is my situation. I have three machines on site, all on the same home network. A Mac Pro, a Mac Mini and a MacBookPro. The mini is only used as a media server and has plenty of room. The desktop is the most used machine and I use it for all general tasks. The laptop is a convenience. The demands on the server will be light as I'm the only user. Since the Mini is the least used machine I'm thinking it's the likely candidate for server installation. Good idea? I would like to be able to develop the hosted files from either my desktop machine or my laptop. Am I correct in assuming there will be one set of files r…

Hello,  I am trying to get Server 13 up and running on a Mac Mini server running Mavericks. I have been having trouble with the Deployment Assistant. The first time I tried to install, I got a long Java error. I checked for updates to Java, found Version 7, Update 45, and installed that. Presto! The error disappeared, and I was able to complete the assistant. When something wasn't working right, our IT guy tried to edit the deployment through the Admin Console, which borked the whole thing. Unable to get it going again, I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling the software. That didn't work. I tried uninstalling Java, so I could replicate the process…

Hi there I have a .bat file "system script" on the server. I want to run this bat file on the server from a script that can be triggered from a users machine is this possible? I can use the send event to run the script but this doesnt work as it attempts to run the script on the users PC as opposed running it on the server which it needs to do.

If you purchase 5 concurrent connections to WebDirect, does that mean only 5 people can be logged into the database via WebDirect? Or does it mean Filemaker Server will only respond to 5 concurrent requests/interactions simultaneously. In other words, what happens if you have 5 people signed in, but only 1 of them is actually interacting with the database. If a 6th person connects are they denied access?

We currently have hundreds of FileMaker 11 clients and a few FileMaker 11 servers deployed. We are needing to plan a course of action to get everything on FM13. And I had a few questions: Are FM11 clients compatable with FM13 servers? Are FM13 clients compatable with FM11 servers? Does converting FM11 databases to the new format have any known pitfalls we need to watch for? Is there an available MSI for the FM13 client for GPO deployment? Any other tips for a broad deployment/upgrade like ours?

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OSX 10.9 with FMS13.0v1 installed and using FMPA13. I make sure all copies of FileMaker are closed and no files are served. I make sure everything FM is removed from Activity Monitor. Then with clean process, I place a file on my desktop and begin the test: I open FMPA13 directly (not by selecting an FM file) and select Security and 'upload to server'. Whether I specify 'automatically upload' or not does not matter, the problem happens regardless. The problem? FM generates a Recover log and places it in same location as the file I upload. It only contains two entries checking for consistency but it bothers me a great deal. Normally seeing a Recover log will ca…

I have FMS 13 setup on a Mac Mini server running OS X Mavericks 10.8.5. I would like enable the firewall. What Apps do I need to add as exceptions so that I can access the FMS console and open the databases from other computers on my LAN? Thanks Bruce Note: This is a brand new Mac Mini and I "assumed" it was running Mavericks. I noticed that the version number for the OS matched my Mac Book Pro running Mountain Lion. So I checked and it is running Mountain Lion. The question is the same, how to enable the Firewall for FMS 13. Thanks Bruce

Hi, firstly I am a real beginner. I just got FM Server 13 and would like to deploy it on either my Promise Technology's Pegasus R6 or my Synology Disk Station. The machine would be dedicated to Filemaker Server. Is this a good practice. If so how would I go about installing on one of these NAS? Thanks Herbert Tokyo

Happy new year, everybody. I'm going to ask my narrow question, but then also give the background of what I'm trying to accomplish. If experienced users have a recommendation for solvinig my problem a different way, I'm open to it. The narrow question is this: I believe that FMS is publishing XML data, and I have access to the machine where it would be found, but I don't know where to find it. In other words, when I visit 011.022.33.44:16000 (fake IP addresses for the sake of simplicity), I get the FMS start page. But I don't know where to go next to find the XML data for my databases. Different port? Note getting responses at ports 443, 2399, 5003. (At por…

Hi everyone. I'm working for a very small company (4-5) users. The project I'm working on is upgrading them from FM 5.5 to FM 13. I've successfully managed to upgrade the database files, now we have to focus on the hardware. I think it's 3-4 Mac users, and 1-2 PC users. They would like the ability to use the database remotely. Right now, they have FM Server on an again old mac machine. Were looking to buy a new server. Mac or Windows? Pros, and cons?

I am problem using Filemaker 13 GO to connect to my Filemaker Server 13 which is still on Trial. There is 0 connections, so I assume that does not take up the max concurrent connection. I can see the Host but I cannot see any files hosted. I did try to use the Desktop App to access and it is working fine. Pretty Strange. I am also having intermittent problem of Filemaker Go 13 which could not open hosted files on Filemaker Server 12 on another server. Is there a bug with Filemaker 13 Go?

I am having a hard time accessing my database via remote open and vpn. Actually I ‘ve never been able to find the computer serving the db at the office (a mini) as a local host. And that despite being inside the vpn and being able to mount server shares and the like. Oh, and I am on a mac. Anyone have any clue on what could be happening under the hood? (p.s. this isn't fms 13 specific, I 've had it with 12 server too)

New to this. Installed FMS13 on mom's MacBook to test. It asked if I wanted to call it fmserver or whether I wanted to put a user and password. I tried putting my mom's name and password but it said that was not valid so I selected the 'fmserver'. It continued and installed it fine then asked if I wanted to deploy. Well, I guess I do so I say yes. Then Safari opens and the title bar says and Safari says it could not find 16001. I try to go back but there is no way out to stop the installation at that point. Every button which said BACK or CANCEL took me to another screen where I could not get out. I finally had to force quit. I went through all Safari sett…

Does anyone know if any changes have been made to the storage of containers? One question I have always had (and it was touched on but not fully explained on the FM 12 topics), if Bill enters an image on record one, and the image name from his camera is 123456. Then Susan enters an image on record two created by her camera which was also called 123456. Does FMS keep up with the links of the image to the specific record even though both images carry the same name? It is time for us to move from v11 and I just do not have a clear understanding on how the remote containers work. Michelle

I've installed Filemaker Server 13 on the same Mac with my FileMaker Advanced 13 - upto this version,I had no problems in accessing the hosted files from Open Remote but now,even if I can see the files in the Open Remote dialog box,I can not open anything as FMA always crashes when I try to open any files.Other people on my network can open all hosted databases without any problems.I'm really lost..

Well, I am among the many users of this forum to be really excited by the latest version of FileMaker. I got the FMPA13 software and licences from one of my AVLA's the other day, and have been busy exploring the features that'll help me enhance all of my FM solutions that I have written for my company. I also got the software and licences for the server version from one of my other AVLA's (the company has a few agreements in place, for different divisions etc). This is where it all started going wrong. Backed up my server as a good IT chap should, I even read the Getting Started Guide to kill some time while I was waiting for the backup to complete! Dutifu…

I just installed FMS13 on a windows 2008R2 server today. FMServer is hosted on a virtual server. I have been using Filemaker for 15 years, and I have never had this much trouble getting server up and running. My first inclination is to uninstall and completely re-install. However, I can't get the admin console to close the databases. I have to connect to the server via remote desktop connection. I've tried to edit the deployment and create a backup schedule, however, the dialog window is not displaying the entire screen. It's possible the issues I'm having could be fixed if I could see the entire screen, I have a couple of custom php websites that are not c…

I noticed that the installation of the web technology in FMServer 13 has created a new site "FMWebSite" in IIS, and that I had to stop the current/default site in favor of this new one. How is this going to work if this needs to be installed on an existing website? I couldn't find any documentation from FileMaker on this subject. It looks like I will have to move all of the web files to the 'new' default folder (FMServerHTTPServerconf), or change the default path for the FMWebSite site? Would there be any problem to changing the default path in the IIS Manager? If you've noticed anything else that would be helpful in this particuar situation, I would be apprec…

Does 13 finally allow ability to close a session by script?

My upgrade to FMS v13 went fine, my hosted databases are available on the network and I'm going home with clean hands. However, on the server where I'm running FMS, which I used to access via the machine's own IP address (i.e. the address bar used to read http://192.168.1.1:16001/admin-console/ , I am now accessing FMS at the address http://localhost:16001/admin-console/ . I'm sure I checked a box during installation that allowed this change, but now I can't (or don't know how to) administer FMS remotely from another terminal on the network. (When I manually type the first version, with the IP address, I get 'this page can't be displayed'.) Where do I…

After you install your FileMaker Server you may wish to REMOVE the "Sample" database that is included - I have had reports that use can cause major server spike and prevent further connections.

I was reading about it in a couple of places today whilst I am reading though fm's documentation and sites blogging about fm 13.

To upload a database with server 13 you now copy and paste the database directly in the folder. Is that correct? I was unable to locate any "Upload" option. Michelle

Will a FileMaker Pro 13 client work with FileMaker 12 server? If so, any known incompatibilities?