FileMaker Server 12

This question is very similar to this thread, but has one major difference: there is only one file in the subdirectory in question. Overall description: I started getting 685 errors again this weekend: Error 685 server.addr.ess Error occurred while deleting backup folder "volume:path/to/file", some files or folders could not be deleted. (-1) I thought that I was having the same problem as I had had previously: something in the path calculation for the external container field had gotten messed up (e.g. field renamed) and that all the files were being dumped into a parent directory or something. But that was NOT the case. In looking at the directo…

I'm not familiar with FM and need some guidance please. I have a client on FMS 9 on a Mac running OS X 10.5.8 (client). The plan is to move to a new Mac Mini running 10.8.5. For the time being, there are clients still running Leopard (and will continue to do so) and are on FM 8.5. Can I upgrade FMS? Should I upgrade FMS? If I do upgrade FMS, what version of the client should be running on the 10.5.8 Macs? Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks. Stephen

I've attached a screenshot that may better explain my question. Â I have 3 databases being served; PHP is activated on only one. Â Why?

Is it possible to send a container file as an attachment from the server in a script that runs overnight? And can one run the same script from a client computer to test it?

I've set up a DB on a Mac mini server for a small company. I would like to set up a low cost redundant server on the same LAN but different building. I was thinking of a second mini server running FMS using the same license but with the serverd stopped and server-helper running. If I can one-way sync the hourly database backups from the main server to the standby server would all this work? Issues: Licensing: Would this be OK if the database server is stopped on the standby server (until main server dies and is needed to be started) but with fmsadmin (server-helper) running? File Corruption: I realise it would be very risky to rely on file syncing a live DB but we c…

One of my tables has a container with pictures in it. The pictures (mostly .jpg not that it matters) all showed up just fine. I moved them to external un-encrypted storage and now the container shows the file but not the picture. If I close the DB on the server and open the DB locally the pictures all show up correctly. Once I mount the DB with the server, all clients see the file in the container but not the picture. Any new records/pictures added show up just fine. I would like to get all the records to show the files as a picture like it was before I moved them. Note: I’ve done this with two other containers in different tables and they maintained their picture status…

Hello there, after having run FM Server 7 for many years on an old, dedicated G5, we're now looking at getting the latest version for our office. The usage is light, normally it's only one or two users accessing one database, with up to 5 maximum. The office is Mac-only, 15 machines accessing files on a Mac Mini Server (mid-2011 model), running Lion Server 10.7.5. It's bad enough making sure that server runs smoothly, so I'm hesitant to use it for FMS. Especially after learning that FMS still relies on Java. I'd rather not have that on a server for security and stability reasons. Hearing that there are problems reinforces that view. What is your exper…

I needed to download a file from FMS 12 to a local machine today. I closed it and started the download. A few moments later I got a message that the console had lost its connection to the server, and then it crashed. When I bring the console back up that file is marked 'exclusive' and I can not do anything with it. I can not change the status. It is stuck. I tried going to the server machine and restarting the console from the command prompt, but that did not change anything. Any ideas are appreciated.

After being forced to upgrade java after the security blocking i find that all the java windows show as blank. I can blindly add the log-in info but the console remain blank. Although I think this is not a filemaker issue (the java control panel is blank too) and probably isnt the right forum, Any thoughts? Lion server 10.7.5 and java 7 update13. I had hoped that regardless of this issue I might be able to login from a remote computer that has also been upgraded but so that fails too.

Hello, I've scheduled a server side script for the first time. The script is in our CRM database, and it essentially just "shows all" and then performs an export to a specific file path. I have set this to run every night at 8pm. So far, I have not been able to get it to run successfully on schedule. When I run the script in the database itself, it exports the data successfully, but when the server runs the scheduled script, it gives scripting error (800), which is that it can't save the file in that location. Am I doing something wrong? I even changed it so that the file exports to a location on the server itself, thinking maybe that was the problem. Still …

Hi I know this is always a tricky one but FMS has been crashing regularly. (multiples time a day). As far as I can tell it started happening recently and had been stable for over 12months before. The crash log in console always points to thread 11 Thread 11 Crashed: 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8fe9f250 objc_msgSend + 16 1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8b9c3f81 __CFPropertyListIsValidAux + 65 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8b9f34dd CFPropertyListIsValid + 93 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8b9fe0e3 CFPropertyListCreateDeepCopy + 83 4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8b9fe2c4 CFPropertyListCreateDeep…

Hey Guys! I know there are several postings on this "aborted by user" error status reported by scheduled scripts, and I've tried everything I've read and I still can't get my script to run. I'm just trying to run a basic test script written in AppleScript to see if it works: tell app "finder" to make new folder at (path to desktop) with properties {name:"test folder"} I know the script works when I run it from the AppleScript Editor app, but once I place it in the server folder and schedule it, it fails with the infamous "aborted by user" status. I am logged in with the only (administration level) account on the computer. I've tried changing all permissions …

I am trying to restore some server setting on a server that had to rebuilt. Can someone please tell me where FMS 11 stores the file that executes scheduled tasks? Thanks.

Any help appreciated!! I have a strange situation where records appear to be deleted. There's evidence that the record has been created as the serial number has been used. No users who have access to deletion have been in on the day the record disappears (on several occasions). I have checked: Scripts that might have full access privileges, scripts that delete, relationships that could delete related records. All good there. Has anyone had similar experiences with FileMaker Pro 12.0v4/FM Server 12.0v2 Mac OSX Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion?

Hoping someone might have some insight on this. I have a FM Server script that is bailing without any error. I have put email scripts on key parts of the script with last error, and some other info. It works until it gets the the IF statement and apparently exits. I put email steps in each part of the If Else If Else chains so I can know what it is executing. None of those are running. I get Last Error after a Perform Find of 0 and the records found of 3501, which is expected, but nothing else happens. The interesting thing is that after a few changed in the scrip a few days ago I finally had the change to test when no one was on the system. It worked only for 207 recor…

New install of FMSA running on OSX10.75 with Java 7-21 installed - Every time I try to open the Console I get a blank window labeled 'Security Warning', I close that window (because it is blank) and the Console does not launch! Help!

Hello all- Â I'm running FMS 11.0.5 hosted on an Xserve running OS X 10.6.8. We have been experiencing an issue where users will initiate a simple find on an indexed field and get spinning beachball of death. Their statistics in the admin console will max out (elapsed time/call 15001916), and CPU usage on the server skyrockets (150-170%, screenshot attached). Attempts to disconnect the user via admin console will successfully kick them out of their client, but the user in the statistics panel doesn't disappear, and if they reconnect there will be two instances of their name listed. Â Server CPU usage will continue to be high for 20-30 minutes, with all users experie…

For the second week in a row, all my server schedules that call shell scripts started failing with the following Error in the event log: Error 154 Schedule "<schedule name>" aborted; "<shell script name>" could not be found or is invalid. Just started happening in the middle of the night last night. The only fix I could figure out last week was to reinstall the server. Any thoughts?

Hiya everybody I am really hoping somebody has some idea of what is going on here and if there is a way to fix it or work around it. I have two files with various relationships between the two files and as such, opening one file opens the other. No problems there. I am running Mac OSX 10.7.5, FileMaker Server Advanced v12.0.4.05 and FileMaker Advanced v12.4. All external data Sources are type: FileMaker Details: file:filename. When accessing one file from the other using Open Remote, such as for importing from one file to the other, sometimes the local server displays as "maximums (10.0.1.2)" which is exactly as I would expect. Other times the local server displays…

Hello Can I run a client accessing a server (both v. 11) on the same machine? Thank you for your comments, have a nice day!

I'm trying to export records from a constrained set into a CSV file. I have taken note that when exporting via a server script you have to export to the Documents folder on the server (or a temporary folder) so I use get(DocumentsPath) & "filename.csv" for the exporting the filename and path. When I run the script within the client it works perfectly. The exported document is placed in the documents folder. However, when I try to run it from the server no file is created. I have placed a send email command into the script which shows data from the last record in the found set and the email is sent correctly, so I know the set of records is constrained suc…

Greetings - I'm looking to run Filemaker, or Filemaker Server in a non-internet network, field environment. I'm certainly missing something basic in my setup, so could really use a pointer or two. The Goal: Create a local area network using Mac laptop running Filemaker Server, in order to connect with other laptops or Filemaker Go 12 on iPad. The Setup: I have a MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion 10.8.3, configured for web sharing. Set to a fixed IP. It works. Filemaker Server Advanced 12.0.4.405, fully patched. Runs great when connected to the WIFI wireless network. Ad hoc network created using the 'Create Network' function on Mac OS X. Results Anoth…

I have a file in Library/FileMaker Server/Logs called "stderr" and it is 3.23GB. My client has one that is 450GB. Mostly it seems to be very detailed errors relating to ScriptMaster bulk email sending. Can I delete this file and system will just create another one? Can I set it up so it delete's older entries to keep the file size reasonable?

This has been happening for a long time, we usually just put up with it. Closing the file and re-opening it will show all changes, or just wating for a while. If I add a button or a graphic or make any sort of layout change, it can take a long time for users to see it at their desks. Recently, I added a 'dashboard' feature so that invoices are counted up and put in categories of 'today', 'this week', and 'this month'. If I open two windows on my desk with an invoice in one and the dashboard in the other, changes to the invoice in terms of status, date, etc will result in instant changes on the dashboard. The changes don't show for others on the network for some t…

Should I have any issues connecting to a database, which is located on a FileMaker Server in the US, while working in the UK? I currently can access the databases on the server remotely from my home computer in the US.

Hi everyone, I'm new to these forums as a poster, but have enjoyed all the helpful discussion I've found here so far! I'm hoping for some advice on the following situation, with cost and performance considerations. I run a small company (5 employees) that will be using a database solution I developed. We need the solution to be all of the following: - available on FM Go on iOS devices - available offline - fast performance I am trying to explore the pros and cons of the following setups: Setup #1: Host the database with an online hosting company. I haven't yet found one that includes the MirrorSync service or something similar, so while the price is right, …

Hello- I just ran "fmsadmin stop adminserver" to fix a problem i was having uploading databases and it restarted the entire database server, kicked everyone out, etc. Is that the expected behavior? FMS10 on Mac btw. -Nate

I have successfully run FMS 10 on an xServe for a few years. I just upgraded my OS X Server from 10.5 on an xServer to a new 10.8 MacMini Server. I also upgraded my FMSA from v10 to v12. The server installation seems to be complete. The Admin Console Start Page opens with all the correct information. The OS X server app is running with file sharing and web services running. Java 6 and 7 are is installed: edufmsprosvr:~ admin$ java -version java version "1.6.0_43" Java SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_43-b01-447-11M4203) Java 7 Update 17 (build 1.7.0-17-b02) is installed. I'm sure something on the FileMaker Knowledge Base about the Java prob…

I just got a new MacBook Pro which has OS X 10.8.2 and is running Java 7. I moved all of my applications from my old MacBook to this new one including the FMS11Admin Console. The FileMaker Server 11 software is on our Mac Server running OS X 10.6.8 and the FileMaker Server 11 version is 11.0.4.404. I can use the FMS11 Admin Console on the server just fine. However, when I try to start the Admin Console from my MacBook Pro I get the error " you need to download the Java Runtime Environment for Web Start applications". I downloaded Java 7 but this did not help. I read online that installing Java 7 was one resolution to this problem. What am I doing wrong? Is th…

During the upload process I am getting a message that says my folder (receiving the upload) does not have enough disk space or it does not exist. Not sure why it is suddenly doing this. cheers

Hi, I have a problem with slow remote access to my database system running on FM Server 12 Advanced platform, from any device (MacBook Pro, iPhone, iPad or Windows PC). Some other person configured and is controlling the network, so i need to have a clue to address this issue properly and try to resolve the problem. The situation i am facing is as follows: There is a main server, Windows 2008, to which i am able to connect using the static IP address provided (ex. 31.161.*.*) and my username and password. This IP address and the same credentials i also use to connect via VPN to the office system. The Mac Server is connected to this network and has its network IP add…

Hi all - My IT guys are not being very helpful, and I'm hoping someone might have an answer for me! We recently setup a FM Server that I am (or was) accessing remotely through VPN. I've been traveling for several days and all was working fine, but then my connection started dropping and eventually stopped connecting all-together, with an error that says the host or file is unavailable. I've tried three different networks as well as tethering through my phone - all with the same result. The VPN itself is connecting with no problems. It seems to be specific to my computer because I can access the database via FM-Go, and my wife was able to connect from my hom…

Hi guys! I'm hosting a database via FMS12 and I need to save some files as pdf, to be later sent via email and/or consulting. I need these files to be accessible from all client users and I was wondering how to achieve this. Pdf format is mandatory for me, how can I get the correct filepath to save a pdf on the server machine? I read there are some issues on this topic, can you help me please? I'm open to other solutions..is this achievable with container fields? Thank you very much!

Hi guys, I'm about to install a server with FMS12 for the company I work for and I have a few questions to ask to those of you who have already been through this. I've never run a server and my questions could be a bit noobish: I apologize in advance. The system upon which I want to install FMS is a Mac Mini 2.3Ghz intel i7 running Osx Mountain Lion 10.8.2. Im planning to have 3 people connecting to my db via FMPro12 so no web publishing is required. I saw on FMS12 system requirements that I need to install Osx Server on my machine and I read all Osx Server documentation where I learnt I need to register a domain to get a server's host name. Can you please s…

I created a new backup schedule and set the "Maximum Backups to Keep" option to 1. As a test I have it running the backup schedule every 5 mins. The "Maximum Backups to Keep" option is being ignored and there are multiple copies in the backup folder. Can someone please confirm if they can reproduce this problem?

Hi All I'm wondering any of you could shed some light on this for me or rather make some educated guesses about what could be our problem! Our setup; Mac server (10.6.8), running FileMaker Server 11 Advanced Mac clients (all between 10.5.8 and 10.6.8 I think) all running via FileMaker Pro 11 - these clients log into networked user accounts which are synched between 2 different locations (although they only log into this FileMaker Server from one location) We also have a number of clients who connect to a PHP site with FileMaker backend. Right so at least once a week our server crashes, all users get the spinning wheel and are kicked or have to force quit…

Hi guys, I have noticed that Server Adv.12.03 not longer clears the temp cache once a server script is finished. Usually the cache should be deleted once the server script is done, shouldn't it. It's happening on two Mac Servers 10.7.5 / 10.6.8 Has anyone else this problem? Is is a bug? I love the temp cache. I use it a lot to get data from the internet into the database (Load, write to file in temp , import into database) using server scripts.. So if there a bug, I will run into trouble.. only a question of time and disc space.. Best, Alexander

Is there anyway to have one login form on my webpage then have my server open the correct database based on the user name and password entered? Many thanks!

I went through a process of trying to move our backup directory; the current one is on the same volume as the live file. But, this might really be a problem with my understanding of hard links and remote container data. FMS12.03, Mac OS X Server 10.6.8. FMP client 12.01 (running on the server); live hosted file tested from FMPA client 12.03 running on Mac OS X 10.6.8. I made the new directory on the other volume, changed permissions, modified the path shown in the FM Server Admin console (hitting Validate to verify - it was good). In order to try and keep things in the same place, I then COPIED all the current backups from vol1 to the new location in vol2. No rea…

We are using FMS 12.03 on Mac OS X Server 10.6.8. I had some questions about using progressive backups that doesn't appear to be too closely addressed: in respect to Progressive Backups, how quickly do you have to realize, and respond, to a problem with you DB? As I understand it, you really only have (2 * Interval) minutes to respond to a problem with your database. If you wait longer than that to grab a copy of the backup file, then you will get a copy that contains the bad data or corrupted file structure. Perhaps a side benefit to this: Does Progressive backup BETTER protect you against file corruption, since it is (or sounds like it is) recreating …

Hey all, I'm running a Mac Pro with Snow Leopard and FileMaker Server 12, with clients connecting both via the FileMaker network and through PHP on the web. I keep having errors where the web publishing engine shuts down and won't start back up. Does anyone have an idea of where to look to fix this problem? Thanks! jared

We have an issue where IWP users will periodically get the error "Database Unavailable" when trying to log in. If they keep trying the error goes away in < 30 seconds. I don't have a bunch of data points on which to build an accurate model, unfortunately, because it is intermittent, and because our IWP users aren't logging in on a very regular basis. This error doesn't come up for client users. Curiously, when this error happens and you clear the message, it drops you back to the 'Database Homepage' screen. This is the screen that FMS generates dynamically that lists your available databases. According to the documentation this is supposed to prevent users fr…

Hi Guys, I've got a local machine, with FMServer 11 installed on it for testing. The thing is I use this machine as my development machine, so I have other programs on it that I use that are quite memory intensive. I'd like to prevent FMServer from starting up automatically if at all possible (like you can on a windows machine) - but have it available to startup on demand. Anyone know how I can achieve this on a Mac based setup. Many thanks Jalz

LS, I had te reïnstall fms 12 again and so began the excersise of re-creating the schedules. I noticed with the installation a question of performing a clean install or importing settings. I didn't have these so, I recreated these and saved them for future use : ( in FMS : choose menu : save schedules and groups ). When I open this XML in oxygen ( xml editor ) the file an invalid xml file. Question : is this file usable and so the xml-files are indeed supposed to be garbled ? TIA Joost

Im getting tired of OS X updates telling me to update Java . Does this work with version connect to the console? cheers BTW I updated to Java 7 on another machine and although Filemaker says it does work, it didnt for me. Any suggestions?

We are about to update our Advanced Server 11 to Advanced Server 12 on our OSX XServe. has anyone experienced any gotchas in doing this? We have about 40 databases being severed from this setup to both clients and IWP. Also interested in the process others have used during a migration such as this, for backlups and restore of previous version if the upgrade fails for some reason.

I'm attempting to install FMS 12 on Mountain Lion Server. I originally installed FMS 12.0.1 not realizing there was an issue with 12.0.1 and Web publishing. The install went ok with no errors but after the install CWP was running but was working properly. I did some digging and found out about the issues. So I followed the instructions to unistall fms 12.0.1 and then reinstall fms 12.0.2 fresh. However after uninstalling FMS 12.0.1 and rebooting the server I have a new problem. Apache on the server will not stay running. In server.app the websites services show as on but no websites will load and when you check the error log you see this: [Thu Oct 04 07…

I was running 10.6.8, but after a server replacement I now have MacOS X 10.8.2 running. Everything seems to work. However a migrated shell script does not. The orginal script was : #! /bin/bash cd /Volumes/Macintosh HD2/Netwerk rm -R BackupAVG ls -t | head -1 | xargs -I % mv % BackupAVG I needed to rename the second hd to MacHD2 ( I did this in the Finder ), so the script is now : #! /bin/bash cd /Volumes/MacHD2/Netwerk rm -R BackupAVG ls -t | head -1 | xargs -I % mv % BackupAVG It won't run.... 'Aborted unexpectedly' Running the commands in terminal work as expected. Anything to check ?

Xserve is dead: http://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/L422277A_Xserve_Guide.pdf Xserve Transition Guide November 2010 The choice now is either Mac Pro or Mac Mini an extract: << Transition to Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server ... The June 2010 update of Mac mini improves its server configuration with an all-new enclosure with easy memory access, a built-in power supply, a thinner profile that fits into a 1U space, a faster dual-core processor, faster 7200-rpm hard drives, and DDR3 RAM support up to 8GB. For small/medium business (SMB) and workgroups up to 50 users, a single Mac mini running Snow Leopard Server can typically handle an…

We have been trying to get a custom home page set up for our IWP solution. We had been stuck with the default Database Homepage, where it just lists the databases accessible by IWP as links. We want to show our custom login web page instead. So in the documentation, which was rather sparse I thought on actual information, I did find this: If there is no file named iwp_home.html in...the iwp folder (FileMaker Server Advanced), Instant Web Publishing uses the default Database Homepage. OK, so I tried putting the page we wanted in the location that same documentation refers to, which is: Note If you are hosting databases with FileMaker Server Advanced, …

Ok had server up and running and working fine but after the server was shut down I did ran disk utilities to fix permissions. now after a reboot Server will NOT start and any command lines will result in Error 9: Permission Denied I un installed - restarted - installed - restarted and got everything working again... and noticed a new update ( OS update ) so it seemed benign enough - well the same thing happened. Console will not start and CL gives the error - I can't remember which but one error it threw was 10006 The FM KB and TechNet has never offered a "REMEDY" thanks.

I've got a database where a client makes an XML call to the server using Insert From URL[]. It works fine on my FMS 12 Windows 2008 server, but it fails on my FMS 12 OSX 10.6.7 Server machine. Both servers have XML publishing turned on. Both Server versions are 12.0.2.232. WPE lights are green on both. The error I'm getting is an 802, but I can't figure out why. Permissions, script call, etc are all identical. Any thoughts?

Hi folks! is anybody know how to change the default server path container files to use, as example, in a different drive to store container field files instead FM data server folder, ready to be published on the web? seems tedious to duplicate all the files to be used on web-server, is it so strange?

If I put a FM file on everyone's desktop to open a served file, can I use a global text field to hold the ip string with the full string and file name? It should open the served file and then close. The only examples I have found are very old and they don't explain. I need to give someone the opener and all I know is the file name. I need someone on that end who knows nothing to finish 'pointing' it manually and saving the file to distribute to their other users or have the ability to explain and I do not know how. The person who knows how isn't there any more and I don't know. They have Mac 10.6 users and Windows 7. Do they need to find out the server addres…

Hello, I'm fairly new to this forum and to FMS in general but I've been working on the Training Series the past couple days and I've recently stumbled on a problem I'm unable to fix. After creating this simple system-level script to run on schedule (for cold backup) I am getting an error that states aborted by user and/or invalid command. My suspicion was that it had to with my system since I had an error opening FTS 12 several times and I had to reinstall it, but I am receiving the same error when I attempted to run it on PC (I'm currently working on a Mac). I believe that FTS is having trouble finding/locating the script which is causing this error. I've spe…

After spending quite a few hours trying to get a brand new MacMini Server just upgraded to Mountain Lion Server to work with our new FMS12, I finally came across this article on the FM knowledge base which bluntly states that Apple's latest operating system will NOT work with its subsidiary's latest database server with respect to web publishing, PHP and several other features. The installation process itself provides no indication of this, other than the web server not being located at the final stage of the deployment process. I phoned our local FM branch and even more bluntly they told me that engineers were 'working on it' and they could not or would not share an…

I am using Macusa for hosting my data file created in Filemaker Pro Advanced. The file was uploaded okay, but the "find" does not work on the web. I related this to Macusa and they said there were many issues with 12 and said I should Google for information. Any ideas? Also, is there a way to transfer/import FM12 back to FM11?

Hi, When i install FMSA on a Lion server, and want to use SSL form apache. Wich folder does i need to make the website look for ? i tryed : /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing /Library/FileMaker Server/WebPuplishing/IWP/ Both return files not found / can't connect. Installation of FMSA was without any error's. Adminpage on 16000 is also working. I think i need to make a redirect to the part : fmi/iwp/res/iwp_home.html but to wich folder in de FileMaker Server folder. Running Mountian Lion 10.8.1, but Lion is also not working.

All, On one of our Filemaker Server 10 databases, a user has been getting intermittent errors when running a script, attached to a button: Unkown Error: -1728 Based on what I've learned from the user, the error happens right before a "show layout" command. (see below). I am suspecting the "set theInventoryID" command that executes right before the error: set theDatabaseName to "F&B POs" set theCellName to "Product ID" tell application "FileMaker Pro" set theInventoryID to contents of cell "ID" of current record tell database theDatabaseName -- -1728 error happens here!! show layout "Inventory - All Quantities" show e…

While developing a new CWP solution, some of my pages have errors, like incorrect URLs. Whenever I call a page with an error, FM Web Publishing "freaks out" on my test machine running OSX Snow Leopard Server. Activity Monitor shows CPU activity in the 60-90% range. During this period, the web server serves pages very slowly, if at all. The database server shows high activity, too. FM Web Publishing eventually settles down to 0.1%, but it takes several minutes or more. Using the FMS Console to stop Web Publishing does not stop the activity. I have to also quite the database server to get it to stop. It's not infinite loops causing this. A simple incorrect URL wil…

Hello, I currently have FMS hosted on a MAC Mini with a static IP setup. Can someone help me set up the server so that my databases can be accessed remotely by users? Do I need to set up a VPN on each user's computer? We are still on FMS 11 and FMP 11. Thank you! Arbel

Hello Forum! simple question. Can my client run an Mac OS X Filemaker Server that stands in a Windows Network and authenticates Users against a Group on a Windows Domain Server (Active Directory)? The Group contains the users we want to give access to the Filemaker solution to. I do that already for several clients but they all have Windows FMS Servers where thats of course no problem. Can a Mac FMS Server also authenticate against a Windows Domain, even though a Mac isnt "in a windows domain" as such so to speak? Or do I have to tell the client to get a Windows FMS Server if he wants to do that. Thanks Spongebob

Another IWP problem... At various points some IWP users will enter their login information, but then only get a blank white web page as a result. No error messages, no 'Database Homepage' default page, nothing. Their names don't appear to show up in the Server client list even. This problem does not affect all users equally or at the same time. Sometimes some people get the error, while others at the exact same time do not. Does anyone know if users have to FINISH the "On File Open" script before being considered 'logged in' (that is, showing up in the logs and on the Server's client list)? I am wondering if this is a problem with our login script or with I…

Hi, Currently using FM Server 9. We are planning on using IWP extensively and was wondering if it's worth going to FM Server 12 Advanced, vs purchasing something cheaper like FM 11 Server Advanced or any other earlier versions. The idea would be to re-design the current database to be IWP friendly for internal and external use. We are not very familiar with the different versions of Server Advanced and their respective IWP differences and am hoping someone here can shed some light. thank you, John

I'm looking for a good auditing solution for a filemaker 12 database. I was hoping to use something like FMDataGuard or CNS plus ins, but neither one of these seem to be developed for Filemaker 12 (Even though CNS claims they are). I need something that can track record deletions ( so Ray's SuperLog is not a likely choice). Any help would be great! Thanks

I am trying to set up remote access for my databases so that people can access them from outside the office. I'm using Filemaker Server Advanced 12. I don't have a static IP address, but from what I can tell by reading things online, I don't technically need one. If some kind soul can please walk me through how I would do this, I will be forever grateful!

I have a script sequence setup where if the "system script before" the FileMaker script fails, it should cancel the script sequence. In my system script, upon error, I echo out a 1 thinking that this should stop the script sequence but it is not. When is succeeds, the script exits silently. What should I do to have the pre script cancel the entire sequence?

Has anybody seen this before? The admin console displays IWP as being off, the "Launch Web Publishing" menu is available and the "Stop Web Publishing" menu isn't, yet Web Publishing databases can be accessed without any problem. There is just a "communication error"displayed on the admin console. Anyone know how to resolve this? I am using FMS 10.0.2.206 on a G5 running 10.5.8.

I am trying to import (or copy) the found set from one table to another on FM Server 12. On 11, I just open a layout for the source table, derive the found set, switch to a layout for the destinaiton table, import (using remote) from the source table... and only the found set of the open layout is imported. On 12, the source table has 4 records. I have created the found set that is constrained to 1 of those records. Opon import, all 4 records are transferred. Any ideas? (I have to admit, I have experienced some quirks with this in the past on 11, so it could be me)

Anybody got it working ok? I've installed FMS12advDev on a Win7 home Prem box and FMS is running fine but the admin console only runs for a few minutes then it quits. Anti virus is off, firewall is down... happens locally as well as remotely with every kind of OS. Doesnt seem to matter whether if it's the latest Java or older builds. Yes, the cache is cleared.

New installation. Using FMS12 and FMPA11. Added a folder path in the Configuration/Databases menu –made sure that it was validated – it was. Checked permissions for the database file(s) and made them Read/Write for ‘Everyone’ and Read/Write for ‘fmserver.’ I can see the validated Folder available in the database list, but no databases show up, even after reboot. I also took the Sample database that ships with FMS12 and moved it to the new folder, but I can’t see it either. Not sure where to go from here…

Hello. Recently I updated the stock installation of PHP that came with OS X Server 10.5.8 to PHP 5.3.10. Everything was running fine, including Admin Console (connecting to FileMaker Server 10), but then a couple days ago, Admin Console crashed and now I can no longer connect to the server from the Admin Console. I get the error... "Could not load file/URL specified: http://192.168.XXX.XXX:16000/admin_console_webstart.jnlp" I also can't connect to FileMaker Server 10 via a browser at http://192.168.XXX.XXX:16000 — it just says that it can't connect to the server. I'm not using web-publishing in FileMaker Server 10, and FMS10 was running fine for w…

We have a solution that we are storing documents in a shared folder on the Mac server and use a calculated path to show the documents in FileMaker. The file permissions for the folder are set to Read and Write for everyone and is set to make all subfolders and files inherit the permissions. When a user adds a document to the database we copy the document to the shared folder, but the permissions do not get set correctly on that file. When a user wants to view a document we export the file from the record to their Temp directory. When computers other that the one that imported the document try to view it they get an error that the file cannot be created on this disk. …

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

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Are the new FMP12 files going to be able to be hosted by previous server versions? We currently have FMS 10. Will we have to upgrade server to use FMP 12?

For several weeks I try to run the Custom Web Publishing. Unfortunately, I encountered several problems. I see in the browser only a blank page. My configuration: OS: Mac OS X 10.6 Server (Snow Leopard Server), currently 10.6.8 PHP 5.3.8 Apache 2.2.21 FileMaker Server 11.0.4.404 What I've done so far: Before installing the server, I installed the Pear Date Package. cURL was already running. In php.ini location I added of the FileMaker API. I also enabled CGI support. (http://support.apple...iewlocale=en_US) In Server Admin I turned off all Redirects for web sites. When installing FMS I chose the option "Use my existing installation o…

To date I have always done updates on the live hosted file, but I now have reasons to work on a local copy, then do updating later. I suppose the basic procedure should be to: 1) close the hosted file 2) download it to my local disk 3) import the data into my new file 4) upload the new file But how is it recommended that I download the hosted file from FileMaker server? Should I use AFP to make the databases folder shared? That somehow seems dangerous and wrong to me... I need to do this from off site.

We have a Mac Mini OS X 10.6 that I'm trying to run Filemaker Server Advanced 11 and have been having one heck of a time trying to get the Web Server Deployed. I'm able to "Skip this step and select a server later" and access the database through Remote Filemaker once VPN'd into the server, but in trying to complete the Web Server Deployment it sees that Apache is running, but we're unable to actually get FMSA to complete the process. It keeps retuning "Web Server Test Failed. Return Code = -1" Things we've tried with Filemaker customer support (after paying $45) ... 1. Of course I've also tried to manually input the local IP address into the error reporting box…

I just purchased Filemaker Server 11 on a hosted mac mini server running OSX 10.6.8. I am using MAMP to support my sites (there are only 3 sites hosted with minimal traffic), and everything is working well. I have my databases hosted using FMS 11 and everything is working fine. However, when I try to Enable Web Publishing, I get the same error; Unconfiguring web server... Return code = 0 Testing Web Server... Return code = false I was under the impression that I could update the launchd.plist file to redirect FMS to my custom apache install. This appears not to be the case. Has anyone ever gotten FMS 11 Web Server to run on a machine…

Error from FM Server 11: File has been forcefully disconnected by the host. All affected windows will be closed. [From Administrator: “”] Anyone have insight into what could be the root of this issues? I have run recover on the database that was closed. No issues reported, yet I still get this from FM Server after the file has been open for an hour or so. Help!

Hi. Trying to figure something out and would like your some of your know how... Im trying to get a Zulu seed code ical plugin to work with ssl, but the problems lays at my server, or in filmmaker. Its a osx lion with latest fm server build. The problem is that my server is successfully running SSL on https://domain.com. When I use the plugin it uses FileMaker xml hosting to access the Ical server. But when I access FileMaker webpublish remotely the ssl is not being used. ( https://domain.com/zulu/ is the address where I need the ssl to function. ) From what I have gathered, FileMaker uses a tomcat / catalina server that works together with apache. But w…