FileMaker Server General Discussions
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This is the plague... ANY help surely appreciated/// All of a sudden i get this now... Always... B4 if I reboot... and come back to Filemaker it work I have remove All my other version of FM I have reinstalled several times my fm adv pro I have run a Registry cleaners I have read all the other people same problems on the net in a search...with the same.. trying to follow... [color:blue] Not real certain how to check my XP operating system regarding if File Share is set correct When I click Filemaker, File, Filemaker network.. Sharing is toggle to ON I also get the sharing error message if I try toggling it I have disable…
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I am having trouble with a client crashing that is possibly unresolvable, but I want to give it a shot. I had to upgrade the user's machine to Mac OS X 10.5.x in order to support an unrelated application. FileMaker 6, accessing complex databases hosted by FileMaker Server 5.5 crashes at random times and especially when printing large monthly reports/invoices. (The print job can be hundreds of pages.) When it crashes, it simply disappears from the screen, like "Poof!" Other users are not affected, and the database is not damaged. I KNOW we have to upgrade, but that is several months in the future. It is a complex custom database that is tied in with Quark xPress …
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I just saw it for almost nothing on ebay. Item # 150499847126 just in case anyone's looking.
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Can anyone help? We badly need a copy of Server 8 (or 8 Advanced) __for Intel__ to replace our copy running on an old PowerPC G5 which is on the point of failure and needs a hardware upgrade. It seems that Filemaker ceased support for this a few months ago, and I'm unable to find a copy anywhere. And no, we've tried but can't update to a more recent FM version, due to masses of legacy scripts we've written for this over many years. If anyone has a box on their shelf, or knows where I could download it from etc., you'd be a friend for life. We're willing to pay a fair market price.
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I am hoping someone can help us. Not sure if this is the right thread. My supervisor just bought a brand new custom built computer and wants to be able to use that computer has his main office machine. In our office we run Filemaker Pro 5. It is run off of our server (server 2003) and all of the computers here (roughly 20) can access filemaker with no problems. His computers specs far exceed that of any other computer in the office except for maybe one. For some reason when we try to access filemaker from this machine it runs extremely slow (not usable) even though it’s hooked up and connecting the same way. We have been working on it on and off for about 3 weeks now a…
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I've read this post: http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/194129/ But it does not fit my case. I have a script in FM 11, that imports from one table to another. I keep getting script error 100 (Which is file missing) Is it the import step, thats not compatible with the server script. If this is the case, and I need to use a bot, How do I bypass the user name and password, with out giving everyone access?
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Hi, If I use FM Pro 11 to access a file hosted on FM Server 10, will the quickfind script step work? Thanks in advance!
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Hi All, I just finished a migration of different databases from fp5 to fp7 on a FM Server 11.xx. Everything is rolling just fine. I just want to know if there is a way to hide all the database files in the remote window, except the" Main Menu.fp7" that is the starting point of all users. By doing that, I would like to avoid confusion for the beta users. Thanks for replying Nick
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I don't know if this is the right place for this topic, but here goes. I have a database hosted and multiple people using them at once. I want to know if there is a way for a user to perform an action that will then make my local database perform a script. For instance, if a user selects a certain drop down box category, it will set in motion a script that will notify my immediately. Currently I do this through a combination of apple script / mail. I just wanted to be able to do it all inside filemaker. I was thinking about doing it based on ip so the "warning" would only run if the computer's IP would be "X" so everyone would not see the warning i want to se…
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We are not able to use the Admin Console to manage our shared databases. The actual sharing is working perfectly. We can log onto the server console and access any of the settings under Configuration. However when we select Clients, Databases, Schedules or Statistics the data is displayed correctly but immediately we get "Admin Server Connection Error: An unknown error has occurred." On "OK" the console closes. We have upgraded to server 9.0.3.326. The server is on a windows server which according to our IT support is "running Windows Server 2003 R2, Service Pack 2 (and fully patched with all MS patches prior to SP2). The installed version of Java is Jav…
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Hello, FMForums community. I am completely new to FileMaker, and learning FileMaker just became the cornerstone of my career, so you guys probably aren't getting rid of me anytime soon. Let me explain. I'm a college student (computer science major) that managed to land a job as a systems administrator at a small business. The owner is a close family friend. Since I had proven my usefulness to him on several occasions by keeping the shop's computers up and going whenever there was a problem, when he heard that I have problems at my job, he decided to (finally) take me on-board and let me work for him. Our company buys and sells plastic injection molding machinery…
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Dear FileMaker Experts, Have you guys all seen this article? http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7701/~/deprecation-of-xslt-api-for-custom-web-publishing When they say this, does that mean that with the next version of server our current FileMaker Server xslt will be gone or removed? If so that is very troubling and reminds me of how they removed the .dbf import and export in a recent version that caused such an uproar. Is it possible to get them not to remove that api as we have been using it for years and have lots of uses for it? Thanks in advance, Shawn
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Hi, we have Filemaker server 8 and will be upgrading to FM server advance 11. In order to install the upgrade do i need to uninstall Filemaker Server 8 first? If so, how do i find out the serial number for # 8 since i lost the sleeve with the key. THanks
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I know the header says only versions 9, 10, 11 but we are using 8 and looking at upgrading to 11. Should we expect any issues to arise? Frequently problems encountered? What is a reasonable project time to plan for the upgrade? We are a smaller agency with only 20-25 licenses so the project management should be minimal-correct? Thank you in advance for any thoughts, suggestions or advice given
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Anyone else have issues with FMS11 being slower than FMS10? Our current situation is we have a DB with many "Programs", each program can contain many "Styles". It is possible to have 336 styles in a program, but that will never happen, we do have some with 48 styles. Each of these styles can have one or more pictures associated to them which are not stored in the DB but on another server. Only references are stored in the DB. This has not changed since going to FMS11. We are now getting some users complaining that its too slow to work anymore. Is there any fine tuning that needs or can be done to FMS11 or are we hooped? Regards Michael
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Hi Does any one know how I can get the count of users on a filemaker server? is there a script I can run to get this information. I want the full count across the server and not per database?
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Hi, I have been trying to enable Web Publishing on a Mac OS X Server running 10.6.4 but every time it runs the Web Server test fails. I have read many posts about this issue on this site and others but unfortunately I have had no success in resolving it. My last process was to uninstall FMS11 then restore the Apache2 folder from a time machine (previously just restored the httpd.conf file). Ensure that within the Server Admin that 'Web' was enabled and that I could reach the OS X Server test page from 127.0.0.1 and the machines IP Address. I then reinstalled FMS11 and tried to enable web publishing again but I still get the 'Web Server Test Failed' page. I have …
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hi all i was wondering if there is some type of hosting for filemaker that i can point some solutions to. i don't want to use it via web but the filemaker file itself? the client that i am working for wants the solution to work localy but i need a server to host it. they don't want the cost for a server then the cost of fm server. any help would be great.
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Hi guys, I'm a bit of a FileMaker noobie but I've kinda been given responsibility of a FileMaker Server Advanced 11 and recently, for no reason that I can see, databases started crawling. Especially when duplicating records. When I first open a database, I can duplicate near instantaneously and everything is very fast. However, after 10 minutes it slows down, so there is a delay of about 2 seconds per duplicate record. I can recreate this on several machines and it consistently happens. This only started last week, with no changes in network infrastructure or software. All client machines have 4GB RAM and wired ethernet. They are on Mac OS X Leopar…
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First, the machine specifics: Server 11 Advanced running on Mac Mini with Snow Lepoard Server. FMPRO Advanced 11.2 running on Windows 7 64-bit. I have an application that constantly crashes on my win7 machine. When it crashes, the server *never* releases the license key. In fact, the only way to disconnect as a user is to go the server and restart the entire machine. "Disconnect" user doesn't work. Is there a setting I need to set in FMServer OR Snow Leopard server preferences? Thanks.
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Hi there, It seems that I have a small problem with a scheduled task... What I am trying to do is to run a batch script which will mount a share, and then execute my filemaker script (which is supposed to export records as a .xls file on the share. The problem is It blocks while executing the batch file... it stays in "processing"..... See screenshot : (Wird ausgefürt = Processing in german) ZOOM here Any ideas ? Thanks a lot in advance ! EDIT : The batch file works perfectly when executed manualy !
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Hi, We have a Window VM server under Window server 2008 SP2. On it we install FM server advanced V10. We have around 150 users on it under Filemaker V8.03 and 115 bases. We use Window login name and password (external authentication). This morning the server as a sudden was asking each user for a credential!?! It never did that before. A window update was waiting for a restart. We decide to restart the databases server but we cannot close properly the database from the Admin Consol, no reaction. Everithing restart well after that (with some verifying databases) Any idea why suddenly the server ask for password and if we can correct this without restarting…
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Hi, I'm looking forward to upgrade my FMS 10 to FMS 11... ¿Does anyone knows if FMS 11 takes any advantage or is ready for the new technology implemented by apple in snow leopard "GCD - Grand Central Dispatch"? If so, ¿Does it make any difference?
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Hi there, I have a Filemaker Database on my computer, and I recently copied this database and loaded it on two other computers. Now there are three copies of the same file, but the two other people that use it are not on the same network as me normally so over time we will all be working off different versions of the database! Is there a way we can all work remotely using one master database and connecting over the internet? Thanks a bunch, any and all suggestions are welcome. J
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Hello.. I am running FM9 Adv. having problems after a complete FM removal via control panel.. looked in the Program files/ filemaker folder afterwards.. they are all removed.. So when updating the install.. + the FM site updates for this FM9 Advanced version... I have a 4K server.pem file and a 2K root.pem Can I remove them?
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Posting for search engines - delete if not warranted: When installing Filemaker Pro Server or Server Advanced and the following error message appears: "There has been an error connecting to the Admin Console" Check to see that the machine does not have a proxy configured. If it does: 1. Remove proxy settings 2. Restart machine (Java has crashed) Run Admin Console again.
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Hello, We are looking at upgrading our FMS10 Pro Adv to FMS11 Pro Adv. We are not upgrading FM10 pro A at this time as we need to make sure that our app will actually work properly in FM11. Are there any issues with FMS11 serving FM10 DB's. Thanks for your time. Michael
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We have a script on the server which opens all of our databases so that they are available via cdml/web pages. There are a couple of databases which we consistantly get the following error when trying to access the database through the web pages: 'Database not Open. Unable to process your request because the database "test_db.fm5" is not open.' The server support folks say that the script opening the databases does not result in any errors. I've tried creating a new script with only the offending databases and having he server support folks run them, but it does not result in any errors
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Hello All, A week or two ago i had to wipe and reinstall our 2003 server that host FMS 9, every thing went ok but now about two weeks later i logged on to check it out and when i log into FMS and click on Clients nothing happens, when i click on Databases it comes up but shows NO databases however it shows that i have 35 DB and 17 clients connected.. So i thought i might need a reboot, so i opened CMD prompt and asked FMSADMIN.exe to list clients and it came back with Error 9 when it ust to ask fro a user name and pass. What do i do? IT is NOT doing its backups and i have no way to close the DB's... Im Kinda freaking out some one HELP !
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I have a FM server running since March this year. Everything was fine until the server was rebooted couple of weeks ago. The Admin console didn't work since the reboot. Now the clients get disconnected from the server every some minutes. We have another database (Progeny) running on the system and has been working fine. So it seems the problem is with FM only. I reinstalled FM server. The problem persists. The admin console works at this point. Here are some of the related messages: Cline "name (IP)" no longer responding; connection close (51) Client "name" authentication failed on database "db-name" using "opening (fmapp)". Could someone shed …
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Hi, I'm running filemaker server advanced 11 on a windows server 2008 SP2 machine with IIS 7. We can easily access IWP internally at 192.168.1.49/fmi/iwp but we are trying to figure out how to make this available over the internet. We did it with FM Pro but in that case the internal address was simply 192.168.1.2:591 (address:591 externally). But, with FMSA if we simply type in 192.169.1.49:591 (or :80) we are taken to the IIS screen. How can we make it so that a port number takes the user directly to the IWP home screen? This will make our port forwarding system work.
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Does anyone know if FileMaker Server 11 will run properly on Windows Server Foundation 2008?
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Hi there, I'm trying to execute the following batch BEFORE a Filemaker script @ECHO OFF net use L: sharefolder /user:myUser "myPassword" pause Note that, the user i'm using to mount the share has full privilege. I have to mount a share in order to export periodically a .xls via a Filemaker script. [color:red]THE PROBLEM IS that when the scheduler starts the batch, it says "processing" (or "Wird ausgeführt", I'm using the german version of FMS) and nothing happens. Seems that he cannot execute the command "mount". Any idea ? Thanks in advance ! Flo
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Error 643 I'm using a pre-existing ScriptMaker-built, file-resident script and running it from the server. The script's sole step is to export one field from all the file's records into a .csv file and save it to the server. That step is failing and we think it is related to how I'm writing the filepath. Given the directions in FMP and my programmer's understanding of server work we expected to be able to use the Transfer folder as a repository, so we called the filepath "file:/Transfer/. Based on other threads of online discussion, we created a folder on the server called "Documents" inside the Data folder and tried "file:/Data/Documents/" and that failed too. …
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I am using FM Server 8.0 to host a file at the office. I can see the file on my Power Book while I'm at the office. I have opened port 5003. However, when home, using the same Power Book get the same issue, the files no longer display. No firewall active on my Mac Power Book. Any ideas?
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I looked up the forums and also saw this tutorial: http://www.vtc.com/products/FileMakerServer11/ConfiguringFileMakerServerPart1/92903, but need specific answers/verification on serving up runtime files. As I understand it, runtime FILES, but not the APPLICATION, can be opened on an FM server, as long as there is a copy of FMPro on each client. Here are my questions: Will FMServer 11 open runtime files created in FM10? My application has multiple files that interact with scripting, etc. using the separation model (data files and format files are separate.) I also have a few plug-ins in the extensions folder. What needs to be on the server and ho…
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We have an existing process that dumps all of the information in our Filemaker databases out to xml for import into Postgresql. When upgrading the server to windows 2003 x64 and Filemaker Server 11 Advanced we can no longer access the databases over the xml interface. For example, this command used to work: curl -s --user USERNAME:PASSWORD -d "-findall&-db=db_name&-lay=layout_name" http://192.168.x.xxx/fmi/xml/fmresultset.xml Now we only get a response of: Service Unavailable Filemaker appears to have the Web Publishing server configured correctly. I think it has something to do with IIS. Any ideas?
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I recently bought FMP Server 11 Advanced but am unable to select IWP from the Admin setup page... thanks for the help...
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We have a database hosted by FileMaker Server Advanced 9 via IWP that went haywire and started generating FileMaker Error 504 (Value in field is not unique as required in validation entry options) and Web Scripting Error 509 (Field requires a valid value) at a rate of 200,000 error messages per minute logged into the pe_application log. We’re running FMSA 9 v3 on a Xeon quad core dedicated server with Mac OS X Server 10.5.6. A user had tried to create a new record that had one field that is required to be non-empty and unique. She was confused by this, didn’t understand the FileMaker error message and closed her browser to get out of the situation. I have seen…
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Hi Everyone - one more question before I slip into a coma... We have 2 servers (both intranet connected via additional LAN cards) - one that our outside (cloud) clients FTP into and load photos onto (10.0.0.1), and a separate server that runs FMS11 as a database host to those customers (10.0.0.2). FYI: They are both internet accessible via IP. We are trying to get the photos they upload to 10.0.0.1 (ftp server) to show up in the databases which are on 10.0.0.2. We're currently trying to use a calculation that returns a container object, but FMP always processes it as a local path, which of course, doesn't work. I'm assuming we're pathing it wrong in t…
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Hi there, I need to send an automatic email every 6 months. How can I manage to run that little script every 6 months on FM Server 10 ? Thanks for a quick idea, Frank
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Hi there, Here is a sample of my Event log file 2010-08-24 16:54:00.207 +0200 Informationen 645 PMDB Zeitplan "rt": Scriptingfehler (800) bei "Dev_Patchlog_PMDB_V100 : PL_WebExportTrigger : Export Records". Does anyone know what the number [color:red]645 corresponds to ? Thank you in advance, Flo
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Can FMS9 be successfully hosted on Windows Server 2008? I know it's not in the specs, I'm wondering if anyone has done it successfully. Thanks.
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Hi everyone. Wanted to know if anyone has ever created a script that can open a remote database and (assuming that user has the privileges) either change or run a script that can change the IP address or hostname of an existing favorite host? Any help would be appreciated! I have many users who can barely drive :
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Hi All, I'm new here and I looked in the different Forums for this problem. I'm trying to install a FMS 11 adv. on a PC with XP SP3 , I get a message saying that "this app. cannot install on this machine". Any comments or a turnaround ? Thanks Nick
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I have installed FM11A on Windows 2003 Server 64 bit. When i do then "Test Instant Web Publishing" I get "Service Unavailable". The same result when I type "localhost" i IE. Before installing FM11A the "localhost" show my index.html from c:inetpubwwwroot How do I get a successful test. Is there settings til the IIS? Hope the anybody can help me - I am new to FM.
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Hi ,right now my database is hosted at the FM Server which is at an MAC. I just wonder if i need to shut the server down before shutting down the MACs occasionally... thanks!
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Could someone please point me to some whitepapers or other helpful documentation that shows me how to script or push client updates and new installs? I have 100 users with FMP10 who need to be updated to FMP11 (including any updates to it). Right now my options consist of creating an assisted install file and walking around to all 100 machines to manually install the software and updates. I then have to remove FMP 10. I'm hoping that someone knows how I can do this from the server so I can save myself a boatload of time. We haven't had any luck in the past with silent installs or updates because we install to the D drive. We used to be able to change the inst…
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I'm having a curious problem of not being able to connect my FMP 11 client (running on Windows Vista) to a FMS 11 installation (running on Windows 2003). 1.) I am able to connect to the server admin console via http://localhost:16000/admin_console_webstart.jnlp so I know the server is up and running and I can reach it. 2.) When I start my FMP client, I select Open Remote and try to connect to the sample database via fmnet:/localhost/FMServer_Sample but cannot connect. 3.) My colleages that are using Windows XP do not have a problem opening the sample database from FMP 11 on their machines. 4.) The correct ports are open on the server (specifically 500…
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Hi All, I've got a Xserve running OSX Server 10.5.8 and FMSA 9. When I uninstall FMSA 9 and install either FMSA 10 or 11, external authentication breaks. All the external users and groups are set up in the local OS. Some things we've tried: -confirmed that FM and External authentication are enabled in the admin -double checked the spelling of group names in the OS and FM files -re-uploaded the data files through the admin -deleted and re-created some users and groups in the OS -deleted and re-created some external-auth accounts in a database -burned sage in the server closet No matter what we do, we end up with error number 661 logged whe…
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Good afternoon, Having developed a Filemaker solution as a single user, I now need to collaborate with a colleague over the internet. Is Filemaker server the best way to share a database, maintain synchronicity and avoid problems with two people editing the same data at the same time? Do i need to have Filemaker hosting or can i run the server on a cable connection (if indeed Filemaker Server is the way to go) I considered switching to MySQL, but i already have the database in Filemaker and I would by slightly concerned about the security aspect as the data must be kept private. Thanks in advance for your replies...
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Is it better to run filemaker server 10 on a mac with snow leopard or snow leopard server for best performance, speed, and reliability?
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I can't get Site Assistant to login to a Windows-based FMS 9.0v3 database. I'm running Site Assistant from a Mac with OS 10.5.4. My database requires authentication, direct login works fine, and has fmphp enabled. The Test PHP database screen works and connecting to it using PHP Site Assistant works. In PHP Site Assistant I can connect to the server. I see all active databases. When I try to select and authenticate the desired database, I always get "Invalid user name or password." It doesn't matter whether I select "Prompt user..." or "Store database account..." The admin login is managed by FMS directly, user accounts are externally authenticated. I've tried…
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Is it me or when running server side script it is not possible to calculate anything with related tables? When running the script from the client, it works fine, but not from the server. Just did a test with a count (relatedTable::field) and the server returned "?".
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I have seen several posts within this forum that seem to be similar to my issue, what makes matters worse, this subject matter is not my domain of expertise. I am merely posting here to see if I can get a simple answer to help me help my IT support. The following is information that will help all you smart people: Hardware / OS This is a Windows virtual server, not a physical server Windows 2008 R2 Standard Server 64-bit with Application services, File Services, IIS roles installed 2GB RAM Host server is running a Xeon Quad Core 2.5 Ghz CPU Applications Filemaker Server 11 and default software Sophos Endpoint Security and Control version 9 Th…
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I've written an application which uses JDBC to connect to a FMP database. It works fine on my test system (shared via JDBC in FMP9 on Windows), but I can't get it to connect to the live database, which is running in FMP9 Advanced Server on MacOS X. Closer investigation (with netstat) indicates that the FMP server is not listening on port 2399 for incoming connections. I have read as much of the documentation as I can find, and consequently have: Enabled plugins in the server Enabled ODBC/JDBC in the database Added the the xDBC permissions to all users defined in the database Reuploaded the database to the server Restarted the server None of t…
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I am wondering has anyone else had the same issue that we are having with FM 11 odbc. On the FM server, every so many days we find an error of fmxdbc_listerner.exe has stopped in the event logs. We have a hugh number of processes that are using odbc but once this error happens everything fails. The error is not logged in the filemaker logs and filemaker support has not provided any help with this issue as well. If anyone has any information, please provide the knowledge. Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, gonna ask a silly question: once I upload my database file in FM Server Advanced, how can I retrieve the file to my local disk again? Where is it stored in the server? I need to get the most current database file.. Thanks!
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Download file http://www.kitchenappliancesforum.co.uk/RDO.zip open it up and you will see a field to search on. when performing the search on FM Client it works and returns one record if you host the file however you get no result!
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Hi Everyone, I currently have FM10 Server advanced on a windows server. It is VERY unreliable and has to be restarted frequently. We are going to upgrade to FM11 Server advanced and we are also purchasing a new server. My question is which operating system is superior, OS X or Windows? I'm not asking which is better for everyday things and do not wish to start a war, just wondering which one will provide a more stable FM environment. My other question is, can I also run FM11 Pro on the same machine? I would host it via FM server and access it from FM pro via the assigned IP address so it would not be an attempt to open the same file directly from both the s…
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A client of ours recieves messages with too great a frequency that 'Filemaker has lost communication with host. All affected windows will be closed.' They are running Filemaker Server and all clients are on a hardwired LAN. We, somewhat stubbornly, believe that the issue has to do with some setting on the client computers or more likely some issue with their LAN. They belive that the issue is Filemaker based. I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any ideas about this problem. All machines are MAC and they are running Filemaker 10 and Server 10. The server is configured to NOT disconnect idle clients. Looking forward to any suggestions anyone …
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I'm trying to connect via JDBC to a database hosted on filemaker server 11 advanced. I'm trying to connect with SQuirrel client and with a simpla java class (as exemplified by the odbc/jdbc guide that came with fmsa 11). In both cases the connection just hangs. There are no errors returned, no time outs happen, nothing. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you were able to connect to a file via JDBC using serve 11 and the new drivers from FileMaker.. Notes: - yes, jdbc is turned on - yes, jdbc access is enabled on the account - yes, I was able to connect via jdbc using datadirect sequelink drivers on fms 10 but not 11. - i t…
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I would like to create an administrative group with the main goal of monitoring client statistics. I do not want this group to perform actions on the server or database file. I have only been successful at showing server statistics to a group with such limited privileges. Is this possible?
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I'm trying to get FMServer 11 to execute SYSTEM SCRIPTS on Mac OS X 10.6.3. In the first instance I can get simple commands to execute, such as 'ls' without problem, but what I really want to do is fire up a separate database and use an installed FileMaker Pro 11 to "save records as PDF" - this is an option not available within FMServer. My simple scripts is: #!/bin/bash open '/users/stagebase/documents/file.fp7' which execute correctly when initiated from a terminal session started from the Finder. I have applied the changes to the /etc/sudoers file as recommended by the FMS Admin Console help, so that the script can execute under a local syste…
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We are currently running FMServer 9 on an old G5/OS X 10.4 server. It hosts student records for various projects, has a maximum of 2 users and it's been fine. But I need to update. Would FMSA11 run on a lightly used xServer? The server in question only runs a few web sites; some Joomla and Moodle. I know that best practice is for a dedicated server but I am running out of options here. Is anyone else in this position and has found sharing a server acceptable? Thanks for you time - much appreciated.
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Hi there, not sure where I should post this question - but here goes: When accessing a hosted version of the DB - does Filemaker write or store ANY data to the local disk ? I am thinking specifically about temp files etc. Any help greatly appreciated. Glorifindal
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Are there any bad implications for hosting on FMP Server 9 a solution built in version 11? The users would have FMP 11 client software on their desktop computers to access the file. For instance, I'm pretty sure things like the Mutlti-field quick-find feature would work okay in this circumstance, yes? Any other "issues" I need to consider when designing this soultion?
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Hi There, I set up a FM server 10 recently and has been working for the last couple of months. After rebooting the server this morning, all database files are running okay but the server admin is not starting. I don't recall I needed to do anything to start server admin in the first place. But when I start it this time, it keeps "connecting...." but never complete. I looked at each tab from admin start and tried changing some configurations, that didn't make it work. I don't seem to find a log somewhere to tell what could be wrong. What could be the problem? What can I do to get it running again? I really appreciate any help from this community. -Sal
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HI, I was wondering if anyone can enlighten me on the best setup for using FM server with an overseas office. Currently when I have users connect in the USA to the databases the speed is very acceptable. However as soon I go over the the pond, may it be Atlantic or Pacific it comes to a screeching halt. It is no longer usable. Can any of you tell me what would resolve this. -Go to a company that hosts FM databases, assuming that those connections are faster? -Better servers internally? We will be on a mixed platform, with overseas on Windows and USA on MAC. I appreciate the help, thanks.
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I'm sure I'm missing something here but when I launch the Site Assistant it loads up fine and when I check to create a new site it displays the server address, but when I go to connect it says the server isn't found. Our IT guy is no longer here so I've had the "priveledge" of taking on all the server work myself and I'm a total newbie... I have no problem opening up the DB through the client and our IWP works perfect. All the privileges and boxes are checked to allow PHP. I need help and the documentation so far is terrible...
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Hi there, I am having an issue adding/connecting to my database using the PHP Assistant. I have tried to point the PHP Assistant to the database but I keep getting the same error: Connection failed. Please check the server address. I ran the test page and it connected to the sample database without any problems. I have tried multiple file paths to the database and still get the same error. I had done this once in the past. The help file wasn't much help. I did make sure my database has all the right access privileges. My Database is on an Apple X-Server. IP address is 192.168.1.107 If you can help me or point me in the right direction that would b…
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They installed FM11 and running my app.fp7 file okay. They have a FM client ver 8.5 in the net and getting an error it... with "Host capacity exceeded when attempting to run the 2nd station.."" Is this due to FM11 being a demo?
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Hi, I need to access a FM server using ODBC. I installed DataDirect SequeLink 5.4 and I can successfully connect to FM from various ODBC clients. The problem arises when I try querying the data: I get errors such as "[DataDirect][ODBC SequeLink driver][ODBC Socket][DataDirect][ODBC FileMaker driver]Invalid character value. Error in column 40.". If I remove column 40, I then get similar errors on other columns or things like "Requested conversion is not supported." I am not sure what to do now. The ODBC driver that comes with version 11 doesn't seem to be able to connect to 9. Can anybody help me? Best regards, Alessandro Federici
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Hi, Is fmsadmin async or sync? I'm asking because when I launch a backup script, some files were closed before the backup could complete. Here is my code : @echo off echo %date%;%time%;backup;quotidien;démarrage;>>log_backup.txt set fm="c:Program FilesFileMakerfilemaker serverDatabase serverfmsadmin" -u XYZ -p 123 %fm% send -m "The daily backup is starting. You might notice a little slow down for the next 30 minutes." :FM_RUN_BACKUP %fm% run schedule 2 REM DOES IT WAIT THE SCHEDULE IS FINISH BEFORE EXECUTING THE NEXT COMMAND? :FM_CLOSE_FILES %fm% CLOSE -y -m "The daily backup has finished. The system will close all files for the …
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Sorry if this is already known, but I couldn't find this information anywhere and stumbled upon it. FileMaker's KB says this: Importing/exporting directly to and from another FileMaker Pro file is not supported via a FileMaker Server scheduled script. However; I found that if you have a .fp7 file in the documents folder and attempt to import from it, the error that came back was 212 (Invalid user account and/or password; please try again). Even though I had matching account credentials in the files with full access, as well as running the scheduled script with the same full access account. What did work was when I modified the data source file (in the docum…
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I just want to get verification that it is not possible to use a custom function in a script parameter from a schedule on FM server. Is that correct? I tested this on localhost and it appears that the custom function is not working. I'm using the custom functions to pass parameters from Six Fried Rice. Thanks.
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I would like to have my database in a way that the website(s) will be dynamic (able to open multiple windows to compare and edit) I have done some research and seems like IWP (instant web publishing) cannot get what I want, so I wonder if CWP is the only way. I don't have any experience with CWP, and wonder if there is any othe way here... If I can install FM Pro copies in all of my users' PCs, can I somehow share my database in a way that all clients can access and use it? Please advice. Thank you very much! :
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I am running Server 11 advanced and I am trying to set up a page with IWP and when I start the set up, it looks fine. Asks for the site name and then the IP to connect. I am working right on the machine and it shows the local IP in the box. But it won't connect to get the list of hosted databases. I have put in 127.0.0.1, I have put in the domain name I have even put in a forwarding port. And nothing. It says it can't connect. I checked the IWP setting in the server and it is on. I also checked that the database I want has PHP and IWP setting on and it shows that they are on in the list of databases. I am at a loss on what to do.
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Hi We have a solution which contains various global fields used to store preference data. However as the solution is hosted with FM Server a client who access the solution is unable to edit these fields. Only the host is able to do this. This is a real pain as in order to make a change to a global field in the preferences area of the sloution you have to close down FM server, re-launch the solution with FM pro, make the changes, quit FM pro and then restart FM server. Does any one know of a trick or work around that will allow a client to force a change to a global filed?
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Does anyone know if the latest java update is ok to to install (Java 10.6 update 2 v 1)?
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Hi, There is a typo in the close command help. It's written "-f" to force files to close without prompting, but it should be written "-y". The typo is also present in the PDF file fms11_help. By chance the examples was written with the right flag! No wonder why my server seemed to hang with my batch file!
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Hi, I have built a database in FMPro 9 on Windows Vista. I have delivered it to the users who have put it on FM Server 11. In the month it took me to build the database I didn't get a single crash and they tell me they are getting three crashes a day. I asked them to send me the error logs which they have done. The logs are attached to this post. Can anyone help we interpret these and do they give any indication of why the crashes are occuring? Thanks Tom fmpcrash1_20100712.txt fmpcrash2_20100712.txt fmpcrash3_20100712.txt
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Hi, I'm wondering which way to publish my FM database. I need to test if all my scrips developed in my client side would work in the web-based interface. I tried IWP (instant web publishing) but seemed like some functions did not work. I have a button in one layout which would trigger another window (layout) to open, but it is not doing it via IWP. I heard there are servers and CWP options too. Which one should I try? BTW, I'm not working on the server PC. Our office did purchase FMPro Server which comes with the Server Console. Do I need to use that? since it includes the PHP web assistant function which I guess might help with opening multiple windows. I'm ju…
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I am having a very odd problem. It started when I rebooted our filemaker server. Once it rebooted, no one could log into any databases. I opened the admin console and got the error message "Could not start database server" When I clicked on the server start icon, it got an hourglass then back to cursor after a minute but it did not start - got same message when I click any of the links on the left - such as databases. I figured... well... lets manually stop and restart - so I cycled the service manually. Still no luck. At this point I figured, well, I wanted to upgrade to version 11 anyways.. so I uninstalled filemaker server 10, including …
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Hi, I'm trying to auto update some plugins using FMPA11-XP and FMS11-Win2k3. It doesn't work. I tried multiple script examples without any success. There is no error when running the script. I executed the same script from my FMPA11-Win7 machine and it works. The plugins are in the c:usersmyNameAppDataLocalFilemakerExtensions. Here are the setup : FMPA11 on Win7 : It works FMPA11 on XP : Doesn't work FMS on Windows 2003 : Plugins are set to autoupdate.
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I have a stand alone db that runs on a computer and periodically needs to sync up with FMS I can not guarantee that the network is available though. So I figure to test to see if its running and if so, do an import. What is the most elegant way to test if FMS is available? (this is similar to the heartbeat thread but I need to test from a FMP DB Charles
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I have a shell script for closing files and shutting down FM Server that's called by the UPC when the power goes off. All works well except I can't seem to figure out how to suppress the prompt that occurs, asking me if I really want to close the files. In order for the script to continue a person must click Yes, but I certainly can't count on someone being present to click on that button when a power outage occurs. Any suggestions? Running FMSA 11 on Snow Leopard. Thanks in advance! -Kent
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I'm not sure where to put this question so I thought I would start here. I have a database that is hosted on the web by a remote server in California ( I am in Washington state). The server has been having some up-time issues so I am contemplating replacing the remote server with a local area network. Are there any performance issues (positive or negative) that I should expect as a result of switching to a LAN? What would be the observable differences between the various approaches to communicate from one computer to another. If this LAN is successful I anticipate that I would have up to five linked computers. Can anybody point me to a discussion of t…
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I am running windows 2003- Can I have more than one website that uses PHP to connect to a more than one FM dabase- one data base for each site. Does FM server using PHP only run on the Default website?. I tried creating a new site and using "host headers" in the IIS-cannot seem to connect to the data base unless the database folder is selected in the default site in "home directory" Any ideas would be appreciated- I have been searching all over for documentation and have not been able to find any.
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We have a new FMPRO SERV ADV 11 license that installed and deployed great, we have been using the server to host fmpro7 databases with IWP successfully. The only thing that is a concern is that the the FileMaker Server Admin Console - > Overview there is a message in a RED rectangle that says "SERVER STATUS INFORMATION - [current date/time] An Error was encountered communicating with the server." I'm happy that everything works, IWP is a great short term solution where I work but it doesn't sit well to read that message. Currently we have a "self-cert" SSL certificate configured with the Apache. If I restart the Apache and SSL and restart the FileMaker Server …
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Just wondering if anyone can help me. I have a script which will open the 3 databases in the server. The interesting thing is, 2 of these databases can be open without any problem but for the remaining 1, the following message will appear(see attachment). However, this database is definitely uploaded in the server and it can be open when listed there when I choose to open it using 'Open Remote'. The database can actually be seen open partially in the background when the error message pops up. This seems to be a very simple problem but somehow I just can't find the root of the problem.
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I can't figure out how to set the FM Server backup script to backup to an external drive. Is this possible? If so, what's the file path I need to enter? Thanks, Gabriela
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I'm running FileMaker Server Advanced 11 and connecting to it from FMP 11 clients. A few days ago something very strange started happening. I can't seem to get into Define Fields (manage -> database) from Mac clients but I can from Windows clients. Here's what's been going on... We've had FMSA running on Windows Server 2003 for some time now. We had upgraded it to 11 when it came out and weren't having any issues other than sometimes it just seemed pretty slow. Well, here lately my client has been complaining that he can't into Manage -> Database on some of his files. I was able to confirm this at his location and I also cannot get into that area on…
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Going from FMS 5 to FMS 11. I want to back up all the databases on Monday to a folder called "Monday", on Tuesday to a folder called "Tuesday", Wednesday to a folder called "Wednesday" etc. On FMS 5 I just navigated and selected the destination folder. When I put 7 folders ("Monday", "Tuesday", etc) in the "Backups" folder already designated by FMS and validate the path it tells me that it is an invalid path. How can I direct the target folder for a backup other than just the one called "Backup" set by FMS? Greatly appreciate a point in the right direction.
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We recently upgraded from Server 9 to Server 10, and during the installation I discovered a previous installation of FMS 5.5 still running (but not hosting any dbs). I tried to uninstall 5.5, but discovered that I need the installation disk to do the uninstall. Unfortunately, I discarded the 5.5 isntaller CD some time ago (we haven't run 5.5 in a few years). In the meantime, I just disabled the 5.5 service, but it would probably be nice to be able to just uninstall it. Are there any uninstallation workarounds that all you to uninstall without the install CD?
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fms11a on OS 10.6.4 shell script as below (as per Wim Decorte method of old) user account is the system user and validates in schedule assistant trying to run the schedule generates 'aborted by user' #!/bin/bash # only change the next two lines of this script to suit your installation source="/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Backups/Hourly/" destination="/Users/Shared/fms_backups" # source defines the folder you to archive. Only archive FileMaker Server backups, not the master files hosted by FMServer. # destination is the place t the archives are sent # ( best this be a separate volume ) # suffix is the time stamp to append t…
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Hello, I am just upgrading our server from version 8 to 11. I did not know until now that backups were now each in their own folder. I understand the upside of allowing multiple backups and preventing them being overwritten. Having a fixed location was a plus in this situation: we need a duplicate of the database at a remote location - the data is replaced every night and using "day-old" data is not an issue and performance is better than using the network. So the script used by the remote machine was "pulling" a backup of the database from the same location every night. Now, with a new name every night, it no longer works... We can't do a file copy of the …
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Im thinking of using Filemaker Server under Windows 2008 Server 64 bit version. 1. Will that work? Does FMS run in 64 bit? 2. Am I then married to the IIS Server or can I use Apache? 3. What virusscanner would be good so it doesnt completely shred the databases and 4. How could I encrypt the Databases on the disk so they dont fall into the wrong hands when the disk ist stolen? (Something like Filevault on OSX?) Thanks, Spongebob as you can tell from the questions, I prefer Macs. :
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