FileMaker Server General Discussions
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First time poster longtime Fmpro user. I have been using Fmpro 5.5 now for many years. I have had no need to upgrade. Software and data on stand alone system running XP. I would like to know if I can remotely access my data from a laptop running Vista. If yes, how do I set this up or where can I go to read up on setting this up. thanks in advance.
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I have an extensive db developed that has about 10-20 users on regular basis. Each user has a copy of FMP9 and accesses it via network and FMSAdvanced 9. I want to add limited access to the db for customers to enter orders themsleves via a touchscreen kiosk. Is this possible? When I use the developer utility in FMA9 to set the db for kiosk mode - will that exclude future changes to the database? Will the current users still be able to access it as normal? This db - like most - is in constant development and improvement.
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I am having problems with my database served on fm server 8 I have a main file with 1,600,000 records. It keeps losing records. I`m not sure if the problem is with fm server so I am trying to find out what version of fm8 server I have. I would like to install the latest version
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Hi is there a similar option in windows xp to Mac OS's "remember the password in keychain". This is to stop users having to keep entering there passwords to login to a password protected database. Regards Peter
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I'm moving our Filemaker 5.5 server to a new PC and have found certain databases that I do not wish to share. Is there a way to prevent certain database files from being shared? Thanks
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Some modern programming environments support concurrent development. That is, two or more programmers access a set of files from a server and work simultaneously to modify the code. I'm not talking about doing development work while end users are active. Is this possible in the current release of FMP? If so, what's involved? Kind regards,
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Filemaker has issued updates for FMP, FMPA, FMS, FMSA products to correct the SSL / Year 2038 / Remote Host issue. http://www.filemaker.com/support/downloads/index.html
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Hello, What should the stripe size be set to for optimal performance with Filemaker Server 9 on a three disk RAID 5 array? Our hardware: 4 x 36GB SCSI hard-drives with 3 in the array and a hot spare Adaptec 3210s RAID controller Thanks,
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We're currently running FM Server 5.5/FM Pro 6.0 on our Windows network, Server 2003 on the servers, XP SP3 on the workstations. I'm planning on Migrating to FM Server 9/FM Pro 9 on the same domain. I would like to have FM Server installed and tested before we switch over to live data from the Server 5.5/client 6.0 installation we currently have. Doing this would require that Server 5.5 and Server 9 run simultaneously on the same domain (although hopefully on different servers) at least for the testing period, which should be a week or less. Are there any issues I should be aware of (assuming the above is even possible) prior to rolling out Server 9? I assume th…
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I'm an admitted noobe trying to get my head wrapped around FileMaker Server. Here's the issue: We have FileMaker Server 9 running on a G5 on the network. The rest of the machines on the network run a mix of FM Pro versions. Accessing the databases through the server while on the network is fine. No problems. Patrick How do I go about accessing the databases from OUTSIDE the network? I'm the administrator by default and don't really have a LOT of network experience. Unfortunately this is a somewhat pressing issue and I'd really appreciate some guidance on this.
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I have a single database that I want to share with a colleague. I use FM 9 Advanced to create databases and will soon add FM Server 9 to my Mac OS X Server to share the databases over the local network. As I understand, FM Server 9 doesn't allow you to do instant web publishing. My question, can I set up the one database to share the one database with FM 9 Advanced and share the rest of the databases to the network with FM Server.
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Hi all, I have the following problem with File Maker Server 9.03: when I go to my web publishing site in the browser I can see my database, but when I want to open it by clicking on it I get the message "Database not available!" I can open the same database through FileMakerPro and in the administration of FMS everything seems to be OK. The mainboard of my MacBookPro has just been exchanged because of a problem - maybe it has to do something with a connection between the internal computer address or something? Befor it worked liek a charme. Thanks in advance for your help.
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I'm trying to establish https on a Mac with FMP Server 8 Advanced to serve web page via XSLT. The certificates have been created (by someone else) and I updated the httpd.conf file to listen on both port 80 and 443. I also enabled the Secure Connection on FMP Server Configuration. When I look at localhost on the machine with either http or https, I can make the connection, but when I try the registered name of the server, only http works. The message I get is that the browser couldn't establish a secure connection to the server. Ports 80 and 443 are both open. Please point me in a direction to go next!! Thanks.
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I have a small system. FM Server 9 (9.0.3.326) running on one machine sharing 20 .fp7 files. If I run FM 7 on this machine and select "Open Remote" using the "Local Hosts" from the pull-down, the server (name STPI) shows up fine and I can see the files. If I go to another machine running FM 7 and select "Open Remote" using the "Local Hosts" from the pull-down, the server does not even show up. Server is running 10.5.5 and other client is running 10.4.11. Both clients are 7.0v3 and are on the same subnet. If I manually type in the IP address of the server, I can see it, but, I'm trying to get this to work by just using the "Name" that I defined in the server…
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This week we are upgrading our FM server version from version 8 to version 9. I am just wondering if there are any problems we should be aware of regarding this change. Our client machines use an array of versions from 7-9 will this cause any problems? Also is there anything I should be aware of with regards to the new version?
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I'm having a problem with a new machine on my network connecting to my FileMaker Server. It sees the server under "Local Hosts" but it doesn't see any files that are shared on that server. I don't know what I'm missing. The server is set to "List all databases." I've setup client accounts for this user on the databases that I want them to get into. This is so strange. I have eighteen other computers here that connect to the databases just fine. I appreciate any thoughts any of you have about this. We are all running Macs with OS 10.5.5 and FileMaker Pro 9.0v3. Thanks. Rick
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Over the past few days I have been experiencing License Key Conflicts with fully licensed machines. I am running FMServer 8.### with a mix of about 8 clients. Randomly, FM Pro on a client machine will quit. Upon relaunch the user will get a License conflict. now this has happened before and we had to restart the machine to fix it. That no lnoger works. I have to close all of the DB's and then reopen them. trying to disconnect the just crashed client from FMServer does nothing. I cannot even send a message. Anyone else having similar problems or does anyone have a solution? Thanks
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I'm running filemaker server 8.0 v4, and I've recently started trying to implement autoupdating of plugins for our client computers. I've taken the sample Autoupdate file and am trying to use this to update the clients, but I've not yet gotten it to work. As I'm tracking down what is going wrong I come across the fact that the external function YourPlugin_Version (referenced in the fm8_autoupdate pdf) does not exist...why on earth? What did I do to cause this? Anybody have a notion why it isn't there? and what I can do to put it there? the script where it should be called is "Local Plug-In Check", and this is what is in the script... Set Field [AutoUpdatePl…
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OK I have a FMS 7 serving around 20 FMP 8 clients. I have amended/ added a number of files on FMP 9A and added them to the server, one using the dacons mail-it plugin. On trying to access these files via FMP 9A I get the response "This action cannot be performed because this file is not modifiable" The files have network sharing on, and Network access to file is set to all users so why are they not modifiable???....don't think Im being totally dim, but its a possibility!
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I'm running filemaker server 9v3 on mac os x 10.4.11. I have clients running both OS X (regular) 10.5.4, and OS X Server 10.5.4. I just upgraded these clients to 10.5.5, and to FileMaker Advanced 9v3. After this upgrade, one of my clients (the one running OS X Server 10.5.5) can still see the Filemaker Server (e.g. it shows up in the "Hosts" list when you choose "open remote") but it can no longer see any databases to open (e.g. the "Available FIles" list is blank). Another machine running OS X 10.5.5 (normal) plugged into the same network on the same subnet can access the files just fine. I thought perhaps it was a firewall issue, but turning off firewa…
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Our office runs Filemaker Server 9 to which appox. 10 Filemaker Pro 9 clients connect. I spend that last few months developing the database on my computer using Filemaker Pro Advanced 9. After testing, I moved the database to the server about two weeks ago and it has been in use since. To create a new record, the user runs a script that opens a window above the list of all records. Once they enter all the data, they run another script that validates the information, set up some relationship, and then closes the data input window. Today, a user followed this procedure to create a new record. However, when she viewed the new record, all of the data that she en…
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Greetings all, this is my first post. I work for an Apple dealer in Philly and we have a client for whom we recently installed a pair of Sonicwall Firewalls to provide a VPN Tunnel between 2 remote offices. Prior to accessing the Filemaker host through the VPN tunnel, we had users in the second office access the main server via Port forwarding on their Comcast router. The FM server is running 5.5 on a Dual Processor PowerMac G4 running OS 10.4 Their comcast speeds are 12 MB down and 1 UP. There are 14 databases (all under 20MB) that are opened and used, Opening the DBs on the internal network where the server resides takes about 15 seconds.. yet over the…
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hi i need help. i have installed the DataDirect Sequelink for ODBC 5.4 on 3 different servers (2 windows 2k, 1 windows 2003) fine. on another windows 2003 server, after installation, the driver does not show up on the installed drivers list in ODBC data source administrator. when i checked the installed programs list, its on the list. need help asap. thanks.
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On September 24th Apple released an "Update 2" to Java. Has anybody any experiences with this update on FMS master or worker machine? E.g. will the update break the connection between master and worker? Or resolve or break admin console? Here's the Apple info on the update:
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When I try running the test page for php on my Mac, I get the following error Safari could not open the page “http://192.168.1.103/fmi-test/phptest.php?lang=en&server=jalz-macbook.local” because the server is not responding. can someone help me resolve this please....i know php is running correctly as the phpinfo.php page I have created in the webserver root seems to bring up the php file up. Many Thanks Jalz
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Hi all, in regards to this Post, I tried another way of doing it.. I have an Applescript that takes value of a field, then uses the "do shell script" command to generate a txt file on the HD, then another "do shell script" to change line endings from CR to LF, where the output goes to another directory. This works just fine when ran from FMP, but I need to make this Server sided, in order to have the resulted file to be updated on a schedule.. here is what I have so far: file script is:(based on this example copy cell "PROFESSIONNELS INTER::CalendarName" of current record to fileName copy cell "PROFESSIONNELS INTER::tout ensem…
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OK, this is really odd. My MBP recently went in for service and I deauthorized by FM9A and installed it and activated it on my home iMac (OSX 10.5.4, FMA 9.0v3). Firewall set to allow "All incoming connections." I maintain several solutions hosted by a 3rd party hoster who has them on a couple different servers. I am unable to access two of those servers at all. As a Favorite host, when I select that server, nothing shows up, when usually all the files do (including my own). Other users (my clients) can see the files, just not me. Customer service at the hosting company has been great, but ultimately unhelpful. The host maintains a handful of ser…
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I guess I'm not alone on this, but the java applet used to administer our FM9 Server has just stopped working. I have tried going to local ip:16000 in an attempt to jump start a new java download but it does nothing. When I tried to use the old file it would bring up a status screen and would never get past a part where it said it was "checking for updates" I let it try for several hours but no luck. I have searched on this topic for several weeks now off and on with not much luck. I have read many posts not only on this forum, but on many others that this was a reoccurring issue, but there never seamed to be a solution other than to reinstall the server software. I…
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Hi All, We have FMSA7 running on a mac and this server hosts many databases. Suddenly, when we tried to login into the FileMaker Server Admin and when we were prompted to enter the password, the application was not accepting the password. But we feel that the password is correct. All the databases are still being served but we are unable to launch the FileMaker Server Admin application. We went to the unix shell and tried to execute the fmsadmin -v command and we were asked to enter the password. At the command level, the password was accepted and all the server info was displayed. Has anyone encountered a similar problem and how did you resolve this situation. A…
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Hey everyone -- I did a little bit of searching around both fmforums as well as the internet at large, but didn't see anything related to this specific issue, so I thought I would start a thread here. My organization runs FM9 Server Advanced 9.0.3.326 (latest version to the best of my knowledge) on OSX 10.5.4 (1 rev behind) quad core Intel Xeon processor. The server was purchased this year, so I am not yet willing to consider that this is a hardware issue. Today, I received notification that the server was inaccessible. I launched the Admin Console and noticed that the console couldn't connect to the DB server. I attempted to manually connect without suc…
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Should the OpenURL script step actually work in a server side script? I created a script to launch a web page but anytime the script is run as a schedule, it fails with error 4. If I run it manually, it works fine (yes, I'm using the same account). I do have the "Perform without dialog" checkbox turned on. I also tried using web viewer to accomplish the same thing (with a Set Web Viewer script step), but that gives me error -1. My reasons for doing this is to run a php script once a day. Since the server is a Windows box I can't use AppleScript, and I don't have a clue how to write an external script in Windows to simply go to an URL. Anyone have any help/i…
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Hi all, We're trying to open up the admin console in FMS9, newly installed on a new G5 tower. OSX, 10.5.5 2x3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM Each time we get a error message, with a cryptic message: Error: Unexpected exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException And that's it. Nothing else to help us along. Any ideas?
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I have web publishing turned OFF on FM Server 9.0.3 and as a result the server e-mails me the following message several times per day: Subject: FMServer ERROR wpe1 FileMaker Server 9.0.3.325 on FMServer.local reported... FileMaker Server 9.0.3.325 on FMServer.local reported the following event: Wed Mar 12 12:08:23 PDT 2008 FMS ERROR wpe1 Some problems were detected in the WPE COMPONENT: COMPONENT IS NOT RESPONDING. FileMaker Server automatically sent you this email. Contact the administrator if you no longer want to receive these notifications. If I turn web publishing ON, the notifications stop. I've looked in the Admin Console for the setting which w…
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Hi, I am new for php publishing. I want to use Apache and FMS9 for PHP publishing with FM. My problems starts from beginning. FileMaker Server Deployement assistant does not show Apache, it only shows IIS of Windows. Is there any trick to show Apache in the list or am I missing someting? Thanks F. Osman Cabi
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I upgraded a FileMaker Server Advanced from 8 to 9 last week without difficulty. Today, I'm not able to access the admin console remotely or locally on the server. If I try to run the previously downloaded Java applet, it starts but doesn't do anything. Netstat and ipfw show that the connection is being made on port 16000. I'm experiencing no problem with Web Publishing (IWP & PHP), just the admin console. After much digging I finally found an error message in a log file: /Library/FileMaker Server/Admin/admin-master-tomcat/logs/catalina.2007-08-02.log Yesterday I installed Apple Security Update 2007-007 and after rebooting the above catalina log shows erro…
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I'm not sure this is the correct place for this post, but here goes. I have been having a great number of issues when a file hosted by FP Server Advanced 8v4 is crashing on a particular client's machine (Windows XP2). This client - using FP9v3 - usually runs a large number of databases on his machine over various applications and has a consistent problem of his FP files crashing at different times (e.g. sometimes when only FP9 is open; other times when moving between applications). In particular it seems to happen when running scripts to view different layouts (e.g. arriving on a different layout causes the page to partially draw and will bring up the message: …
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Hello, I have one user which FM Client keeps losing it´s connection to the host. All other 50 users have no problem. So actually I would put it on the system, but: - no other network services are harmed, just Filemaker loses the connection. - there is no difference if I use cable or Airport. I would be glad if someone would have a suggestion. thanks. shifty
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This seems to be a repeating topic on these forums. Here is my scenario. Fresh Install of OSX Server 10.4.11 on an Xserve with no connection to the internet. Install Filemaker server 9. I get in, can configure things, looks good. I setup everything for using server, doing backups, etc. then quit admin console. Attempt to launch again, and it sits at the screen saying "checking for latest version" and never goes beyond that. I distinctly made it a point to confirm that the "allow server to check for updates" checkbox was unchecked. Are there any suggestions for geting this to work? I have wiped the server and reinstalled everything, only to get the same symptom. …
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I am trying to load the FMS9 that I got from the TechNet membership onto to Windows Vista Ultimate. I uninstalled everything and try starting the admin console and keeping getting the same error "The Database Server is not available. To edit Server Deployment, please start the database server first." I read similar post, but the ones I found related to Mac OS. Any help is appreciated. Best
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I apologize if this has been covered before. I didn't find a thread like it, so please provide a link if available. I was recently tasked with helping a small office migrate their FileMaker Server 5.5 installation to a new machine. The old server is running Server 2003 Standard Edition (SP1) 192.168.1.3. Internal DNS was handled by the broadband router and there's no name suffix published to all DHCP clients. A new server was acquired, Server 2003 SP1 installed, patched, promoted as a DC (in the event they wish to use an AD-based network later on), and made to function as the office's new DNS (configured to use the ISP's DNS as the forwarder). All hosts exc…
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(No, This is not a Viagra ad...) Hi, running FM server 9 on a dedicated database server with Win 2003 Server. It's a Dell PE 1600 SC. 1 Gb RAM. Processor à 2.79 GHz. 4 Disks @ 37 Gb in RAID 5. We are disappointed with response times. When I go into Task manager, Perf Mon, I can see 4 windows monitoring the processor. First three windows practically no activity. Fourth window : pretty frantic. Zigzagging between 60% and 80%. Is this Good? Bad? Normal? Unfortunate? If it's bad, or unfortunate, is there anything I can do in FMS or in Windows to get it better ? Where's a good place to go to get performance related advice for FMS? …
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Hi, I am an IT consultant and I am installing Filemaker server 9 and 9 advanced on several clients server. On all previos versions we installed the server to an alternate hard drive using the INSTALLDIR= option in the appropriate file (setup.ini in the case of server 9). When installing Server 9 (or advanced) to any drive other than C, after setup completes (and on all future attempt at launching the FMS 9 Start Page ([install drive:installdir]Adminadmin-serverlaunch-pageprelaunch_single_en.html) to complete the installation, it never gets past the "Please wait while the Admin Server starts..." screen. If I install server 9 to ANY folder on the C drive, everything works…
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I have read many many posts regarding Admin Console's flakiness when trying to properly administer a Mac server running FMSA9 advanced. The only way I have managed to get it to work properly is by re-installing FMSA on the server every time Admin Console starts to misbehave. Today I had a power failure and my Mac server re-started itself. All FM files being served OK via IWP. But, once again, Admin Console now tells me that the DB server isn't running (when it is!), so I can't use it to do very much. Proper Shutdowns and managed Restarts etc on the server don't help. I haven't re-installed FMSA but once again it looks as 'though I will have to (for the n'th time!). I'…
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My custumised homepages from filemaker pro 9 adv dont work for server. how can i custumize it?
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I'm in the process of setting up a FileMaker Server v9. (At this point it is a trial, but will be converted to a "real" one in a week or two.) However, I have run into what looks like a bug with the Upload Database Assistant. I try to go through the assistant, but when I select a database to upload (or simply create a subfolder), the "Next" button is always grayed out. (So, I can't get to the next step.) I've been able to work around this problem by manually creating the folders, and copying the databases to the server, but this seems like a pretty basic thing to not work. Any ideas?
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Just a reminder that a week from today, September 26th, will be End of Life for all FIleMaker 7 products including FileMaker Server 7. Steven
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I have a client using filemaker pro 5. I suggested he bought a new server, for his was very old. No problem in installing the new server untill we try to use filemeker. It will lose connectivity. We installed windows small business svr 2003. We tried with a copy of win 2003 svr, with the same results. I wonder if filemaker is still trying to find the old server?
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Hi all, One of my clients wants to move up from the Mac Mini they're using as a dedicated FMS box. My question is, which is the best Mac machine they can buy to boost their server's speed? Specifically, will FMS benefit from two chips as opposed to just one? We are planning to purchase the Mac Pro tower, with two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon chips. Just want to know if buying the two-chip setup is indeed significantly better than just getting the one chip -- and upping the RAM instead. All ideas, advice, vastly appreciated.
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(I couldn't find an answer to my question after perusing the threads in this forum so I apologize if this question has been answered already and I missed it.) Howdy, all: I'm biting the bullet and have purchased FM 9.0x Server and FM Web School's FM Studio, and am now gathering opinions as to which Microsoft Server 2008 flavor should I purchase to use with them: Standard or Web? As an FM Pro developer, I want to be best able to assist my customers when installing and using my solution, so I'm leaning a little bit toward the Standard Edition. However, since the solution will be accessed via the Web in many cases then maybe the Web version will do? *puzzled l…
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I'm just starting to get seriously into full Server 9 and web integration. What I hoped for was to have everything on one Windows server (single-server installation) with a control panel (Plesk prefered) and ESS but what I'm finding is that I can't because control panels for Windows seem to affect any mod rewrite and I consider that critical. So I can't have FM Server 9 on Windows with a control panel and do mod rewrites all on the same server. As I understand it, if I want a . I've found one post where somebody got mod rewrites to work with Plesk running but we've had no luck with it. I need to try to stick with Windows to stay within my engineers el…
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Hello, I am using FileMaker Server 9v3 with Mac OS X Server v10.5.4. I have observed that FileMaker Server will not send email notifications on port 587. I can get it to work with port 25, but port 587 does not work. This does not work despite the fact that when I click "Test SMTP Settings..." in the admin console, I receive a prompt stating "The SMTP test was successful." No, it wasn't! Anyway, if anyone knows how to have FileMaker Server 9v3 send emails via port 587, I would appreciate you pointing me in the right direction. If it can't be done, perhaps someone on the inside can log a bug with FileMaker? Last I checked, they wanted to charge me for suppo…
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Hi all, I have four databases that I need to share with 3 users on a local intranet. I do not want to use web publishing as it is messing up my layouts. If I buy a filemaker server licence, do I also need to buy individual licences for each client or are they included in the price? I thought about just hosting the database files on the file server and buying clients but will there then be connection problems? Your advice is appreciated. Kind Regards Rich
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Hi all, my server is behing a airport extreme router, Port forwarding is all done, DBs are hosted no problem, everything works so far but one thing, when opening the server admin console (hosted at home for test purposes)from the office, In the admin console, if i click on any question mark symbol to get help, the web page fetched is the local Ip of the server(10.0.1.xxx)instead of using the Httpd domain name. it looks like if the Java APP only gets the current ip instead of the httpd.conf domain name any idea? would a vhost solve this? Regards
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I currently have a script that involves finding some records, saving as a pdf file then emailing it. I am running this script via a schedule on FMS9 . The only script line that is not server friendly is 'save as PDF (no dialog)' which is a shame as I have to use a plugin to trigger the script on a client PC (which does work but is a little clunky and temporarily disrupts work on the clients pc while the script is running) I could understand it not working if I was not ticking 'perform without dialog' option. Does anyone know if there is a plugin that would run on the server that can save a pdf file. Thanks
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I just upgrade my FileMaker to 9.0. But I found one problem when I used Get(SystemIPAddress) in my script. My Ethernet IP addres is 10.0.82.20, and Airport IP Address is 10.0.82.21. When I use this function in FileMaker 8.0, it got a correct IP address for both IP. But, after I upgraded to FileMaker 9.0, I use the same script, it get a wrong IP Address which is 61.140.3.66. So, did anyone help me to solve the problem?
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server 8, client 8: if left for even 10 minutes without activity then related, server files close for the client. In user setup the "close file on inactivity" is OFF - any ideas on this? It happens on a variety of machines, all Windows, but never on my Mac, which is not on the clients local network but at my office. Howard
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I know some of you have opinions/thoughts on the kinds of machines that FMS9 should be running on. The organization I work for is deciding between using a macmini or an xserve. I'm aware that some of you will say "get an xserve...what is your data worth" while others will say "a mac mini has worked fine for us". I'd like to hear from both of you, and would love to know the reasons why a macmini isn't the way to go. there's 6-12 people in this organization. has someone written an article on this anywhere?
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We have a v5.5 server and had to go to our backups due to errors in data input. When we went to open the back up versions we noticed the dates were a couple of months old and when we tried opening the files we get the error message "Error occurred unable to open file". The files are set to multi-user and we were able to open them locally. We have tried a recovered version and a copy of version and the same thing occurs.
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We've created a database that is shared via the Filemaker IWP (I assume thats the web browser interface) -- but it requires a username/password to access it. We'd really like to set it up so anyone can view it without having to enter a password. Where are the options to enter/edit usernames and passwords for filemaker? Also, bizarrely, the database requires a username & password to open it remotley ... none of our other databases do! Any clues or links to the documentation about user access controls with sharing?
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[color:gray]I work with Fm since FilemakerPlus but have never done web-publishing nor web-server. I'm willing to learn everything that is needed. As a volunteer I help a school. Please advice me on the problem. This is the problem. Each teacher does or plans a number of projects and activities with his students during the year. I want a database so that every teacher can see on the web what the other teachers do and check what each class will do. [color:gray]1) [color:blue]Do I need Filemaker Server ? [color:gray]2) Teachers will be asked to send a [color:blue]form to me. The form for the teachers must be absolutely (sorry) idiot-proof and suitable for Windows. Last…
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Hi everyone, Our server machine lost connectivity (FMS9). It was re connected and re booted. Since then, the admin console will not launch. When the shortcut icon is clicked, it will show the launch screen initially and then it goes away and nothing. No error, just nothing. I tried opening IE and typing http:the ip :16000 and it freezes. This happens on the host machine as well as any remote pc I try. What could possibly be causing this? Thanks
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WPE was working fine until a power outage killed the server unexpectedly. After restarting, the database server works fine, but WPE acts as if it is starting, then after a few minutes dies. Running the server deployment picks up that IIS is installed, but fails on the last step of configuring with the .jpg error message attached. I've checked the Windows Logs but they don't contain any WPE errors. I've double checked enabled anonymous access in IIS with the user account IUSR_FRANSCORPSERVER. I have restarted IIS services, and cleared the Java cache but to no avail. I can see the default IIS web page from all computers on my network so I think IIS is working fine. I've att…
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Hi All, I am new here to the forum as well as administering a filemaker server. My company is running a filemaker 8.0V4 server that hosts a dozen or so databases. Recently we remotes started recieveing and error that says host capacity exceeded. FM Server is set to 250 connections; at most, I get 45 clients connected in at any one time. Users who are connected in can continue to work with no issue; users trying to connect in can not. At the moment the only fix is a reboot. In the application log, i get a generic slsocket54 error quite a bit. The socket error occurs regularly, even when users can connect in. Has any one seen this?? With that for the mom…
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Hello Thanks for taking a look at this post. I have recently began using Filemaker Pro 9 and have already been able to remotely access my file through a network (I have a office with two computers). The problem I have is to access my database from home (so I am hosting the file through one of my computers at the office which is connected through a router). How can this be done? All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance :
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Hi, I am running a simple update script from the FMServer Scheduler. It finds some records and tries to do a Replace. Runs fine from FMPro. Here is the error in the event.log: scripting error (301) at "Invoices Update Quote Forecasts : Replace Field Contents". 2008-09-08 12:10:40.974 -0800 Is "Replace" not a valid command to be run from the server? I can't find a document on running FM Scripts from Server. Also, it is frustrating because I don't get an error email when there was an error running the script.... Any help is appreciated. I still have my robot machine running other scripts the old way so maybe will just move this one bac…
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I have a shared account with Dreamhost. Any way to install FMS on Dreamhost's server? What about just putting the FM database file on the server and opening it from any workstation with FM installed? Can more than one person use the file at once, or do I need FM Server installed to do that? Thanks.
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On September 26th 2008, after over four years of service, FileMaker, Inc. will end support for FileMaker® Pro 7, FileMaker® Pro 7 Advanced, FileMaker® Server 7, and FileMaker® Server 7 Advanced. All the 7 version products will be officially End of Life (EOL). [http://www.filemakeroffer.com/vlupgrade/] In keeping with that EOL policy, FM Forums will be making some changes in its structure and number of subforums: We have created a new subforum in the legacy version section for questions related to FileMaker Server 7 and FileMaker Server 7 Advanced. Click Here. We will combine the existing Server and Server Advanced subforums into one single one for que…
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I have been having problems that I at first thought were with the server itself, but now it appears are just with the Admin Console. My configuration: Macintosh 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 2.5 GB RAM OS 10.4.11 (Tiger) FMSA 9.0.3.325 Apache 1.3 PHP 5.2.4 It will be going along just fine but when I need to restart the computer for routine maintenance, more times than not I run into trouble. I go into the Admin Console and stop both the Database Server and the Web Publishing Engine. After both are shut down, I do the necessary maintenance and restart the computer. FMS is configured to start with the computer. After it is fully up, I start the Admin Consol…
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Someone told me the following: With a peer to peer networked DB a developer can still make changes (add/modify layouts/ fields/formulas/relationships, etc...) to the db while being used by other users. I don't know to what extend this is true and how risky/safe it is to modify a db while in use; I would like the opinion of the experts. Thanks
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I have over 80 files in my FM server and i would like to do the backup for everyday. Once the system doing backup, some of the file has error message. However, the file which has error message are also can be done for backup Anyone knows what is the happening? Here is the error message:- > 2008-08-22 12:40:00.331 +0800 Warning 156 GRFM-Server9Adv Schedule "A05 > Friday" aborted; the destination "filemac:/GR XServerFM/Library/FileMaker > Server/Data/Backups/Friday/" is not writable. > 2008-08-22 12:40:00.284 +0800 Error 494 GRFM-Server9Adv Backup aborted. > Invalid backup destination: "filemac:/GR XServerFM/Library/FileMaker > …
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When setting up a schedule on FMS 9 to run a FM script the process completes without trouble (seemingly). The schedule however does not run. When I go the the command line and use: fmsadmin list schedules The schedule I have created has an ID number of 0. In the command line using: fmsadmin run schedule 0 I get this response: Error: 10600 Any ideas? Thanks, Drew
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Hi! I'm having some odd issues with the Admin Console having just installed FileMaker Server 9 on my 10.4.10 xserve and noticed a couple of posts referring to "fms_9.01v1_R2". Where can I get this to see if uninstalling what I have and reinstalling this works? (My general problem is that I uninstalled Server 8, then installed server 9 -- I could configure Server 9 -- until I restarted. After I restarted, I can log into the server admin console app, but it says my server isn't started -- but the computer *is* serving files!) I've uninstalled Server 9, rebooted and reinstalled it, and I get the same thing -- I can run server admin console until I reboot. …
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We had a demo recently by a rep from WorldSync of their product SyncDek. I think it is a pretty cool tool that we may have more uses for than we thought. What I am curious about is if there are any other tools out there that have the same functionality? As of right now, we would only be syncing two(or more) filemaker databases. I did a search, and WorldSync is the only one that comes up. Not that there is anything against WorldSync, but if we are going to spend that kind of money, we would like to be as well informed as we possibly can about all the options. Thanks in Advance. ~Mark
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I am trying to get a filemaker script step to work correctly as part of a filemaker schedule. The script step is set web viewer [go to URL...] The url being used 'activate' a RSS service outside of filemaker. This script step is web-compatible and thus is able, in theory, to be run as part of a server schedule activated script. The script works as a standalone script within a filemaker client. Because the schedule runs as a session on the server I tested the URL by pasting it into a browser on the server. This worked. So there is no blocking of the URL on the server either. Is this script step really compatible with filemaker server schedules? Any help…
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Apologies in advance for what may well be a very dumb question, but how do I determine which version of FMP server I have installed? In my admin console it says version 9.0.1.140, but I don't understand how this relates to v9.0v1, 2, 3, etc.?
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Hey there, I'm beginning the planning phase of my second FileMaker project. The database will be very easy to implement, because it's mainly a address-book, but the question is, how to set up and what to buy regarding licensing and serving and stuff: We have about eight clients involved, at least two of them need to be able to edit the database. The other clients just need to browse and search. Obviously the first possibility is to run an FM Server and FM Pro on every machine. Is there a cheaper possibility, like, having two FM Pros for the editing-clients, and a web-interface on the server where the other clients can access the data read-only? …
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I've a script to export records from a hosted database. The question is I want that script to run automatically by itself at night, so I want to store the exported file on the same server where FMS is running. I don't know how to specify the export path. If I specify the same as the database containing the script I get the following error: "filename.fp7" could not be created on this disk. Use a different name, make more room on the disk, unlock it or use a different disk. I just have been able to export into the client machine... Btw: I am in a Windows XP pro LAN. Any idea? Thanks in advance
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Just upgraded a server (G5, 4G Ram) to Leopard. Was running FM Server 7.0 in OSX 10.4 just fine (only about 10 files). After installing Leopard and when trying to open FM server to administer the files, got the message "Connection Failure" - Could not connect to FileMaker Server (localhost)" (127.0.0.1). Only option is "OK" and then it closes FM Server. Upgraded FM Server to 8.0.2 and got the same error. Still can't host the files in FM Server as a result. Is Leopard incompatible with versions prior to Server 9, or is there some network setting that may have been reset during Leopard install? Help, please!
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Hi FMSers System: Win Server 2003 FMS 9 Adv (latest version v3) We have several FMS Adv. in different networks (in-House, Clients etc.) in use and they work just fine. We can start the console from the local machine(s), but connecting to the Admin Console from a remote computer is not possible (quite a while now). Acutally it's not even possible to get a connection by entering another address than "localhost" oder "127.0.0.1". Connecting to http://IP-of-Server:16000/ results in a HTTP Error 403 (by TomCat). There was no change on the firewalls, whatsover the ports are open. The fact that we get a Tomcat-Error (not the IIS-Error-Page) means, t…
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In FMP9 is there a way for an administrator to create accounts with passwords and have these pushed to all computers on an FMP Server network? And can we script this so we can provide the administrator with our own interface and record the accounts and passwords in a table located on the server? Yes, I recognize there is a potential security hazard in doing so. However the downside is minimal and reasonable if access to the server room is sufficiently limited (as it should be in any case). The upside is considerable; we can script our own more powerful privilege system than FMP provides natively. With such a system we can provide administrators the option to make ch…
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I have 3 files that were reported as having a consistency check failure in the event log when Fm9 Server ran the Scheduled Backup. I can open and use them but I am worried they are corrupted. FM Article 6509 says I can use "Recover" in FM9. Does anyone know if FM9 Recover has been updated and now usable for a true recovery? Here is the exact error log description: Schedule "FM9 Hourly Snapshots" consistency check failed on backup of database "Invoices". (805) Thanks, I don't want to go through a long recovery process if the new Recover works.
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I have just installed FileMaker Server 9v3 on a fully-updated Leopard server. The installation seems to run without any problems, and then I'm taken to a web page that is supposed to start the admin console. The admin console tries to launch but then I get an error dialog box saying: Unable to launch the application Name: FMS9-Admin Console Publisher: Filemaker, Inc. From: http://localhost:16000 There's a details button; the resulting "More Information" window has two buttons, "Launch File" and "Exception". The Launch File button shows: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> FileMaker, Inc. FileMaker Server Adm…
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Hi FM Forums, first post here... be gentle I'm using FM Server 8 on a XP Pro box and serving a data base (.fm7) from it. I need to get FM Server to close the database at a predetermined time and then open it again after an hour. Would I have to write 2x scripts for this (one to close the DB and one to open it again) and use the task schedular in FM Server to run them after one another or is there another way of doing this? I'm clueless as how to go about writing these scripts if that is the only way to do it. So any examples (or links to) will be much appreciated.
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The prime rules of backups are "1. make them, and 2. test them out". Well, in doing this, I realized today that one of my filemaker files (hosted on FMSA8) is corrupt -- when I try to open one of the daily backup files locally, I get the dreaded "The access privileges have been damaged or possibly tampered with" message. If I go back to the original file which is hosted on FMSA8, and open Accounts & Privileges, it opens up fine, but I notice that one of my accounts is blank, and I can't edit or delete it. Drat, this looks like real corruption. If I'm lucky it's only corruption of the Accounts data, not the entire file. So here's the trick -- the …
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OK, brand new system: Xserve with Leopard Server 10.5.4 installed and fully updated via Software Update. FileMaker Server 9.0v3 (probably the absolute latest sub-version as I just downloaded it and installed it today). 1) Open 'FMS 9 Start Page' alias (http://localhost:16000/?page=splash) in Safari. 2) Safari promptly downloads something and the FMS9-Admin Console launches. 3) I am prompted to Trust FileMaker, Inc., which I do. 4) Immediately after that, I get an Application Error that says "Unable to launch the application." I tried quitting the 3 FM Server background applications via Activity Monitor and that seems to break the Safari thing where…
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My situation is this: About 20 pc's and mac's in LAN. One machine with filemaker server 9 adv and all others with the program itself. I would like to know if it is possible to place a shortcut in each machine in the desktop that take the user directaly to a especific database in my server instead of having to enter the program clicking on open remote clicking on the host etc ..... the usual annyoing procedure..
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"The Database Server is not available. To edit server deployment, please start the Database Server first." That's the message I'm getting when I launch the FMS9-Admin Console. Based on this thread... http://fmwebschool.com/frm/index.php?topic=2743.0 I'm thinking I have the same problem, where an installation of FMS on the same network is prohibiting FMS 9 from starting up. So I'll have to dance around with shutting down my live server later to further diagnose this. Just wanted to post this if it helps anyone else out (plus I'll post back if this is indeed the issue).
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Hi all, Sorry if this in the wrong section. Our office presently has a FM6 license, which we have been using for the last several years. We would like to move the existing FM6 database to our webserver (WinXPPro, Apache2.2, MySQL5, PHP5)and be able to continue using it through our workstation browsers. (linux firefox3) I would like to know if there is a new FM product that be able to do this with our existing db? thanks Heeter
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I'm setting up a new Xserve with two ethernet ports. I come from a world where computers have only one ethernet port so this is new to me. I have both plugged into my switch and both are configured manually (i.e. two static IP addresses). As I understand it, the switch handles the network load balancing so there is no probably no way to configure Mac OS X to pretend that I'm on a single NIC with a single IP address. SO, my question is, which IP address should I use for my opener file's data reference? I'm guessing it's just the first one, but I've got two to choose from. (And any gems of knowledge regarding network load balancing you want to impart would…
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I have about 30 computers running filemaker. we are on Windows XP. We purchase HP DX5150 computers. We have been having problems, and I'm trying to eliminate Filemaker as the source of the problem. Heres the senario: A worker will be using the computer's network resources (Filemaker, Outlook2003 w/ E-mail server, Network drives, servers and shared folders, etc.) Then the system will appear to freeze up. Outlook will have a "disconnected" status. When I open the Network Status from the system tray, the sent packets is in the trillions!!! (see attachment) I have to do a hard shut down (hold power button down) in order to shut the computer off. Upon reboo…
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Hi. We have just moved our Filemaker database running on 5.5 Server across from NT4 to Windows 2003 Server. 5.5 installed well but we are unable to 'see' some files which are correctly in a sub-folder of Filemaker 5.5. An error message: "xxx file is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource" As far as I can see everyone has the correct permissions in Windows 2003. Can anyone please help sort this out. The database is critical for a Charity. Many thanks. Roger
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Hi. We have just moved our Filemaker database running on 5.5 Server across from NT4 to Windows 2003 Server. 5.5 installed well but we are unable to 'see' some files which are correctly in a sub-folder of Filemaker 5.5. An error message: "xxx file is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource" As far as I can see everyone has the correct permissions in Windows 2003. Can anyone please help sort this out. The database is critical for a Charity. Many thanks. Roger
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If any records are busy in a given found set, Server will not allow a delete of that found set. Is there a way to identify those busy records and except them from the found set to be deleted? [FM8.5, FMS8, 30 node Mac network] Any clues about this are greatly appreciated. ~Dennis
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Hi guys seems like a really obvious question but is the only way to get a standalone option to access the same database to use FMServer?? Any other possible solutions would be appreciated. Thanks Stuart
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We run two daily backups: 12:00 pm and 4:30 pm. We have saved and compacted on an irregular basis in the past to re-establish the backups to a verifying state (irregular being anywhere from two weeks to three days). I'm starting to see a reduction in time between db's failing verification -- currently once a day (12:00 passes, 4:30 fails, then I save and compact). Is this the sign of a corrupted file/database? or some other process/failure? What steps should I be taking to rectify this? I realize that may be a wide-ranging question, any input is appreciated. Mike
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Please help!! I added mod_ssl to Apache 1.3.41 on my workstation, where I am running with Filemaker Pro Server (test version). When I did the initial update, I seemed to be able to serve either http or https just fine. However, when I rebooted, the updated Apache won't start (Segmentation Fault). I then went back to the original version of Apache and even though Apache starts, I can no longer serve on my localhost. I can't even get to localhost/fmi/config. I obviously broke something, but have no clue where to look (I checked the web, but to no avail). Any help would be appreciated!!! I am at a standstill with testing any of my systems right now.
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have problem with Admin Console, Whenever i try to click on admin console it wont start and it will give me this error message tabase server is not available to edit server deploying please start database server first. I have tryed to download all the patchs i need from filemaker website, that did not help i tryed to do clean installation also that did not help, i have checked jave temp files i have deleted the temp file of java that did not help aswell... Please anyone can help please
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Hi, I have took over IT on this company that uses filemaker as their main databases. Server 2003 has filemaker 9 server running. Other 8 work stations were using filemaker 5 and 6. In order for me to host fp5 databases, I had them upgrade all to filemaker 7. Database conversion went well. But ran into little problem. No passwords were given to anyone. Basically they were logging in as guests. I do not know how previous IT guy set the privileges up, I know he did not do good job. So I had to purchase passware's filemaker key to retrieve the password and gave them usernames and passwords. Previous IT guy gave all guest full access before. So I have set the guests users to …
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Hi, I have a Mac G4 Cube (remember those?) with 500mb of RAM running a developer version of FileMaker Pro Server 7. Not ideal, but it works okay for my purposes. I now want to upgrade to a full version of FileMaker Pro Server 9 so I'm going to need new hardware, but I'd like to wait until September before buying new Mac hardware. So my questions is: if I buy FileMaker Pro Server 9 now would the installer let me install on my current system, just so I can get familiar with running with Server 9 or will the installer refuse to install on such a machine? Thanks in advance for any advice, Pat
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With the implementation of server side scripting, I decided to fully normalize my tables and run nightly scripts to update local "index" columns. Users have the choice of a faster search against last night's index vs. a (frequently painfully) slower search against live data. I've run into a problem when the data is located in an external source. When the script is run by FMS the result for data from an external source is a blank field, but when I run the script via either IWP or the PHP API it will grab and set the appropriate data as long as the external source is on the same Filemaker server (even if the external source is an ODBC link to a MySQL table). If th…
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