FileMaker Server General Discussions
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Dear people, Yes, I am a newbie and got a bit confused about the different versions of FM. Let me explain: We are running a charity. We have a database that we need to access at two places: an office in the Philippines and an office here in Holland. From both places we need to be able to access the database but also perform mutations. Making lay-outs and changing fields etc. we only do from one place (Holland), but accessing the data and changing the content from two places... and... fast connection. We have access to a seperate server if needed, but noe we run FM on a stand alone computer. What is the best solution for this? Yes, we are a charity with limited financia…
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Have down searching, no luck. Anyone know the concurrent user limits for FMP, FMS, FMS+ and webclients for each version? (I still maintain ver4, ver5.5, and ver8 databases for clients...)
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Some databases when uploaded won't open in the admin console (and not available to clients). Seems that account settings are correct. Any solutions?
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I hope I say this properly. I know file maker pretty well but I have FM Pro 8 on a laptop but I want it to simultaneously update to an iMac as well. The laptop is running Leopard and the imac is running tiger. It is being used in the health center at the high school I work at and I only want them to be able to input the data they need to check them in and out of the nurses office. Is this possible? Thanks, Nate
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Here's the deal - I've finally bitten the bullet and ordered the FM 9 upgrade, server, client and advanced. The server machine is running FMS 8 and OS X Server 10.3.9. - dual G5 Xserve, 2 gigs ram, a reliable and almost foolproof setup. FM specs say that I need Server 10.4.9 to run FMS. I'd like to skip straight to Leopard with this upgrade, but I see no mention of FMS 9 compatibility with leopard anywhere on their site. So... is the spec a a minimal requirement, meaning it will run on 10.4.9 - 10.5.1 Server, or is it 10.4.9 specifically with Leopard compatibility on the way later? As I see it I have these choices - • Upgrade all clients to 9, upgra…
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I've followed all the admin guide steps, and plugged in the information about our Mac OD server appropriately/as close to matching the config on our working Server 7 on Mac install... But I can't get Mac FMP7 or FMP9 clients to authenticate against the windows-hosted version of our FMP server to save my life. Is it possible to use Mac/OD as the auth source for external accounts when using a Windows Filemaker Server 9 install? Or do I have to dig into the depths of AD (which we don't use at all)/some other Windows-ism to get things working? We're just trying to "simplify" our backend by moving all compatible apps into a VMware environment (which of course is no…
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This is not a Leopard issue! I am running OSX Server, haven't had a need to open the FMS9 admin console since I did a fresh install of OSX server and FMS9 about a month ago. Users can still open all databases remotely, but when I try to launch the admin console, it expands like it's opening, but nothing happens--no password request, nothing! This has never happened before and I need to upload more databases! I've already restarted and that didn't fix. [color:red]HELP!
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I am a beginner in FM9, and encounter a difficulty when saving the Host's timestamp into the record being updated. The problem is the Timezone for server hosted in US, while I am running the program remotely in Hong Kong. i.e. time-diff is 16-hours. Therefore, the default database - "Auto-Enter" does not work, because it keeps saving client's timestamp instead of the host's timestamp. Thanks a lot for your help. )
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Greetings, I am brand new at File Maker and at Mac Servers. Usually I work in the Windows server environment with Access or SQL, and even then, I am no DBA by any means. I have a project to get a website up that is running from Filemaker Advanced Server 8.0v4 on OSX Tiger. The goal is to make various Filemaker databases available over the web. We have a URL and an IP address, and a G5 running the 2 above mentioned programs. I am wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of how to get this set up, with the result being a site with links to the data in these databases, delivered over the web. As I understand it, Filemaker can host web sites and make databases avai…
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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. …
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I just installed FMP Server 9 for the first time. It attempts to bring up the admin console screen in my browser and goes thru a few operations and eventually says it can't start the db server, so I never actually get to an admin screen. I've never had a fmp server program before, though I do run lasso 8.5.5. I'm running the latest Leopard. Installation of fmp server has also made lasso no longer function with my older fmp solutions. The userguide gives me no help in troubleshooting. Any suggestions?
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In the process of importing data from various tables, I keep getting a message that there is a license conflict (which isn't true) and that the application will now quit (which is true). I can watch the server admin screen. I know that I'm the only one logged on, and no one else would have my license. What gives here? This doesn't occur if I go back to 8.5. It works just fine in that case. Any one know what's up with this?
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Hey, this is my first post on the forum and I just wanted to say that it has been a great source of information. Okay, down to the issue. I inhereted a filemaker network from my boss and am still learning the fine points(and lets face it the basic concepts too) of this particular type of database. We're serving the database from a box running fmp 9.0 and the five license scheme.(I'd live to use fmp servers adavanced but thats a little ways off) The server has a 2.4 ghz quad core xeoon and four gigs of ram. We have five live connections available, 3 of which we use locally and two we keep open for clients(literally clients, not in the sense that they are…
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I have setup a FileMaker Server 9 on a Mac g5 - as far as I can see - according to specs. The system is running correctly (databases are being server) except that it shows NO USERS connected (thre are 5-20), the backup scripts don't seem to run(system says that the path is invalid_ and the System says that there can only be 0 clients - 0 web sessions - even though there are users connected and the web site is running etc. I have ran privilege checks and all - but have not been able to actually isolate the trouble. I am going to restart the machine at the next convenient time -but am wondering if anyone has any further insight.
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the computer I used to host my Filemaker 5 databases quit on me. So I've installed FMServer 5.5 on a new box (same OS, Windows XP). It worked fine the day I set it up, but the next day, the host is not visible from the client computers. If I run Filemaker 5 (client) on the server box, it has no trouble finding the host and accessing the files, so I know they are open and hosted. Any idea why my other workstations would have trouble? (Please help! This is our invoicing and inventory system, so we can't sell anything until I get it resolved.)
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[color:red]Error message: There is not enough room on the disk to complete this operation. Make more room on the disk. then try again. Filemaker Server Advanced is running on a Mac and PCs connect to it using a PC Windows Server 2003 where everyone has dumb terminals and login using passwords to gain access, then launch the application from the Windows Server. The Macs connecting to Filemaker Server have no problems whatsoever. But periodically someone on the PC side gets the above error message. There is 200GB of space on the Filemaker Server so I don't think it's that. Anyone have any ideas Thanks Peter
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Our company is finally going to upgrade the server and our development software from v5.5 to v9.0. One option we are looking at is utilizing IWP rather than using the client FM pro for the users. We currently have about 100 5.5 licenses and are looking to minimize cost while maintaining current user functionality. We are excited to use IWP but we are concerned about speed, performance, and security issues going this route. We have approximately 70 databases hosted on the v5.5 Server. The network is planned to be on a closed intranet system to minimize security issues. The platform is windows 2003. Most of the workstations have windows 2000 but there are some with wi…
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Guys, I am in a pickle. I really need to get my hands on a copy of Filemaker 5.5 Server for Windows. My LA office lost the copy of this software and we are willing to buy a used copy. If ANYONE has a used copy of Filemaker 5.5 Server, please contact me. Thank You in Advance
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I am getting ready to update our AP Reporting system. Moving from Mac to Windows, from a FMS 5 solution to FMS 9. We are now owned by a big company. They use MSSQL back-end and will be using CITRIX over redundant T1's. My ? This setup only works if the network is up and running (it does go down from time to time via another system, ranging from 1 hour (typical) to, at one point, a week!). I would like to ensure that the data entry, lab results, etc are "stored local" then when the network is back up, auto-post those results to the FMS at Corporate. This would use 2 FMS, one main, one redundant (worker?). I also have to consider Regulatory mandates by SO, HIP…
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Hi, I'm executing script on a Fm Adv Server 9. The problem is the scheduled script need to have the User staying up. I built a schedule for the script, it does one execution without any error, but stay locked. I edit the scheduled script again, and it work. When it does is 2nd execution, the User come up (twice the same user) and get disconnected when the script is finish. Not the first user. Any idea what I can do to avoid this ?
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I've put together a FM9 DB for a client, but have encountered some problems now that it's been launched on the server at the client site. A "Work in Progress" layout includes a portal which displays work-in-progress for the currently-logged-in customer service rep. The layout is based on a "Users" table, and the portal is filtered to show only those jobs which are not marked as "invoiced" but that do list the user as the CSR for the job. This works perfectly on my development machines, on the client's desktop, and also when uploaded to a FM hosting service. However, when the DB is launched on my client's FM server, nothing appears in the portal. The appro…
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just upgraded to fm9 on 2 win2003 hp proliants. all fine except on server running slow during sorts/ changes 125 dbs 35ish users 1gb nic any ideas where to start looking ? thnx
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Hi, I've benn pulling my hairs with a particular client of mine. I've developed a solution for them, simple stuff, 5 tables. It's hosted on their network, but I don't have access to the server. I know the server is version 8 or better. Now here's the problem: from time to time huge blocks of records are disappearing, consistently and in record ID order. So every record from rec ID 0000 and 3000 are now gone.Anything after 3000 is there etc...Then a couple of months later everything from 3000 to 5000 goes! Now I have to exclude employees deleting records, I've created a tracking system that tells me who deletes what, I've trained them over and over. I checked e…
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When I manually do an "Open Remote" in FMP and I select my server from the list of favorite hosts, the Available Files window in the dialog flashes a list of files that haven't existed on the server for quite some time now. After this "flash", the actual list appears. This doesn't affect performance in any way, I'm just curious why this behavior occurs. Thanks in advance!
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I have just recently upgraded FileMaker Server 9 to Server 9 Advanced. All things are working well with FM Network file and hosting but the IWP and all Web hosting has somehow picked up the IP of our 2nd Nic card which is reserved for our SAN. I gone through every setting tab looking for a place to specify the correct IP with no luck. Can I change this somehow or do I need to unintall and reinstall making sure it finds the right settings?
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I have a newly installed instance of FMS9a on a Windows Server 2003 platform. The FMS Admin Console reports all systems are normal, and databases are accessible via remote FMP connections. The Admin Console Start Page appears to be working fine as well. However, I can't seem to get to the IWP page. Entering the server's DNS in a browser loads what appears to be an IIS "under construction" web page. I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but I can't seem to figure it out. Any suggestions?
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Hello I am new to web publishing. I see that you can have up to 100 simultaneous users/viewers of your database at once. What do you do if you have more than that many viewers. Say 1000 or more. ? I just wondered if there is any solution to this? Thanks
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Over the weekend my server was rebooted due to a Microsoft windows update. Upon restart I notice (1) hoested database out of 15 was closed and did not start automatically within FM Server 9.0. I gues thee database was corrupted with the shut down so I performed a recover on the databaseusing 9.0. BTW the origional file was created and hosted with FMP 7.0 before I upgraded to 9.0. After the recover the database works good. There is a check mark missing in the "pro column" on the server main screen. I am not sure why this happened and even if it is relevent. All of my other files have a check mark. Can anyone give me any insight to the "pro column" and why a recover would h…
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I am running FM server 8 and connecting to it with FM 8.5 with a volume license. The problem began when I reloaded a machine with FM 8.5 but used a single user license. If this machine attached to the server first without any other machines having FM open all was fine. If, however, one of the computers with the volume license was open the single user license got a license conflict warning and would not open. This was easily solved by reloading with the volume license. But now I have someone who wants to access remotely from home and they have their own copy of FM 9 and we are getting the same problem. If there is not a volumed licensed machine on they can connect no…
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New Problem! I have a database in the "Data" folder to be served. The file is there but the networked computers can't see it in the remote list. It could be seen yesterday but today it's not on the list. The only changes that were done was the installation of quickbooks fish bowl lastnight. All the other served dbs's can be seen but not the one I'm looking for. Is there a switch that can be turned off that needs to be turned back on? Any Ideas are welcome Thanks The Tramp
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Hi, I am running FM Server Advanced 9 on a Windows 2003 platform. I have enabled IWP in the Server Admin Console and set the session timeout value to 60 minutes, but I still get kicked out after being idle for 15 minutes. Where do I change the session idle timeout value in FMSA 9? Thanks in advance, Peter Schwarz
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We have recently moved our FM Server 5 from an old winnt4 box to a new win2k3 server. We basically installed and moved the DBs to the new server. The issue is that the DBs don't automatically open/share out when FM service is started like it did on the old box. Did I miss a setting somewhere? Where do you control the folder that you want all your DBs in? Currently, after a server reboot I have to manually double-click every DB (over 100) to get them to open and become available to all in FM Server. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. The old box was configured many many moons ago and I had nothing to do with it!
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I have installed FMS9A (Windows OS) using a two machine deployment. After a successful install (green lights on), the php test fails with the message "WPE has too many active sessions. (error 956). I am running Windows Server 2003. The databases are accessible, but accessing the sample database with PHP does not work. phpinfo() also displays the current php environment indicating php is running on the second machine.
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Hi: I am trying to automate an export via a scriptmaker script in a database I have. On the schedules window under last Run Status, it says "scriptmaker script aborted". I made a second test script that simply goes to a layout and saves the current record in PDF format.. that one produces the same Last Run Status error? If I run these scripts via a client connection, they run fine. The server however, is aborting the script for some reason. Am I missing something? Server: Win2003, FMPSA 9.03, Schedule logging in with full access privs. Thanks David R
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I'm hosting a FM 8.5 solution using FMS 8 on a Windows 2000 server. My client interfaces won't let me "Save a copy as..." in the FILE menu. I'd like to use this to back up full copies of the solution from the client. I can export and import records, but "Save a copy as..." is dimmed and unavailable. I've checked privileges on the file and I have full privileges. When I open the same solution on a PC or MAC (not thru the FMS), I have the ability to "Save a copy as...". Am I missing something simple? I don't have direct access to the FMS as the MIS people are controlling that. If there is some switch on the FMS interface, please give me as specific …
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I have a database that I use to help manage documents at my cabinetshop. This database is hosted on a web based dedicated server. As I understand it, this is being run with Filemaker Server Advanced. I can host up to 50 databases with up to 5 simultaneous users at a time. I am having problems sharing data via container fields. If I insert a PICTURE into the container field the data is visible from all client stations. If I insert a FILE or a QUICKTIME the data is visible from the client station that uploaded the data but it is not visible from any other client stations. When this information is addressed from other client stations there is an error m…
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Well, it seems they tried a bit to make it more friendly. But little things can be quite irritating, such as: I just selected action 'Close All' and all the files dutifully closed. But it bothers me a lot that the icon still shows that the databases are open. What in heavens is wrong with words as well? It's not like they are short on space! And why can't there be a simple button which, when clicked, can back up the files right then? If there's a way, I haven't found it yet. Currently I have to set a schedule (manual) and change the date time to future. It is so unfriendly. And why, when you close the databases, does it produce a message (which looks li…
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I have been running a backup schedule on Server 8 for over a year with no problems until now. All of a sudden it will not run any schedules old or new. I have even tried running manually, and the area under last run flashes "running" so quick you can hardly read it but never actually completes the schedule. I have tried restarting the system, and stopping and restarting Filemaker Server. Neither worked. Any Idea's. This handles my daily backup. Thanks, suzie_q_11
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Under Filemaker 6, the Access.log showed the IP address and URL accessed so that you could tell who accessed the different web pages. Under Filemaker Server 8 Advanced, I have found the Event.log and the Stats.log. The Event.log seems to be only a list of when databases are opened, etc. while the Stats.log just seems confusing to me. Is there anything now that will give the information that the Access.log file used to show??? :
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Hi Guys, I have a script which basically sends an email using the 'Send Mail' script step. I would like to schedule this script to run server side every night. But i keep getting errors when i run the script server side stating unsupported script step...is send mail not supported server side? Im running FM Server 9 adv 9.0.2.151. OS is Windows Sever 2000. Thanks.
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I want the backups to be done every hour whenever the machine is up. I cannot get it to work that way. Currently, I have the backup scheduled to "Every 1 hour from 8 PM every 1 day starting at 1/15/2008". It made backups at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm and 11pm only. Then it stopped. It says the next run time is at 8pm on 1/16/2008. Help!
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Hello, I have deployed a solution on a windows network. It works on every machine but one. When I attempt to open the file remotely, it gives me an error that says "cannot find network stacks". What does this mean and how can i fix it? LJ
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A client can't remember his password for the Server Admin, but wants to upgrade to Leopard. Is there a way to get the Server password? Or do we have to totally reinstall Server? If we have to reinstall Server, how do we stop it first so that the hosted files aren't damaged? Thanks, Steverino
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Hello. I am new to modern FM. I used FM years ago, but that was limited at best. I have working knowledge of the basics, but not FM's advanced features. I have a OS X 10.5 server running some web apps currently and want to integrate FM into this server. Which version of FM would work for me? I have about 12 users who would be creating, editing and searching entries in multiple databases. Not all users would be using the databases all of the time. The databases would be mostly starting and ending points for tasks and as references for other information. I like the ease of the web interface and not needing to install FM on client Macs. Down the road, the system may …
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I recently got our office (3 users of FM using peer to peer, 1 host 2 clients, 1 local 1 VPN) up to v8, today being the first day that more than 1 user was using it at a time. Several weird things have been happening that I thought were impossible. The first one scares me the most... User 1 is in a record (a field is selected), in an Invoice, and one of the other 2 users can get to the same invoice where they are also able to select a field and enter data into it. I thought that if a user was in a record it would be locked and that no other user is aloud to enter it, let alone change data. Any ideas? Did we set up the sharing wrong? (it's open to all of us,…
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We have been trying to install FMS 9 since mid-July. After repeated attempts and endless hours of troubleshooting, we still have not been able to successfully deploy FMS 9. We have had to re-install FMS 8v4 after every failed attempt. I can get everything working as advertised except for the web publishing component. Any attempt to utilize web publishing using PHP or XSLT is met with an error: 956- "Maximum number of database sessions exceeded". Configuration Two Win 2003 machines (FMS on master. Web publishing modules on web server.) Preexisting: FMS 8v4 and PHP 5.2.3 deployed via the 'Zend Core for Windows' package FMS 9 install: We are trying…
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I just installed Filemaker Server 9.0v2 and need some advice how to setup server side scripts. I would like to run a script on a hosted database but I believe there may be an issue that will prevent me from doing this. The script basically deletes all records and then imports records from a .csv file. This is a download from another system and I cannot access it. It is my understanding that Filemaker Server can only run Web compatible scripts (Delete and import are not web compatible). Any suggestions as to how I can accomplish this? What I want to do is keep my Filemaker database in sync with an AS400 database. Thanks for listening
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Hello, a big question: I've used the command line to and close the databases (command fmsadmin CLOSE). When I run this through command line the prompt asked to confirm and to specify admin userid and password. As I would like to schedule a close command (synchronizing it with my UPS software so I can properly close my files before a sforced shutdown due to a lack of power), is there a sintax to specify userid and password and bypass confirmation request? I cannot find this information in using HELP CLOSE of fmsadmin.exe. Thank you in advance!
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Does anyone know of any issues with using Server 8 to server some users of Filemaker 9? I cannot upgrade to server 9 since we are using a dual g4 as our server. I just updated a few of our users to 9 and now a file takes forever to load. Thoughts?
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I am not sure what discussion group to post this message, so if this is the wrong place, please let me know. I have 3 computers running on an Airport network at home. I have a G5 iMac with Filemaker Pro 8.5, and a 17" MacBook Pro with FMP 8.0, and a 15" MacBook Pro with FMP 7. I used to be able to open a file on my iMac with the MacBook Pro and use it on both computers at the same time. For sometime now, I have been unable to open a file using the Open Remote function. I can connect the computers with the Network and I can actually open the file from the other computer by Mounting it with Network and then finding the file and opening it, but only one computer at a ti…
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I have read the Tech Specs for Server 9 on OSX (PPC and Intel) and they are a bit vague. We were thinking of buying a new MacMini(intel) since our G4 Tower doesn't quite cut the specs. But I have seen a few posts here, and on other site suggesting not using a MacMini. Why is this? HD RPM speed? What would be an ideal machine to use other than an XServer - owners are a bit stingy - iMac(ppc) iMac (intel) Thanks
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I have a stable working database that 1 person uses.... I would like (and need to) make it a multi-user database for contracts. I plan to serve it using FMSA 8.0- which is already up and running. What do I have to pay close attention to during this transition? I plan to do extensive testing and fixing before we go live, but any help, tips, advice would greatly be appreciated. Thanks in advance
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I have server 8 on a mac platform and have no problem hosting to mac OS X and windows XP clients. I personally connect to my server via my Intel Mac running Mac OS 10.4.8 using FM 8.5, but I also want to connect via XP running on my mac via Parallels (so that I can view layouts in Windows). FP 8.5 runs fine on Parallels/XP (I can create a database), but when I open remote to connect to my server, there is no host listed (unlike when I connect from Mac OS X). Any suggestions? Thanks
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Is it possible to upgrade FM Server 8 to 9 and leave Web Publishing component on version 8? I do have them installed on 2 separate machines and the web machine is OS 10.3 so it would not let me install the Web PUblishing 9. The actual server master machine is OS 10.4. Thank you very much!
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I am trying to run a script that is in one of the databases hosted by FilMaker Server 8. I used to do it via cron job that would run apple script that would open that db in FM Pro. I am trying to eliminate FM Pro and just run the script on the FM SErver machine. Is it possible? Thank you!!!!
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Good Afternoon All, I have a weird situation where I have two client machines at one remote location running the same files hosted from our filemaker 8 server. (at the home office) When running complex scripts from these client machines, the wireless laptop (macbook) plugs through just fine and finishes the entire batch of scripts. If you try to run the same script on the wired desktop system (intel iMac) it hangs and messes up all the remaining processes it should have performed. Other than checking the energy save, does anyone have any insight on this. Thanks! Marc
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Does anyone have any advice regarding the recommended specs for FMS9a on a Windows platform? The official specs from FileMaker are somewhat ambiguous- Dual CPU/Core Duo. Where the minimum requirements list a Pentium 3.4ghz processor. The recommended specs can be read a couple of ways- would any dual CPU server do? Or any Core Duo dual CPU server? Or any Core Duo-based server? I've called FileMaker, and all they seem to be able to say is that the minimum is a Pentium @ 3.4ghz.
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Hi, I am having a serious issue activating the web publishing on FMSA 9: The admin console is working fine, until I get to step 5 where you have to choose a web server: A pop up appears that says "Impossible to get web servers list from specified computer" This prevents any web publishing features to work (XML, XSL, PHP, or IWP) The computer is a Windows 2003 SP2, with IIS 6.0 (not 5.0) installed and working. It is a brand new machine, nothing else is installed. So far I have tried: - Installing a working apache, with and without the connector - Reinstalling everything (IIS, FMSA) - Reinstalling Java only - Opening ports 16004, 16006, 16008, …
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Hi, since a few days my Web Publishing Server refuse to start - the databank server is running fine and also the web server. In the administration panel I see the red dot at the web publishing engine, gut IWP, XML and XSLT are marked at "on". I got a status message over it which says it had an error while communicating with the server. When I try to start the web publishing engine it tries for a while but then nothing happens... it worked OK for quite some time but now even restarts don´t help. I´m with FMSA9.02 Thanks in advance - Christoph
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We're still in the testing phases for our upgrade from 4.1 to 9, but when users try to access a particular file, I get the email server warning that authentication failed. So we wouldn't have to deal with authentication issues during the upgrade, I removed all passwords. That worked fine until about a month ago when these errors started coming in. Also--I am unable to mount any of the FM 9 updates (separate issue)--could that be causing the errors??
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We have been using Filemaker for quite some time on a single computer in our non-profit organization - and have experienced no problems. Within the past year, we bought two new computers, networked them together and upgraded to Filemaker Pro 8.5. Since then, we have had a problem with the slave computer suddenly crashing (for apparently no reason) while using Filemaker. The crash goes like this... the coffee cup suddenly appears followed by a blank grey screen - and the whole computer freezes. Is this network related? We are also running ZoneAlarm and Safe Eyes on both of these computers. Could one of these pieces of software be creating a conflict that causes this …
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I'm using pfp FX class with a filemaker database. my question is how many people can simultaneously access the database via php and what happens once the maximum number of connections is reached? What happens when the maximum of 250 user connections is reached via the client? What are the workarounds, if any, to accomodate more users per application?
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Trying to schedule a backup to an external FW drive I keep getting a invalid path and no backup. This script did run about 2 months ago 1 time and none since then. I have tried typing in the path and dragging the folder into the field. Yes, I have a / after the address, and yes the drive & folders all have fmsadmin w/r rights. The backup to the local drive works just fine. The server is 8.0v4. Is this just a problem with the external FW drive? Help!
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On the Admin application to manage the server there's a plugin tab. Can i install regular FMPro plugins on the server and have clients using them without needing to install them? Is every plugins server compatible? I've been experimenting with myFmButler do script. I've installed it in the extensions directory of the server. It's enabled on the plugin tab on the server admin, but when I try using the default function to call it, from a client that doesn't have it installed locally, I get an error... Thanks!
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I am trying to set up a FM Server Advanced V8 to serve up some IWP DBs as web pages. I have everything in place (that I can tell!). I can load up the IWP Homepage which correctly lists all the DBs on the server - BUT when I click on any individual database to open it I get an error message "Database not available" The DBs works fine if I serve them up using a copy of FM (ie: IWP with the client software). I have opened the DBs directly with FM while in position on the server and checked all the accounts and privileges are fine. Any ideas?
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I have run into an issue that I can not figure out how to resolve. I am running FileMaker Server Advanced 7.0v4 on Mac OS 10.4. Custom Publishing with php. I have changed my dsl service and my static IP address has changed, so i figured all I would have to do is get the ip address to change in the Web Admin Console under Clients in the FileMaker Server Admin, which I did. I am able to connect to the FileMaker Server Advanced Web Administration Console with the new ip address. The new static ip address is showing in the Overview page. I restarted the Web Publishing Engine and logged out. The html login page displays when I enter the new static ip address. …
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Hello all, i am running two filemaker Servers in our Company, one is Filemaker Server 8 and the other one is Filemaker Server 5.5. Is it possible to run these two Servers on the same Machine? I already saw that they are using the same Ports, and did not see an option where i could configure port numbers used, but i still like to be sure. Thanks and best regards
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hi, This is sathish new to forum..i hope that u people will help me in issues- i have installed Filemaker Server 9 in my system and tried to open PHP site assistant while i am creating new site alert window appears saying [color:red]";" expected JScript error if i continue with selecting ok button ,after that it asks me to connect while i am clicking connect button says check server but it is correct.. can u help me please
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I have a columnar list type database that establishes priorities for tasks and monitors status of these tasks. This database lives on a web-based dedicated server. I have been very careful to keep all the handshakes simple. The database only has two tables. The majority of formulas etc reside on just one table. The second table consists of a match field and worker names that I use to populate task assignments. I make extensive use of conditional formatting. The default fill pattern for all tasks is white. If the task priority = "NEXT", the fill pattern turns yellow. If the task priority = "HOT", the fill pattern turns red. If the task status is …
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I recently developed some software for a company in USA, and now they have asked me to make something bigger for them. The new system will be for tracking inquiries, quotations, placing and monitoring purchase orders with suppliers, inventory management, invoicing and interfacing with an accounting system. Between 5 – 10 people using the system in any one location, and similar systems to be installed in 6 locations around Asia, with an “overall” view of things back in USA (not sure how to do that yet...). Not more than 3,000 transactions with a total of up to 30,000 line items per month, per location. My question is whether or not FM & FM Server is the…
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Hello, We are currently using FMP 8.5 Advanced and QB 2007 Premier and are linking them with FileBooks Link. We would like to setup a server on our network, so we could have several (2-4) computers accessing both FMP and QB simultaneously,linking them via FileBooks Link from each workstation. We would also like to enable offsite acccess for home based workers. We are considering raid 5 on the server, with periodic backup to network attached storage, housed in another building. Does this sound practical? Do you have any hardware or software recommendations? Mac versus windows for the filemaker server? We currently run windows. Thanks in advanc…
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I have been working of this for days and am quite frustrated in how difficult it is to change the ip address in web publishing. I have a custom web solution that I have been running for years with no problem. I have changed my dsl provider and now have a new static ip address. The solution is being run on FileMaker Server Advanced 7. Is there an easy way of doing this? I often get an error page in the Web Publishing Console when trying to change the Ip address. After changing the ip address, FileMaker Server shows the new address in the Summary window. When I go to Configure and than to the Clients tab the old ip address is showing in the Web Admin Console field. …
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Hi guys, I am looking to set up a Quad 2.5 G5 Tower as a server for about 35 clients. I am trying to find out what is the best way to squeeze out as much performance as possible. 1) I heard that fast drives (10,000 or 15,000 RPM) make tremendous difference. I can't find any external FW800 or SCSI RAID with these kind of hard drives. At least ones that are not server racks. 2) Does it seem like a good idea to get two 15,000 RPM drives and use OS X mirror option and run the operating software and the files off those drives, or should I really look for some kind of an external solution? 3) If I go external am I better off using latest SCSI format or FW800…
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Scenario: Problem: I've got a database (Job Diaries)that is used to record progress on our projects. It has about 8 fields that must be filled in (date, author, who there, body...)There is a script that sends an email to people chosen from check boxes using SMTPit. Has worked great for years. Just noticed that a record can be created, the email script can be run and then the record vanishes from the database. THis doesn't happen all the time. Theory: It never gets committed from the client to the server. Conundrum: I thought that upon exiting a field the data is committed. However, the new "commit record" step in scripting implies a need to force that to ha…
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FMS 9 on winXP, local FM9v3, adv on Mac OS X.4.11 In the process of investigating some performance issues, I have a simple test file, one table with two fields, 40000 records, with a script to do a simple replace (number field, replace with value 1). When logged in from my Mac, via ssh/open remote/ fmnet, the replace takes 4:30 minutes to process 1000 records. Similar performance is had from a RDC/terminal services client. The same script when run from a FMSRV schedule; does 40,000 records in 10 seconds Any ideas on what may be causing this? Any ideas on what may be causing this substantial difference?
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Hi there, i am looking for a way how to speed up FM a little.. I have database which is not slowed by amount of records, but more slowing are complex relations. As my DB grows, it gets slower and slower, does anybody have any idea or trick how to fasten it a little? Thanks for every response! Matěj
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Good day folks, I need help with my FM9 server admin console. with version 7 & 8 I was able to login directly in the admin tool with the using the FMSADMIN group but nothing work. I'm not sure but there is any issue that my server is installed on a XP workstation? everything is correctly or seem to be correctly configured... but I'm still getting the console login screen. Thanks! Pierre
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A coworker and myself are working on a database (9.0v3). We would like to be able to work on it simultaneously. 2-days per week I am in the same office as he so it is no problem using our LAN with one of us hosting. The rest of the time I am working from home. What is the best way for us to be able to continue development of our database? Both of us are using Mac G4 laptops. -Chris
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: I have just set up Filemaker Pro Server 8 Advanced on an Intel Mac and successfully configured it. However, when I transferred the files from another non-Intel Mac to the Intel-Mac, I got an 802 error on all of the files (there was no problem on the non-Intel machine). I checked the permissions and they all seem to be fine. This is a machine that has several different logons, but all have read and write permissions. Any suggestions as to what could be wrong?
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I am using FM6 and I am having trouble access our database over a vpn with multi users. When only one person is on the database it works fine, but when another person tries to access it we get message stating that the database is not in multiuser mode or host cannot be found. It is in multiuser mode. Any help
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Using Windows Server. With FMS8 I used a "robot" client to run nightly scripts to import records from a non-FM file into my main FM Table. The hype with FMS9 was that with the ability to run ScriptMaker scripts from the server, robots were history. Unfortunately, the most useful script step "Import Records" is not web-compatible, a requirement for Server-Side scripts. Has anyone figured a way around that or should I continue using a client just to run nightly routines?
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This is a problem specific to when a database is hosted on our FM 8.5 server. It's tough to describe but we have some value lists that are populated using relationships to external FM databases also hosted on the server. If I open just the database with the lists they say . However, if I open the child database first, and then the main database, the value lists are populated correctly. I've included an example of what I am seeing. If you just run these on your local machine they work fine. If you host them on a server, things get funky. The attachment contains two files Test - only one ID field to related to other table Test_Authors - has author det…
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I wondering if it's possible to use two FMS 9 servers to access the same data file. Also I'm wondering if the a server could upload a remote data file.
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I've got FM Server on a dedicated machine but anytime I ever have to open a file locally in FMP I have to transfer over the network and back. It's kind of a pain with large files. Would it cause any problems if I were to install FMP on the server along with FMS? Any information would be great. thanks!
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Hi there! I run FM Server 8 off of a server with Windows Server 2003 as the OS. All the client computers are running FM 8 off of WinXP. I recently had some issues with our Linksys router (basically it destroyed itself during an attempted firmware upgrade) and after I got through with their tech support, we had to force the router to change its IP. I used to log into the FM Server Admin tool in order to tweak/close our database whenever I needed to back it up. Now, even though I have changed the IP on the login screen to the server's new, current IP, the login tool repeatedly tells me "Login Failed". I have confirmed via my network connection that th…
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Installed latest Mac OS updates listed below and I now cannot access the FileMaker Server Admin Console (locally or remotely) on 2 different Mac FileMaker Server 9 Advanced Servers. Can't get it whether I click the desktop java link nor through the browser. 2007-12-18 03:31:44 -0600: Installed "Java For Mac OS X 10.4 Release 6" (1.0) 2007-12-18 03:31:55 -0600: Installed "QuickTime" (7.3.1) 2007-12-18 03:32:28 -0600: Installed "QuickTime Broadcaster" (1.5.2) 2007-12-18 03:49:27 -0600: Installed "Security Update 2007-009 (Universal)" (1.0) The Java ICON bounced for a few seconds and stops. Locally, trying to access it via Safari (http://xxx.xxx.xxx.…
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I'm trying to set up FileMaker Server 9 Advanced on a brand new Mac Mini (still Tiger) and I'm unable to specify a FireWire-connected external drive as the backup destination. Is this not possible? When I specify the path it comes up as "Not a valid path". I've played extensively with naming and permissions to no avail, but obviously I'm doing something wrong.
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I have a variety of databases that are hosted on a web based-dedicated server. These databases are accessed via button driven scripts. The buttons all live on a database called Bulletin Board. The BulletinBoard database has no fields. It only consists of a layout with the script buttons. So far, everything is working fairly well except for one aspect. Intermittently the server closes down and I get an error message that says: "Communication with the host was interrupted and cannot be re-established. All affected windows will be closed." I have a couple of questions about this: [color:red]What causes this interruption to happen? The second par…
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I'm new to FM Server and relatively new to Windows Server. Is there a way to setup the firewall on the server that automatically opens the ports needed for FM Server? In the Security Configuration Wizard, it sees the FM Server and supposedly lets it do what it wants, yet I have to manually open port 5003. I'd prefer to tell the firewall to allow the FM processes to open whatever ports they need. What processes would I choose? Otherwise, how else would I setup the firewall? Manually open a list of ports? Thanks, John
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FMS9/OSX. If you delete the Server Admin app shortcut, it seems you can never get it to come back. Somewhere in the past I solved this problem but cannot remember how and cannot find any instructions.
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Hi Folks, I am evaluating Filemaker for a large email database. The problem is: on importing large amounts of emails (thousands) the client crashes. I can prevent that by doing a sort on the database after every email. But a sort takes minutes. Filemaker does the sorts on disk, although the Mac Pro has 32 GB of RAM (I can see that by the way disk activity happens). Is it possible to pin a database in RAM like I can do it with tables in Oracle? Is it possible to force FMS9 to make sorts in RAM? Our project clearly would fail with Filemaker being unable to use RAM efficiently. Any help or hint would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Dirk
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Hi Guys, The IT department are putting pressure on me to upgrade to Server 9 during the Christmas holidays. We are currently running 8.v4 and all of our users are on PC'S with the server software on a Windows 2003. We use AD external authentication, odbc, iwp, and we have approximately 220 users, with around 120 databases on server 1, and 80 databases on server 2. Can any of you give me tips on what to look out for in terms of bugs, inconsistencies when you upgrade. Im quite keen to get php working in our organisation.
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Is there anyway to prevent a username from being logged in more than once? In our company I noticed the same user was logged in from more than one machine. A couple users are obviously sharing username/passwords. Is there a way to disallow this either by scripting, a server configuration, or a server plug-in? Thanks
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I have FM Server 7 running on Windows XP. It's been stable for a a while now. Recently when I try to work on the server, I've been unable to login even directly from that machine - Iget a "login failed " error message, or just a failure with no error message. Has anyone else seen this problem? Any suggestions about how to get back into the administrator panel? Thanks! Matt Short MEMdata
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Hi everyone, I am running server8 on a machine in windows. It was working fine and now I can't see the files. If I use open remote on the server computer (I have filemaker8.5A on it as well), it finds the host, lists the files and opens it up fine, but on any other computer on the network, I go to open remote, and local hosts, it finds the host but does not list the files. I tried manually typing in the file but it says it can't find it. Any ideas
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I've got a situation at a client's location where certain data is going missing. The environment is a FM Server 8 hosting at one physical location and FM 8.5 clients in the same building and other FM 8.5 clients coming in remotely. Most are on a dedicated remote line. What we've seen is data has gone missing from certain fields of certain records. The database is a few thousand records, we've seen data missing from one field (always the same field) for maybe 10-12 records. We're wondering if because there seems to be slight delay for the remote users, whether it is possible that two users could be modifying the same field of the same record at the same time and…
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Updated to FileMaker Pro Server Advanced 9. Everything is working fine. All my previous XLST databases are still working, but I now want to try PHP. Launch FileMaker Pro Advanced on my iMac, and selected Tools > Launch PHP Assistant. The web page comes up to select PHP or XLST. When I select either, I get the same error. "Unable to Launch FileMaker PHP Site Assistant". If I click Details, I get "Unsupported JNLP version in launch file: 1.5. Only version 1.0 is supported…" What is a JNLP and how do I get the older version? G5 XServe OS X 10.4.11 Server FileMaker Pro Advanced Server 9.0v2
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When I reboot my FileMaker Server (OSX 10.4 Server, G4 2G RAM 100G HD) the FM Services Daemon does not start even though it is checked to do so in the Server Admin application. I did verify that it is the Server application (service) that is not starting and not simply a file not opening correctly. Any ideas would be most appreciated.
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I am trying to install FileMaker 9 Adv on our new Leopard server but when I manually launch the fmserver_helperd service (because it gives me a database server error if I go about it normally) I get the following error: THE_PROCESS_HAS_FORKED_AND_YOU_CANNOT_USE_THIS_COREFOUNDATION_FUNCTIONALITY_YOU_MUST_EXEC_() I know that FM9 is not supported fully in Leopard but I can't even get it work so I can run the new update which fixes WPE part of the filemaker issue in Leopard. When I run this update it does not find any valid filemaker versions. Any ideas where I should start? Thanks, Kerri
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This morning I opened my Student Information System which is being kept on our FM server 8. It has muliple tables but I ran a search on the enrollment table for records created between certain dates using an extraction layout that also captures some related student demographic data. As I scrolled through the records I noticed that some of the enrollment records were missing the students data. As I continued scrolling throught the enrollments records more and more student records began to disappear. Fortunately I capture the student ID number in the enrolment record. So I began to write down a few of these Student IDs where all the Student demographic information was missi…
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