FileMaker Server General Discussions
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We are having a HUGE issue with FM Server and Server OS 10.3. Here is the setup. We have a G4 server with Server 10.3 and FM server 5 (newest thats not 7) We are running PCs with XP as the clients. Every time the we go into script maker or define fields within a few hours the program slows down and then damages every file. This never happens on a windows server. The answers form FileMaker are "It shouldn't do that" Any ideas.
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I just paid a visit to a client, and the Scheduled Backups were all functioning except the ones that went to an external FireWire drive. When I examined the settings, the name of the drive in the settings had somehow changed from "Jupiter" to "Jupiter 1". I believe the drive was unmounted at one point last week, and that's the only thing I can think of that has been out of the ordinary with the server. Does anybody have any clues, or has anyone seen this before? Server 5.5 on OSX 10.3.8 -Stanley
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Has anyone seen Error: 20500 It appears immediately after the following script step in a Windows batch file. I cannot find a description of this error number. fmsadmin backup file.fp7 -d C:file.fp7 if I use fmsadmin backup file.fp7 the file will backup to the default directory. Thanks for any help.
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Hi, I am new to server and have a question similar to xochi's post about global containers. I noticed that if I close the file and then add the global container, everything works fine. My question is I am usually a remote user. I access the database from a different state. I can administer the server, but I do not have access to the hard copy of the hosted file on the server computer. Is there a way to add a global container without that access?
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I need help diagnosing the following error which appears using FM 5.5 while accessing a multi-user database which resides on a server. Users open their desktop FM 5.5 (Windows XP or W2K), then do a File Open. Although this is not recommended practice (file on server, application on desktop), this is what I have with my users. Only one user gets this message: Sorry. Filemaker is unable to update the disk this file is on. Click continue to try again, or click Exit and copy this file to another disk. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks. [email protected]
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I'd like to have a global container field that holds my corporate logo to use in the header on all reports. I know that when using FM Server, a Global is actually "local" to the current user, so I thought I could solve the problem with the following setup: Table "Graphics" which contains 1 record. Logo (a regular container field) gcLogo = Logo (a calculation field that is a Container with global storage) However, I can verify that gLogo is blank. Next, I tried a similar setup, but used a self-relationship in the graphics file to make sure the global calc was working: Logo (a regular container field) Constant1 = "1" gcLogo = SelfRelat…
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I am setting up FMP7 Server Advanced, as an upgrade to FMP Unlimited 5, by creating a new database on my PC FMP7, and copying over to the "databases" folder on the server. When I attempt to open the remote, and select the file on the server, it brings up the "Maximum Number of Licensed Users" Error, and closes FMP7. The server has it's FMP7 Server Advanced license. I have my FMP7 ordinary license. There are no other FMP7 users on this network. What am I doing wrong. Please help!
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I hope you guys can help - I have built a DB in FMPDev7 and set my users so they can create new records. If I open the DB locally as each user they can make new records, if I serve the DB using FMPDev7's built in server they can still create records - but when I serve the DB on full FMServer7 ALL my users loose their ability to make records, including the Admin user - the DB becomes write only even tho I have the permissions set right on the DB itself
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Using FM Server 7v3, I find two very serious bugs. Can anyone else confirm? Bug #1 Make a global calculation field equal to a text constant, i.e. kgKey1 = "Work" (calculation, global storage) Add the field to a layout and verify that the field has the right value. Now, go to table definition, duplicate the field definition, and change it, i.e. kgKey2 = "Home" (calculation, global storage) Add the field to your layout. Notice that the field will not have the correct value. You must re-open the database for the global field to refresh to the correct value. Bug #2 Global calcs that reference a summary on a self-relation hangs filemaker ser…
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We are building a FM solution based on FM Server Advanced. FMPro users will be uploading mass data, while web users willl retrieve it via CWP. I estimate the database will have millions or tens of millions records in a short period of time. There will be 2 or 3 FMPro users and 100s of web users. Is a Filemaker SErver a right tool for database of this size? Does anybody deployed such a huge solution? Thanx in advance Cdda
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Hi all. I get an error when I try to enable database sessions for XSLT publishing. When I toggle the radio button to yes and click the apply button an error message appears at the top of the page. Fortunately, it's extremely informative. It says "An unexpected error has occurred." Is this happening to anyone else? More information: Windows 2000 Server, FileMaker Server 7 Advanced (v2 update), using port 8080 for web publishing.
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I have a small office of 5 users in NY and we would like to get 3 remote users from our DC office access to our filemaker database. Does anyone have a good cheap solution for this remote access? Here is the set up: Host Computer Mac OS10 w/ Filemaker Server 7 LAN: 3 MAC OS10 users, 2 WIN XP Users Remote Office we are trying to set up: 2 MAC OS Users, 1 XP USer. Help we are not looking to break the bank just access the same filemaker database.
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Hey all Just had some questions about Server 7 Advanced.. since there's no trial for it I can't just find out for myself. Just so you all know, I'm no database/computer expert, i'm just the one in charge of the computer related duties. Lemme just outline the setup we have right now.. We have 2 offices.. one has our server(5.5) with 4 clients(v6), the other has 4 clients, and 1 computer using a remote desktop kind of program to use the client that's on the server. we have a VPN set up between the 2 offices. We have a few other people who work outside our offices who use information from our database, and a 3rd office will be opening up which will need access…
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I have a database that I am hosting on my company's intranet, my boss added 2 fields yesterday and now i am unable to get the database out of a closed status. The 2 other databases are running fine. I have stopped and re-started Filemaker server several times. I checked Local Filemaker server Admin. and Start all Filemaker Server processes is active. I am at a loss - am i missing something - this isn't the first time he has made changes, but its the first time we can't get the database back to a normal status. Help - and Thanks ahead of time
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Does anyone know how I can set up virtual directories and have them Filemaker web publishing extensions enabled for them? For example, I want www.bob.com/fmi/config to be able to databases for bob.com but also have www.bob2.com/fmi/config to be able to configure bob2.com's databases. Any ideas? When I created a new virtual server in IIS, I'm not sure how to extended filemaker web publishing to the new virtual server.
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Has anyone some information about Filemaker Server 7 clustering. I would like to use the cluster services in Windows 2003 Entreprise Edition but FMpro 7 Server is only certified for Windows 2003 Standard Edition. Thanks for your help.
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Hi gang, Two related problems have sprung up for us. FM Server Advance 7, on an XServe with OS X server 10.3.8. First, we noticed that we could not reboot our server remotely, it would hang and never complete the reboot cycle. Someone from the datacentre would have to go and manually reboot. Second, when I tried to put on the v7.3 patch for the Web Publishing Engine, the updated kept saying that it could not install because the web publishing engine was running. OK, used the Server Admin program to stop the FM Server, used my web browser to administer the server, turned off web publishing. Still couldn't install the patch, web publishing engine still runni…
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I'm currently hosting one DB file with FMP 7v3 on a 533MHz G4 with 512 MB RAM. This configuration has proven very stable for the past 9 months serving to 4 concurrent FMP clients, and up to 5 concurrent (~150 total) IWP users. Now I'm going to need more concurrent FMP clients, and I'll need to move to server, and since I'm using IWP heavily for remote users, I'll need server advanced. My question is: Will I be able to make use of the 533 G4 for anything with server advanced? I won't be drastically increasing my traffic compared to when I used FMP to host, but I get the impression that if you want to put both the WPE and FMS on the same machine, the 533 G4 wo…
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One day I could not access the /fmi/config page on my webserver. I checked to see if the Web Publishing Engine service was running, and in fact, it was. I decided to go ahead and restart the service. Tried /fmi/config again and got nothing. At this point I decided to just go ahead and uninstall the Web Publshing Engine and reinstall. Upon uninstalling I got this error: then this error after hitting OK. Just hitting OK, I decided to reinstall the Web Publishing Engine and was then prompted with this error. After getting this error, the Web Publishing Engine does not show up in the services tab.. but it does say that its installed in Add/Remove p…
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I am interested in a temporary directory for reading and writing data files on both PCs and Macs. The default path seems to be gone in FM7 so I need a absolute file path that is always availible even for hosted files...regardlest of harddisk names, permissions, etc. My ideas are: filewin:/C:/TEMP/Resultstemp.txt filemac:/MacintoshHD/Temporary Items/Resultstemp.txt filemac:/MacintoshHD/private/tmp/501/Temproary Items/Resultstemp.txt file:Resultstemp.txt filemac:/Macintosh HD/Applications/FileMaker Pro 7/Resultstemp.txt file:../../../Resultstemp.txt
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Hi, I am currently hosting a FM 5 database on a networked PowerMac G4 - 450 w/ 512MB RAM that is running Fm Server 5.5. I have noticed that when I TCP/IP into the database as a guest the performance when it comes to sorting records is extremely slow. There are over 8000 records, and doing a sort of say 6000 will take about 20 minutes. You can watch it count down by 4 records every couple of seconds. Now the machines are on a Gigbit network and the NIC cards are set to 100 Full. Any ideas or reasons why this database would be crawling like that? Thanks! Ron
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I am running a relational database in FM Server 5.5 on a Windows 2003 Server. Global fields keep reappearing after i have cleared them via a script and closed the file. A relationship then reopens the file and the global field references are back. In the document preferences i have also set to clear global fields on startup and close. has anyone got any ideas? I have also noticed that the filename when reopened via a relationship is in capitals whereas the true filename is not!
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Ok, sorry about this question, but I wanted it to be sure before I go on a learning quest! Is it possible to create a fmp 7 database with a fmp 7 server but have the terminal computers not running os X? Half of my school district is moving to os X and the other half is not becuase of hardware issues. I would really like to use 7. And converting from one version to the next really screws with the scripts I write. Any suggestions?
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I'm pretty sure this will have been covered off in (multiple?) threads here, and I apologize for that but I searched the forums and nothing jumped out at me...anyways, if anyone can give me a few tips or point me in the right direction, it would be most appreciated! We are getting a new Xserve that will be fully loaded and we are setting up a FM Server that will be gathering info on medical patients
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Hello everyone, last year I set up filemaker instant web publishing in plain old Pro 7. I was pleased with everything except for the fact that it would only display 5 records at a time (my main layout was a list view). I want web users to be able to see ALL records in their found set, not just 5 at a time. I've read through a lot of documentation on Server 7 and Server Advanced, and have not yet found a definate answer to this question. Can I still use IWP and display more than 5 records at a time through either of the forementioned programs? Do I need to use Custom Web Publishing making use of the xml/xslt functionality? I'm willing to spend the time to learn whatever I …
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Hello. We have FMS5.5/Win2000Server and 10 users on FMP6/WinXP. They all open files via Host. The files on FMS get damaged quite often. When I look in log of FMS I see the message: "usersname forced to close connection". Does anyone know why it is happening? Is the user forced its FMP to close connection or FMS forced the user? How to prevent this from happenning again? Many thanks!
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Here's the actual problem to our FileMaker 7. We are a small business and have 2 servers in which terminal users and/or pc users log into. Our problem is that we have a problem that shows up in each of the terminal/pc users preferences options. Here's are problem: == When we goto FileMaker 7 and load it up, and then we select the 'Edit' tab on the toolbar and select 'Preferences' after that .... and where it says 'User Name' ... most of the terminal users have it listed as 'Information Systems.' We don't want it to say 'Information Systems' and rather have it set to their last name comma first name (i.e./ Doe, John). Our soultion is that we locked one of our se…
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I'm trying to put a button into my database that allows me to open a file in Test:Path. However, it doesn't seem to work, nothing happens. I'm using openurl, anybody know what I'm doing wrong. Thanks PS This is FMP7 on OSX.2.8
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Hello, is it possible to clear safely this file in order to delete the oldest access information? thank you.
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Hi Guys, Wonder if anyone can guide me here. Im a very experienced FM developer, and over the last couple of years have developed a very complete private medical insurance calculator for a customer of mine. Without going into too much detail it basically calculates medical insurance costs for 15 different companies and allows you to compare the costs. On a 100Mbp network it takes around 25-30 seconds to do a full calculation. These arnt very complicated, basically lots of lookups that create around 200 extra records per customer running the quote. Now the problem is, over a VPN (broadband 512kb download 256k upload) this quote takes over 10 minutes, which is a d…
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I am having a serious problem with a FileMaker solution I have created. The database is hosted on FMP Server 7 on a Windows 2000 Server machine. It is accessed by a mix of Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP clients. The particular issue I'm having is with two tables. Table 1 has a primary key (pk) and has a one to many relationship with Table 2. Table 2 has records which are selected and related to records in Table 1 by populating the foreign key field (fk) with the serial number in Table 1's pk field. The problem is that I am increasingly experiencing issues where records in Table 2 are showing up in a portal as being related to Table 1, and the "go to re…
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Trying to create a second backup schedule, and am getting stung here: This path is valid: filemac:/IS_Server_HD1/Users/administrator/Documents/ But this path is not: filemac:/IS_Server_HD1/Users/administrator/Documents/FMS7_Backup2 I assumed permissions (Documents is admin admin, rwx------), but setting same as Documents folder, or changing group to fmsadmin rw- makes no difference. Any advice? (my advice for filemaker, please include a bloody file browser next time, so we don't have to mess with your filemac: path formats!) Thanks for your help. Justin
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I'm just setting up a FM7 server and have several image database that I have been hosting with FM 6 Unlimited. The databases were set up with referenced links to the images that were stored in a subfolder with relation to the database. When converted to 7 the images would only show up when opened directly connected to the machine, not when remote accessed or via IWP. Looking at the paths stored in the container, it showed both a relative path and a absolute path which was wrong because I had moved the files to a new machine. I removed the absolute path and pasted back just the relative one. This fixed the problem of the images showing up when opened via remote but n…
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I am using Filmaker server 5.5 with FMP 6. After several sessions my dictionaries default back. I have repeatedly changed the dictionary on both the client and the server. I have stopped the server and changed the dictionaries and yet eventually they revert back. There are other preferences that default back as well like the beep on mispelled words that I have tried to turn off. What's going on here? [email protected]
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How do I perform a find with multiple request on server advanced. What I want is to perform a find where a field has either a value of "X" or "Y". I tried using the -lop in my http request and I was getting no results. Below is my request: http://myserver.com/fmi/xml/fmresultset....ln002&-find I get no results for this. Hopefully someone can help me out construct the proper find request. Thanks.
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I've published a database over the internet using Developer 7 - pretty easy. I also know that Server Advanced can do the same and a whole lot more. I just can't shell out $2500 for testing if I don't need it. Now the middle part. Can Server 7 publish the same way over the Internet as Developer can? I could change the port on Developer - but didn't see a clear way of publishing or port changing with Server. The 5 concurrent connections of Developer are about what we need and does work, but as I understand the license you can only use it for development/testing and not for production. If we stayed with Developer 7 for publishing, are there any draw backs of not us…
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We're using FileMaker Server 5.5. I'm using the steps suggested at http://www.afp548.com/articles/system/fmpserver.html to automatically start the fmserverd services when our Xserve boots up, so that I won't have to manually hit the 'Start Server' button on the FM Server Config app. Works fine, but how can I now *gently stop the daemon* without using the Config app, and without corrupting my open databases? Thanks very much
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Hello, I have auxiliary files and the primary file on my filemaker server 7.0. I only want my user to see the primary file. I don't want them to open my auxiliary file, especially my user logon and password file. How do I do that? Thank you. Jackson :
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I have a relational filemaker 6.0 file running on a windows xp computer. The problem is when I log in to the same file to share it on a remote xp (or max os X) computer. Any image that is in a container field that has just a reference to it does not display on the remote computer. If the image is actually imbedded in the file the image does show up. Now, if the file is closed on the host computer and I directly open it from the remote computer, all the images show just fine, but then you can't share the file Since I have a database with over 30,000 records and 30,000 images I don't want to store them all in the database, just the references. Is there a way to …
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I am trying to determine whether I can support all of our companies needs with FM7 (server) instead of using Microsoft exchange, meeting maker or the like. So any input is appreciated. We need to track several things including, events, inventory, groups, members, assets, resources, provide room scheduling etc. We do not need Microsoft exchanges email capabilities as we are hosted externally and meeting maker is web only. I do not want to have several apps for folks to track all of this. i know many of these items are easily accomplished in FMP, but the calendar aspect escapes me. Any thoughts? Thank you!
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Hi all i have a litte question for ya here on work we are getting that new apple mini (1 Gig ram soon and were going to run a file maker server 6 on it. and it wil only have 3 or 4 machienes tallin to the filemaker server . But is it nessery to have another mac or pc to share the internet connection and dhcp server or will that one mac mini be enough to take the load
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A while ago (2004) someone posted the following message, there were a lot of responses, but no "eureka, I have it". I have exactly the same problem. I have fixed it by restarting the engine etc using the command line, and it works for a bit (an hour or so), but then it reverts again. This is not a lot of use. Does anyone know the definitive answer? "Hi everyone, I'm about to shoot myself just trying to install FileMaker Server 7 Advanced. Here's my setup: Xserve running OS X Server 10.3.5, fully updated. 2GHz G5, 2GB RAM. Services running: AFP, Apache (completely default), and FIleMaker Server 7. That's it. (FWIW, all appropriate ports o…
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I have just had to update our server to OS X, but as yet all our terminals are running OS 9 or 9.2. I can get FM server running in OS X but it doesn't actually seem to be hosting any databases, when I try to open one on one of the terminals it says that that terminal will be hosting it. So I tried to run FMServer through Classic, but it just gets as far as 'loading TCP/IP' and then it says that these have 'failed to load'. Is there an incompatibility between having FM Server running through OS X and everything else on OS 9 and/or how can I get FM Server to run through Classic? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am fairly new to both Macs and FM, so am reall…
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Does anyone know why TCP/IP should not work when using Server 5 in Classic on OSX Panther 10.3.5? In the FM Server Admin window (Networking) TCP/IP is greyed out and inaccessible (as is TCP/IP / Appletalk) so Appletalk is the only option. All clues gratefully received. Mike
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We currently run FileMaker Server 5.5 on an xServe G4 1.0 GHZ dual processor running Mac OS X Server 10.3.8. Approx 12 Clients run FileMaker Pro 6 on Mac OS X 10.3.8. I run Developer 6 edition. We host ~ 30 - 35 databases. My question(s): Can changes be made to layouts while a database is hosted via FileMaker Server 5.5? In addition to making changes, can a layout be duplicated and edited while a database is hosted via FileMaker Server 5.5? I'm assuming a new layout can be created in a hosted database, right? Also, in any hosted database, in Layout mode, I notice Layouts -> Set Layout Order is unavailable/greyed out. Why is that? Can Layout Order no…
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When testing FM server7 I try to open a database on the machine I developed the solution with the right password that should give me full access to all the files. But when launching the database on my machine I can't get in with the account/password I use all the time when developing. Shouldn't I be allowed to do so?
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I'm using FM7SA on a XServe 10.3.9 to host a website with a large database. I can do the job with PHP, but things are getting slowlier every week. So I want to symplify my PHP code, but therefore I want to use a script that I've written in de FM7 database file. I want to run this script every 15 minutes or so. A nice way would be by triggering the script via a cron job. Is this possible? Of course I could run the script on a client computer, with an interval of 15 minutes, but when I reboot the server, the clients loses the connection etc... so via a cron job on the server would be very nice!
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I know this is a very basic question, but here is the problem. I created a FileMaker relational database on my local hard drive which contains scripts. I then copied all of the files to a shared network folder. Another co-worker tried to open the database on the network using FILE, OPEN. They were able to open the database, however when they click on a button, which runs a script that opens a related file, a message is displayed stating that changes cannot be made because the file cannot be modified. So, I changed the sharing property for all files involved in this database so it can be accessed by all users. However when they try to open the database they still rec…
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I finally got around to installing FM Server 7 that I received from last year's developer's conference. I decided to use a machine that wasn't being used for anything useful, and had all of the system requirements needed. It had a LOT of junk on it, so I decided to reformat and reinstall Windows Server 2000 on it. That went ok. I then installed FM Server 7 on it, as a "complete" install. That went ok too. Whenever I try to start the FileMaker Server Helper service, it keep popping up the error "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion". The service was set to automatically start, but it never has "st…
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Hi All, I'm looking into adding a -script argument to one of my web request which is a -find. What I would like is if the -find returns no record I'd like for the -script that i call to actually create the record that was initial looked for. Currently when I do a -script with a -find that doesn't return any records, i still get the no records found error in the XML returned. Is there a way to create the record in the script that is called then return the newly created record as the found result? Thanks.
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As there's no way to run both Server 5.5 and 7 on the same machine to test the new solution I run server 7 on another pc in our office. The question is - is there any potential of conflict while running server 7 and server 5.5 as all computers share the same network? As far as I understand, there shouldn't. To be on the safe side should I stop server5.5 manually before testing on 7 (which means doing this on evenings, weekends...when no one's working in the current database...)? We had some troubles lately with our server that's why I'm pretty concerned...
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I have a new server setup (Windows 2003) with FileMaker Server 7 Advanced. As far as I can tell everything has installed correctly following the instructions. However, when I try to access a database using web publishing the response is painfully slow .. it takes a few seconds to refresh each page. This is occuring with several different databases .. some of which are very basic. I don't have the same problem with I use File Maker Developer 7 to access the files from a remote workstation .. everything is good. I also don't have any problems with speed when I share the same files using Developer 7 from a workstation .. I can use IE to connect with no problems. Th…
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Hi everyone, i have about 10 database files in our win2000 server and when i go to the hosts dialogue box the file is not there but every other file is. The database works perfectly but for this one file. Therefore other users in our company cant open the file as it says the host cannot be found. It used to work ok and i cant understand why it has stopped showing up. I have restarted the server and that makes no difference. Does anyone know where i could be going wrong? I am only average experience and your help would be very much appreciated! Thankyou
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I am currently running Server 7 Advanced on a Windows 2003 server. when I try to log into the database over the internet, I have no luck when using a user name and password. When I activate the guest account, I can get logged in, but it does not ask me for a password. How do I set it up so that it will ask me for a password? Thanks.
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I was just wondering if I have to have all the databases located under the filemaker server folder in order for them to run? I have limited space on the C drive but lots of space on the D drive. I tried to install Filemaker Server in the D drive but it installed on the C Drive. Can I tell Filemaker server to look for the databases in a folder on the D drive or Do I have to run them under the server folder in C? Thanks
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Server : FM 5 Server (Windows NT 4 /w SP6) Client : FMP 5 (Windows NT 4 /w SP6) Can I write a batch command file to create a compressed database copy? If it is possible, what command it is. Thanks.
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One of our customers is having quite large FMS/FMP6 client/server solution (sales mgmt & control). There are approx. 40-60 simultaneous users online every day from 4-6 different locations. There are four applications under the same server and file amount is in maximum (124 files, each application having 31 files). Each app. has 1-1,5 million recors. About 100000 records are updated per week, ab. 10000-50000 new records created per week (in two out of four applications, two are just for training & testing of new functionality). Recently we've got few Error messages in Win2000 server log (& FMS log) saying Could not pause file "filename.fp5" because of an out…
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Hi there, i'm wondering if any one can advice me on this subject. Some one told me that os x was enhaced for tcp/ip transactions and that fm 7 is also faster for the same issue, all of this compared to fm 5.5 and os 9.2.2. I have to develop a filemaker solution for a restaurant, i'm currently familiar with filemaker 5.5 pro, filemaker 5 server and filemaker 5 developer. I'm also currently using filemaker 5.5 pro and server 5 for a solution running under os 9.2.2 and have noticed that when in use of portal records in any file the transfers from client to server take too long. (server cube g4 @450 mhz , 768mb ram) (client pb g3 @400mhz bronze keyb with 386mb ram)…
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I am about to make a database for my work which needs to be multi user so that up to 50 people can all access the same database, which have around 5000 records a month added to it, each with about 40 fields. Will FileMaker 6 be able to cope with this, whatkind of restrictions will there be on users? I'm only asking because i've never made a multi-user database before and i don't want to waste time with big networking problems.
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FM7 advanced server running on a Microsoft small business server. I am basically trying to run a SELECT query on certain records from the FMP7 db using ODBC scripted into PHP and INSERT them into a MySQL database. All seems to be setup correctly and working fine, but this. When I run the same query from Microsoft Excel it executes within milisec's. ps. the php file executes on an apache webserver. ####################################### ############# dbQuery.php ############# ####################################### <html> <head> <title>DatabaseQuery</title> </head> <body> <?php # connect…
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It is very strange but since I Updated my FMServer running in a G5 to the new version v7.03, portals behaviour has changed. Now, when some client clicks out the portal after scrolling it down, the portal scrolls up again to the first row. This is really frustating!! The same file running in a HPProliant w2003 with FMServer v7.02 keeps as always. If the layout has unchecked the "show field frames..." option from layout setup menu, the portal stays in the last row you were in, until you refresh the window. Is anybody also experiencing this annoying behaviour??? Or it is just me. Will somebody find out how to workaround this?
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Hi everyone. One dumb question. Running Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Filemaker 7 Advanced Server. FM Docs recommend using a static IP address for your server. My hardware firewall assigns DHCP. I reserved an IP for my server in the firewall. I assigned that number to my properties in my network setup on the server. My external IP address is 68.166.225.202. The internal ip address is 192.168.0.7, which is the number that is in my network properties of the computer. For some reason I cannot connect to FM Server Advanced outside of my office network. Is the problem related to Microsoft IIS, FM Server Advanced Web Publishing Engine, or becaus…
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Greetings All Wondering if anyone has had any related issues with the access log not logging. Thanks! -st
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I've installed FileMaker Server 7v3 and FileMaker Pro 7v3 on seperate dedicated machines. When I start FileMaker Pro and go to open -> remote, nothing is displayed in the Local Servers list. Both machines are installed on the same subnet, so no routers or what-so-ever are causing problems here. Very strange, as I've talked to another FileMaker person and he said to me that this happened in his environment too, but there it displays the FileMaker Server from time to time. Thanks in advance for any help!
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Hello, after a filemaker server crash, i would like to restart fms. but i only get the message: "Unable to start server - Another instance of FileMaker Server is already running. Requested command has not been executed." According to activity manager, the fmserved process is still running. I stopped both, the fmserved and the FMServer config process. Trying to restart, i get the same result. Is there an other fms process i have to quit? Or does anybody know how i could restart filemaker server 5.5 after a crash without restarting the computer? thanks franz
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[color:"red"]OLD Question: ***We are running FMS 5.5 off of Mac OS9 for a small in house databse. Last week the server crashed unexpectedly. When everything got restarted, FM seemed to be working fine, but now we are discovering that some data is missing. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the lost data just some fields on some records. Any hope at recovering lost files? If not, any suggestions for a more stable setup to avoid future problems?*** [color:"red"]New Question: I bought an external drive to back up my data off of the server (something about closing the door after the cow has already left) but when I try to set an automatic schedule I keep gettin…
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Hello everyone... We have here a server running with Mac OS X, on which FileMaker Server Advanced 7 is installed. Our database is protected with authentication (thanks to FileMaker accounts), and is backuped daily on a DVD. Friday, we got problems with our server (the midpane had been replaced since), so we naturally wished to use our last backup on another computer, running on Windows XP (we don't have another Mac computer). We had then the quite bad surprise to notice that we couldn't open our backups under Windows : FileMaker recognise well that's a FileMaker file, but rejects all passwords, from the simplest (an empty password, for a read-only access) to t…
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I need to run the same script every day at the same time automatically. Is anyone knows if it's possible to do it with Filemaker Pro 7 or Filemaker Server7?
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I'm using FileMaker Server 7v3 and I'm trying to register FileMaker Server with a directory service (AD) but I'm not able to do this. I fill in everything correctly: Directory server name: <full DNS name of a DC> DN: <distinguished name of the DC> Login settings Enabled Use Windows authentication log in using: <Username + password of domain administrator> I get the following errormessage in eventviewer: Source: FileMaker Server 7 Event ID:27 Description:Registration with directory service failed. (No Such Object) Does anybody knows what I have to do here? thanks in advance for any help
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Hi everyone... Is it possible to create SQL queries/command in FM Pro 7? If it is, where should I put the command and how does it actually work in FM Pro 7? Thanks in advance!! Cheers, Ren
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[color:"blue"] Is it worth the expense to possibly [color:"red"]improve [color:"blue"]performance and use 2 machines with Server 7 Advanced and serving the database on the web? FMP inc. claims that using one machine for the web publishing engine and the other for the 7 Server will provide the best improvement in performance. Has anyone tried this with any sukcess? It would be nice to know before I spend another 3 grand and a few days modifying the system.
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Dear Colleagues, I'm installing FM7Server on Windows 2k Server. I have a database on FM5.5 Pro. The question is: How can I use this Database for connect by Internet Explorer?. I need to design an special interface in ASP or PHP? Many thanks for your assistance... Best Regards, Gustavo.-
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Filemaker Server Web Publishing Administration Console, Filemaker Server Configuration page. Hi All, searched the forum for a hint to this problem but came up empty handed! I am running the Custom Web Publishing Engine on a Mac G4 running OSX Server 10.3.7. The Filemaker Server 7.0v2 is running on a Mac G5. The Overview page on the Administration Console displays the Web Publishing Engine and Filemaker Server IP addresses correctly. When I go to view the Published Databases none of them appear. I have double checked that the group assigned to each database is "fmsadmin" with read/write privileges and the owner is "admin" with read/write privileges. I have…
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I'm using Filemaker Server 7 Advance to developed a ASP web base App and using OBDC to connect, does anyone know how is the license work when using web. Thanks in advance
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Is that true that File Maker server needs a dedicated mashine to run ? What happens if it installed on a sever with the following characteristics: Server Model
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Hi everybody, How to set a default value of some global field when application is on server? To describe closely: App is on server. Field format of that global field is Radio button set, and display 3 values from one Value list: a) one, : two, and c) three. Every time I've log in, default value is b)two, and I want to change that default value to some another [ i.g. c) three]. I read one tip about it on FileMaker Advisor http://my.advisor.com/articles.nsf/aid/12129 , but seems that tip does not work properly on FileMaker Server 7 on Windows. Any suggestions? TIA Veselko
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Hi We have just installed FileMaker Server Advanced in our XServe and everything seems to be working accordingly with the exception of an error in the server module log of FileMaker Server Advanced, We always get an error of Error reading reply from tomcat. Tomcat is down or network problems. [Mon Dec 06 16:45:30 2004] [jk_ajp_common.c (1187)]: ERROR: Receiving from tomcat failed, recoverable operation. err=0 [Mon Dec 06 16:45:30 2004] [jk_ajp_common.c (1198)]: Error connecting to tomcat. Tomcat is probably not started or is listenning on the wrong port. Failed errno = 61 [Mon Dec 06 16:45:30 2004]wpc 17.212.20.79 0.000378 [Mon Dec 06 16:45:31 2…
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We are using FileMaker Server 7 to serve a database. FileMaker Pro 7 clients are connecting to the database using an account that uses the default [Data Entry Only] privilege set. Clients have enabled "Save layout changes automatically (do not ask) in Preferences > Layout. When clients navigate manually between View as Form, View as List, and View as Table in Browse mode, they are presented with a "Do you wish to save this change with the layout? (Yes/No)" dialog--even when no changes have been made to data (let alone the layout). When clients with default [Data Entry Only] privilege set use a script whose only step is View As [Cycle] to navigate between View…
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Our FM7 Server runs our point of sale (POS) system (very important for our business). The FMServer is at our main corporate site with 3 FileMaker 7.0v3 clients connecting from our LAN and we have one FM 7.0v3 user accessing the FM server from off site through our server's pretty slow upload bandwidth. All machines are running Mac OS X v10.3 (client). We are finding that our FileMaker server is crashing at least every few days, sometimes more frequently. More specifically, the fmserverd process dies. The computer/OS keeps running just fine. We have tried a bunch of stuff so far: 1) exported all data and reimported into a brand new database 2) clean …
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We currently run FileMaker Server 5.5 on an xServe G4 running Mac OS X Server 10.3.8. Approx 12 Clients run FileMaker Pro 6 on Mac OS X 10.3.8. I run Developer 6 edition. We are making the move to FileMaker Server 7 and FileMaker Server 7 Advanced this year. My question is this. Can I install FileMaker Server 7 and FileMaker Server 7 Advanced on the xServe so the server can host fp5 and fp7 databases. This would be temporary for migration/troubleshooting purposes, and the fp7 databases would not require remote WAN access during this temp migration/troubleshooting phase. My reasoning is, short of getting another FileMaker Server machine, how else do I have the …
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I guess I've got a pretty easy question: I've set up a filemaker 7 server and installed filemaker 7 pro on a citrix server. Now, I would like to publish several database files, so users just have to click the published content to access their fm7 database. I've already tried with the following program path "C:Program FilesFileMakerFileMaker Pro 7FileMaker Pro.exe" fmnet:// but this didn't do the trick. Actually, the question is: is there a way to open a remote file on a filemaker server via the run command or command prompt (so without opening filemaker pro first -> open -> remote -> and then select preferrable file)? thanks in advance for any help, Joe…
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Hi, We have a FMServer 5.5 running on the same computer as the Windows 2003 server. The databases are accessed by 4 people within the office and need to have it accessible for remote users (5 users in Latin America). This is a non profit organization so our budget is very limited. The question is: do we need to set up a VPN, or there is a way for the remote users to open the databases via "open remote" by typing the IP address of the FMServer? (the office has a DSL connection and the remote users too) Thanks very much in advance!
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Hello. Is there a way to make the Filemaker Web Page be at localhost instead of localhost/fmi/iwp?
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We had a major crash this afternoon on our Server: Version 5.5, Windows 2003. We have had problems on and off all year. This is our second major crash. The first one took down one file. This one took down our entire Server. I would cut&paste a copy of the actual screen dump, but I'm not sure if the admins would like that. The info goes like this: Event ID: 1000 Source: Application Error Category: (100) Text: Faulting Application Server fmserver.exe, version 5.5.0.1, faulting mode fmserver.exe, version 5.5.0.1, fault address 0x000014f2. ... I found nothing on the FileMaker Website (suprise). The one thing I did find talked about…
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I thought I remember seeing somewhere how to do this, but here's the deal. I have 15 files in a database, hundreds of fields and scripts, a lot that over time have become obsolete, etc. Is there any way to get some type of report outlining what is in use and what isn't in use? I thought I remember seeing something like this a while back, but I could be mistaken. Thanks.
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I'm looking for a solution to run a script via FMP Server Advanced. Scenario: From the web a user accesses a site using fx.php and connected to FMP DB via FMP 7 SA. Data can be sent and received fine, however, data needs to be exported from FMP into a batch file and run against another system. In FMP 6 Unlimited this was no problem because a FMP client was actually running behind the web. I know FMP 7 SA cannot directly export a file, but has anyone come up with a solution that would trigger a script on a FMP client running with FMP 7 SA? Plain terms a user submits data to FMP 7 SA and that data is entered into the DB, then a script is triggered on a remote FM…
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We wanted to make our filemaker pro database accessible to our help desk through a web interface, so I exported the database to xslt style sheets to make it available. Is this the best method for making this database available? Also is there a way to set user names and passwords on xslt sites?
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I am getting ready to upgrade and migrate to FM7 and sent my server hardware/software requirements (I was planning on using a two machine configuration, server advanced on one and the web publishing core etc. on the other, with windows server 2003) to our network system administrators. They are proposing using VMWare. I searched the techinfo on Filemaker and these forums, but wasn't able to find any information one way or another. Does anyone know if there are any problems doing this? I just want to make sure before we move ahead. Thank you, Janey
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This is a repeat of a post I placed at the FM6 Pro forum. I want to have about 10 people use FM Pro 6. We chose FMP6 rather than FMP7 since many of our users are still running Win98. Is FM Pro Server 7 capable of hosting FM Pro6 users? If not I'm going to need to purchase a copy of FM Pro 6 Server. I would appreciate some guidance if possible. I don't like purchasing expensive outdated software unless there's literally no choice.... Is Filemaker permitting FM Pro 7 Sever to be downgraded to FM Pro 6 Server the way they do with the client software?
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I have set up remote administration for FMS and installed the SAT on my XP laptop. I can log in, do my thing, get out- everything is fine. Until I try to log back in. The password resets itself to blank. I actually didn't figure this out the first time and I had to reinstall Server 7 (Adv). Now, in desperation because I couldn't remotely access my Server, I tried logging in without a pw. I got in. I reset the pw, logged out, logged in, logged out, logged in- pw reset itself again. I did this numerous times because I am incredulous that this could happen. It must be an id10t error. Any suggestions? Server et al. installed on one Windows 2000 machine off-site.
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with a solution running on server, can you create a relative path to a client desktop (mac or pc) when using an export script?
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I want to have about 10 people use FM Pro 6. We chose FMP6 rather than FMP7 since many of our users are still running Win98. Is FM Pro Server 7 capable of hosting FM Pro6 users? If not I'm going to need to purchase a copy of FM Pro 6 Server. I would appreciate some guidance if possible. I don't like purchasing expensive outdated software unless there's literally no choice.... Is Filemaker permitting FM Pro 7 Sever to be downgraded to FM Pro 6 Server the way they do with the client software?
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Hi, I've developed a runtime that's attracting a surprising number of requests for a server version. I have no experiance of servers (don't even know if this is possible with a runtime). Can anybody poin me in the right direction for FAQ's etc on server versions of runtimes? Thanks Giles
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I've been tasked with updating an acquired FM database application that is currently running in Filemaker Server 5.5 on a Windows 2K server. In the application when someone clicks on a button, I want to execute a Perl script and then have the results of the Perl script written to a field. When the application is running, will the reference to the external script know to look for this external script on the server? Or will any external scripts executed from a Filemaker Server application need to be installed on the client workstation? I know I could test this myself. However, I don't have access to the production server. There is no development server (to my…
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I am running FM Server 5.5 on a Mac G5 with OS X Server, a SCSI drive, and 256 MB RAM. We have a solution with 20 files (about 20 MB total) and on average about 6 connected users. Whenever I start the server, things run very fast at first. Then as time wears on, the server slows down significantly. I have linked the slowdown to the number of users logged into the system. With 3 users logged in, everything runs very fast. Once two more log in, and there are 5 total users, everything slows down significantly. I know for a fact that filemaker should have no problem running such a small number of users, there should be no difference between 3 and 5 users. Furthermore, t…
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I've installed Filemaker 7 Advanced Server and recently updated to 7.0v3. Filemaker 7 Adv Server is currently residing on a Windows 2000 sp4 member server. I have set the options in Filemaker Server to use external authentication. I set the directory settings and the event log says it registered with the directory successfully. On the domain controller, i created an fmsadmin group, added my network login (i belong to admin group), have a filemaker file from our current version 6 system (filemaker server 6 is on a different server than 7), added the fmsadmin user in the file security with full access privelage set with the fmmapp extended privalege set. I installed F…
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I hope I am not asking a question everyone asks, I've done a search and found some useful info but nothing that answers my specific question. I have also looked at the manual. I am running Filemaker Server 7.03 on a Mac (panther) and want it to host files that are on another mac, over the network. When I try to enter a path name in the 'additional database folder' field it is rejected 'not a valid path'. I am using the following format for the path name filemac:/Volumes/volumename/foldername Permissions on this folder and contents let anyone do anything I am logged into the other mac under my normal username which gives me full access. Two…
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I have two issues with FM7 (Mac OS X). 1. I am testing FM 7 Server on a separate Mac from FM 6 Unlimited. When I access FM 7 from another Mac (after closing FM 6 on the machine I am accessing it from) FM 6 Unlimited will freeze up and I have to force quit on the machine that is severing FM 6 Unlimited. Summary: FM 6 Unlimited on Mac 1, FM 7 Server on Mac 2, Opening FM 7 on Mac 3. The other issue is when I open Define/Define Fields on the Mac #3 it takes a very long time for it to open. When I close Define Fields and open it again, it opens right away. Is there something in the fields that is causing this initial slow response? Thanks in advance for your hel…
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Hello Almost all 'big' database servers (MS SQL, Postgress) include a mechanism of 'transactions'. It means that all operations between the start and the end of the transaction are done succesfully or in case of any error all of them are canceled and also all affected records are restored to the previous state. Are there any plug-ins bringing such a feature to FM Server 7 available? Thanks for any suggestions.
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