FileMaker Server General Discussions
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When attempting to setup administration authentication on FM Server 7 - I'm asked to 'change' an old password and confirm a new password... of course i've just installed it so don't have an old password... and now it won't let me set a new password.... blank doesn't work either... any ideas? Andy Picture2.pdf
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this is becoming a problem. i have a development server set up with three drives: one for OS/apps and two in a RAID1 mirror for data. i can't get my FileMaker Server to recognize the RAID path to the databases as the alternate database location. what do i have to do to make FMS7 recognize the path? or do the databases HAVE to reside on the same drive as the server app? i'm going to have a lot of problems rolling out new systems if i can't get this to work. thanks in advance!
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Perhaps others know this, but this stumped me for a while. To use other backup folders in your backup schedule, make sure you do these things: 1. Get Info on the folder, and make sure you set it's owner to 'fmserver' and group to 'fmsadmin' 2. Make sure you include the trailing slash '/' in the path name Also, watch these things: 1. when you tab out of the field, it will say "Path valid" or "Invalid" 2. Manually trigger the script (action menu) just to make sure it worked.
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I work with a non-profit youth ministry. We do not have the financial resources to pay for an optimal environment in most "recommended practices'. Currently, we are using a G4 eMac 1GHz w/ 768 MB ram with OsX 10.3.5 as our simple 'server'. We'll have about 15 clients connecting using FM6, all with only light use. Probably no more than 5 at any one time. Mainly due to cost factors, we'd like to only use one machine for all the below. Here are a few of my questions: 1) we are using this computer for a small email server that automatically checks email (Entourage) every 3 minutes. (typically only 20-30 emails received a day) - what is the worst that will happen by…
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The FileMaker Server 7.0v2 updaters are on the FMI web site available for download.
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i'm trying to upgrade our fms from 7.01 to 7.02 but i got the following error message during the upgrade process "error 1324 the folder path xxxxx (garbage characters) contains an invalid character" and the upgrade installer simply quit. does anyone know how to fix this problem. i've stopped the anti virus program in our win2000 advanced server and set the default language to english. regards, clifford
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I've been told that the Client and Server versions of Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" are basically the same except that the server version includes more administration tools. Filemaker recommends both operating systems versions for Filemaker Pro 7 Server Advanced. Is there a major benefit of one operating system over the other in terms of running Filemaker Pro 7 Server Advanced? If so does it matter if you use the Mac OS Server 10 client limit version as opposed to the unlimited client version? From my understanding the 10 client limit applies only to file sharing but I'm not sure if that would be a factor affecting Filemaker Pro 7 Advanced ability to host files to more than 10 …
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I'm completely new to filemaker, and I can't find much information thats simple and direct for a newcomer. Basically, I have a network of several macs running os x 10.3.5. It would be helpful if we could all access and amend/add data to the same database (and possibly one or two other databases in the future). What is the benefit to using Filemaker server, and is it the software I would need for the set-up I've mentioned? Do you need to install both Filemaker Pro and Filemaker Server on the machine that will be hosting the database? If anyone is willing to spend the time giving me a basically overview of how it all works, I'd really really appreciate it! :
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Hello, Is anybody out there using FileMaker Server 7 in a heavily used environment (more than 50 host databases and more than 30 users)? Has anybody ever seen it perform very slowly or crash? We installed FileMaker server 7 on Windows 2003 Server 2x 3.2 Ghz Xeon with 5 GB of RAM. This box is dedicated to FileMaker server. We have about 94 hosted databases and an average of about 80 users on the host at one time. We tried to clean up our databases prior to converting to version seven and did additional cleanup to the databases after conversion. We also have the ODBC plug-in from server seven advanced installed although we have not made in the ODBC connection…
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Can anyone tell me how I can use an Opening file from within Citrix? I've created one, but of course, only one user can access it. The second gets a file in use error. I can successfully connect multiple times using <file> <open remote> but this will not be acceptable to me users. We are using a FMP server located at a remote location and operation via the WAN is wayyyyyyyy to slow. Thanks in advance. Bob Clabaugh NW Regional Education Service District
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I have no problems connecting to the server. I can see the sample config file that came with the installation. But new files are not seen they are listed as normal on the server and there are no restriction as to what file people can see. I am stuck please help.
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Hi everybody! This is quite a long story, so please bare with me... I am trying to publish a database to a website on my intranet (lan). So I installed filemaker server 7 and updated it with filemaker server advanced for the web possibilities. I've updated the whole thing to 7.0v2 since I like updating. So far so good! I've created a simple database with two fields and loaded it with some records and populated the fields. Next thing was to put the database in the filemaker server so that it would share the database on my network. When I open filemaker I can open the database and edit the fields and so on. I'm still going strong Next I started the filemaker site…
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I sthere a way to have a filmaker mobile setup update records to a database on a client machine and inturn have that client machine database update records to a datbase on a server?
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Hello. I installed FM7 Server on my W2K Server (SP4) yesterday and since this morning I have been unable to connect to my FM7 Server using the local server admin mmc plugin. I was able to yesterday but now when you click 'Connect' it just sits there for a while and nothing happens, no error message or anything. I cannot connect via a remote machine as I get the 'not setup for remote admin' message. I have tried rebooting and verified that both services are running, there is no firewall on the machine and nothing has been installed on the m/c since yesterday. If there is a way of enabling remote admin with a registry/text file edit then I could live with it…
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so..I'm running FM Server 7 on a Mac running 10.3.5 (not server).. I'm bound to my company's active directory.. but my users are still prompted for a login/password.. FM tech support said this is an issue with how os x (doesn't) pass the credentials along.. does anyone know if this would be different if I was running OS X Server ??
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Hi, How do I pass data from form fields inside a simple html page to a filemaker database? Right now our web page is being hosted on a separate IP and I would need to make a call to our database which is on another separate IP and insert the records the user typed in on our web form into our database automatically and then return to a thank you page. Error checking would be nice but is not required. That's it. How the heck do I do that? Thanks in advance! Eric...
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Hi again, Another problem I have with FM Server Advanced on a Mac (OSX) is that the backups do not work when going to a zip disk or a USB flash drive. The backups work fine when they are directed at a directory on the hard disk of the computer. When the backups are pointed at the zip or the flash drive, nothing appears. I don't see any errors in the events log (not a surprise). Is there some other place I should be looking? These are both USB devices. Maybe that has something to do with it? Although I doubt that. I have Mac OS-X 10.2, Filemaker Server 5.5v4. Any ideas? Thanks! Jim Shain
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Hello, We are using Citrix Metaframe XP with FM client v7.0v3 and FM server 7.0v2 on Windows 2003 standard. I have a big problem, at the moment that more then 1 user is adding record, it overwrites existing records. I tried to catch it with the latest updates, different cache settings, scripts, recovering the file but with no luck. I called to FM support but still no solution. With filemaker 6 in the same situation i never had this problem. Can anybody help me with this? Thanks in Advance. Arthur Poortman
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I posted this same question in the OS X server forum, no solution yet. Perhaps someone reading this forum will know the answer. I have setup Filemaker Server 7 on an OS X Server (10.2.8) along with the Web Publishing Engine. So far so good, we have several databases being server locally throughout our company without any major problems. I currently have serveral databases shared via the web publishing engine. Each of these databases has a 'Guest' account with limited privileges available. When accessing these databases with a browser, users are automatically logged in a 'Guest.' This is perfect. The problem is when I want to access the database using a different…
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I have setup Filemaker Server 7 on an OS X Server (10.2.8) along with the Web Publishing Engine. So far so good, we have several databases being server locally throughout our company without any major problems. I do have one simple question. I currently have serveral databases shared via the web publishing engine. Each of these databases has a 'Guest' account with limited privileges available. When accessing these databases with a browser, users are automatically logged in a 'Guest.' This is perfect. The problem is when I want to access the database using a different account. I can't find anyway to login to the databases via a web browser when a guest account is enab…
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Hi everyone, Have stumbled upon a problem that is soon going to become huge if not fixed ASAP. I am running a database on a server which generates reports for the kids at my school. After we upgraded our machines from 98 to XP, FMP will only allow one user at a time to use it. I think that when our techie created our images he put a single lisence code in because he didn't have access to the correct code. My question is ~ Is there any way to change the installation code to the new volume lisence code Many thanx
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I'm in a Mac Network using FM Server 5.5 and FMPv6.0.4. And last week I updated the Server and now the Images do not appear. The Servers and File Locations were all named the same. The Pictures were stored as "use only a Reference" and now only display "Could not draw picture file:sampleimage.jpg". Can the References be reset, other than manually relocating every image (7000+). In FMPv7 I could use a Calculation to show a Container with Path & File Name. How do you fix this in v6? Can the References be reset, or can an entire group be Batched? etc? Please Help. I'm pretty good with Filemaker, except when it fails. Dan
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Dont know if this is the right place, but it seemed to do with Network stuff so correct me if I need to post somewhere else. I have NEVER used FMP over a network, but the solution I am creating is going to be used on a network. They plan to place both FMP and the solution on a windows VPN and allow the user to log on and acccess the soluton from there. I can access it via my Mac using MS Remote Desktop Connection and run the Windows FMP and the solution no problem. My question is: Will this work? If multiple users run this solution will it work? Anyway, I thought I would ask the experts out there since networking-wise I am a newborn. Thanks in advance …
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Does anybody know if both CWP and IWP can be used concurrently to access the same database? For example, general users would be accessing the database with IWP while other updates are performed with php/CWP. Thank you. Garry
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When setting up a script to export records do I get to determine which fields that I want to export in the script. I notice that I can set up an export option in the script it gives the generic page that allows you to choose the fileds you which to export. What I would like to do is script everything. I do not want the user to use or see that page. Vince
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I am keeping my test simple. Just use a text box with no special formating and its only goal is to start counting at 001 to 1000 ( This number should change with every new record that is made). But when it reaches 1000 it starts over the counting with 001. I have tried many methods and failed I will try what ever anyone comes up with. Vince
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I know that FMS 5.5 and SQL Server should not be on the same machine under any circumstances. Can anyone point me to a page on FM's site that states this? I want to forward the link to a particularly, ummm... INTRANSIGENT client. I'm just having trouble finding the link. I'm aware it's in the manual, but i am sure this client will tell me he can't find the manual and i don't want to send him another one. TIA, Jerry
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We are running filemaker server with 15 users. Once the user sits idle for a small amount of time they are required to reconnect to the server. The server settings are set so that there is not file sharing, the computer will not sleep, idle guests will not be disconnected, 20 concurrent users allowed. Anyone have an idea why the server drops off. Cabling is not suspect.
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Hello, We have a client that is currently running Filemaker Server 5 from a MAC and now wants to run it from a Windows 2000 Pro workstation. All client computers will be XP or 2000 Pro. Can anyone give me some links that will aid in this setup or alert me to any issues? My main questions are... 1. are there any issues running Filemaker Server 5 from a Windows 2000 Professional box? 2. what are the true hardware requirments for this Windows 2000 Pro computer for running Filemaker Server 5? 3. XP issues? I have only worked with Filemaker 6 & 7 so I want to be sure with these questions before I quote a price. Thanks in advance. Aaron …
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Hello all, We are currently running FMP 4 databases and FM 3 Server. We have three server installations (independent labs/LANs). On the larger campus network we run FM 3 Server on Windows NT 4 Server. In that instance, most of the clients are Windows 2000/XP. On the remaining two LANs, we run Mac OS 9 for the FM Server and in one instance mostly Windows clients (some Mac) and on the other network, mostly Mac OS 9 and X clients running classic. We also run two installatinos of the old Tango (version 3.1) CGI for Web ordering capability. We are currently developing a new CGI using Lasso 7. Before the roll-out, we would like to upgrade the databases to FM 6 and FM …
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My copy of Fm Server has stopped creating backups of the databases to the backup directory. It was working up until about a month ago. I have a script that should perform the backup every morning. I have tried recreating the script, restarting the server, making the directories world readable/writable, and restarting the machine. Nothing has worked. My copy of Filemaker Server is started up automatically by FM Start, which I haven't quite figured out how to stop. Nevertheless, FM Start does start FM server up when the machine is rebooted. Any ideas? Thanks! Jim Shain
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Hello Intro: I am trying to get some ideas to this preformance drawback. Background: I am using FMP Server 7 and FMP pro 7 clients. There are 38 Databases hosted on the Server. Pluggin: I am using the 24u SimpleHelp plugin - this generates Help Tags for a Layout. Problem: To implement the Help Tags, they have to be set on each layout of each database. Now we are trying to utilize FMP 7 advantage of not opening all databases on opening. However, the 24u Simple Help pluggin requires the file to be opened and run to attach the Help Tags. This is a huge preformance issue on start up. Right now each Database attaches the Help Tags on the opening s…
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I have a question about macs? I have been able to post my database online and windows users and mac safari users are able to use it. But if a mac user is using explore they are unable to acess the file. Is there any thing I can do about this problem?
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I have a set of FMP files that have been running on a server for three years without any problems at all. There is a "guardian" file that the server manager has comtrol of and can add more users and give them passwords and case manager numbers without needing me! :-) After the guardian file checks them out they click on the button that opens the main database pastes the current date and finds the recors the particular user is allowed to view as set in the access privileges. Example, If the case manager number of the current user equals the case manager of a record, that user can browse the data as well as edit it. Everything worked fine until they purchased new …
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Has anyone else tried running Apache or IIS on the same machine as FMS Advanced and make ODBC calls to FMS? It seems to wrk OK with FMDevel, but when using FMS it eats up all the memory and crashes on me. Is there a document somewhere that says not to do this that I haven't seen yet?
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We have Filemaker server 5.0 hosting databases from multiple departments in our company. The list is getting a little long and jumbled. Is there a better way to group the files other then adding some kind of department prefix to the db names? Thanks,
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Hi, I habe a FM database which can be opened from a server share(not remote host), the file Server is a Mac OS X Server 10.1. The db itself is shared for Multiuser. Then we have a OS X Pather with FM 6 und Jaguar with FM 5.5. Both of them can use the FM db as a mulituser with any problems. And there is a Windows2000 PC with FM 5.5, the PC access the server volume with the SMB protocol. So, here is my problem: When the pc user opened the FM db first, then it will be shared as a multiuser db and mac user, when they click on the db, the FM recognise the multiuser share from the pc and open it remotely from there. But if one of the two Macs open the FM db first…
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Ok, here's one that has me totally stumped. I recreated, from scratch, our FileMaker 6 solution in FileMaker 7. This past Saturday, we uninstalled Server 5.5 from the server and installed Server 7. After getting everything configured, and the files properly hosted, I connected to it from my desktop. The connection (using "open remote") went just fine. I was able to browse, edit records, change account settings, edit field definitions, edit scripts, and delete records. However, whenever I tried to create a new record, I got the following error message: "There is not enough room on the disk to complete this operation. Make more room on the disk, then try again." …
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I'm building a new server for a client. They are requesting that the machine be a PC running Windows. The machine will be used as an in-house development machine serving a few applications with the possibility of a few external connections. I'm would like to build a AMD 64-bit machine to give them good performance now with the option of better performance when 64-bit versions of the OS and FM get released. My question is: which OS would be best suited for this install? Would Win2003 be overkill? Will XP be enough? What would be the advantages of using one over the other? Disclaimer. I have not used a version of Windows since 1999, WinNT, so I've been …
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I am considering a FMP server solution and need to plan for hardware. Since FMP server has it's own server functionality built in [i think], does it require a server system OS to fully function ? Can I install the server software on a workstation class machine and still serve files ? Thanks...
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2 of my servers disappears from the local hosts sometimes and I don't know why this happens. Usually when I go to Open host I can see my 4 servers on local host but then after a while some how it disappears and I cant see them. If i specify host I can find the server and get into my files but it still doesn't show up on local host. The 2 server using windows nt doesn't disappear but the other 2 using windows server 2000 comes and goes from the local host. does anyone know why this happens and how i can fix this so that all my servers show up on local host. thanks in advance.
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Hi, I'm completely new to OS X server and Filemaker Server 5.5 v4/ FM6. I've never used an OS server in my life nor managed a database, but I'm familiar with macs and have a basic understanding of how to use OSX. I'm a physical therapist and I'm in the early stages of planning my own private practice. I decided that macs were the only way to go in terms of stability and user friendliness and I looked for the best software packages available to suit my needs. I found a patient scheduling, billing, and point of sale program from a company that built the database file with FM6. I also plan to use the network version of Accountedge as my accounting package. The …
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I'm currently working on the backups of my solutions and I'm having problems with specifying the location of the backup. It peforms a backup perfectly fine when the backup location is specified to be the default location. I want to backup it up on a different volume. When I specify the location of where the backup should go besides that of the default, it never runs. I get a "Disabled" during it's scheduled run. The schedule window does in fact say that my backup locations are valid paths. Is there something that I am missing in regards to setting and scheduling my backups. The location where I would like the backups to go are in a different volume that is a str…
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I previously had Filemaker 5.5 server with OS X, and it was scheduled to backup to a network server through appletalk. However, with Filemaker 7, I can't seem to get it to work. It keeps saying an invalid path. If I have a computer on my network called "eSnap", and a folder on eSnap called "Filemaker", how can I get the FM Server to backup to that folder? Thanks, I really appreciate the help
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I am preparing to move to version 7. Presently the machine I am using to serve is G4 766. Will this be fast enough, should I get a G5, do I need a DP 2.5 or would a dual processor 1.8 be sufficient? Solution consists of two files, one with almost 20 tables and 200,000 records. The other has about 10 gbyte of images (scanned material).
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Suddenly I am unable to login to FileMaker Server Admin from the local machine. After entering the password 3 times it says "Login Failed". It was working yesterday, the only thing I did last night was look through the various server admin settings (rather quickly, maybe something was altered?). I certainly didn't enter a new password. What could be causing this and is there a way to reset the admin password without reinstalling? (Filemaker Server 7 on Windows 2003 Server)
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Hi, We're still running FM Server 3.0 (windows version) and would like to migrate from one server to another but lost our serial number. Is there any command switch to retrieve the serial number from our running server ? Cause we just can't install it on our new server. Thanks in advance, eeBee :
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Can anyone point me to a good tutorial on using Filemaker for secure server (SSL) transactions. TIA Echo
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does anyone know how to change FMSA's IWP port? do i do it in IIS? if so, how? right now it's default to port 80 and i don't want that...
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I developed a solution and then turned it over to my IT guy to serve it over our network (I am not a "computer guy"). Our IT guy hasn't worked with FM before, but we seem to have gotten it up there and it seems to be working as is should. However, I am unable to copy the solution. I had hoped to be able to copy it locally so I could take it home with me, make my modifications, and then overwrite the version residing on the server. There is no "save a copy as" function available on the menu and if I try and drag the files to my desktop I get the following: Error Copying File or Folder. Cannot copy Filename: The process cannot access the file because another proces…
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Has anyone had success installing SA (Server Advanced) on something non-standard? I've tried installing on our iTools 7.3 (using Apple's Apache on our XServe G5) with no success. I can't even find a list of what SA installs where and what is modified.
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Here is the question... Without using a copy of FileMaker 7 Pro, how can FileMaker 7 Server Advanced send an email. Rules: Can use MacOS X, preferably MacOS X Server. Solution is not to require a user to be logged in. Solution can have any module/element (short of FM 7 Server) crash and be restarted, and the solution will begin to function again. I have a few ideas, I would like to get other people's opinions and feed back before I post my ideas (My idea is untested and may not be the best way....)
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I'm currently working on a web solution and in one point the user creates a new record in one table and creates the related records by means of related keys and allow creation of related records. This all works great but the problem that I am having is that one of the fields that the user provides input is a checkbox which is tied to a field in the related table. When the user submits I get an error of 501 and I noticed that this only occurs for this type of HTML form of type input. If the HTML form type is a radio button and tied to the same field, it works fine. By several testing it seems that you can't edit a related field using HTML checkboxes or rather HTML input ty…
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As an alternative to using FM Server Advanced and XML for custom web publishing, has anyone actually implemented just using FM Server 7 and Lasso for serving up web pages? LR
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I've got FMP server 5 running about 10 databases. I'm trying to backup a single database to a specific location. When I set the backup schedule and try to choose just one database, the databases are greyed out. Using FMP schedules, can I only backup folders or all of the databases? I'd prefer not to separate the databases into separate folders. I'm not too good at AppleScript, so if that is my only choice, does anyone have a sample script that I could look at? Thanks for your help.
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We've been using Filemaker 6 to store student data for advising students (what classes students are taking, what requriements they still need to complete, etc.). After applying the latest security patch to OSX ( 04 Oct 2004) to our server machine, no other machine can open databases remotely hosted on this machine. Also, web companion no longer works on machines with the security patch. That is: Machine X (latest OSX security patch installed) Machine Y (latest OSX security patch *not* installed) Databases served on Machine X *cannot* be opened remotely on machine Y Databases served on Machine Y *can* be opened remotely on machine X Databas…
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I haven't seen this on the forums, so i'll throw it out there: THE FACTS: We have a customer who is set up with FM Server 5.5 and three FMP 6 licenses on workstations, all Windows. Our application ships with an opener file for workstations which looks for a file across the network using the usual Filemaker multicast (that is, no IP address specified). Monday, all three users were able to connect. Tuesday, one user had XP Service Pack 2 installed. Wednesday, that user was unable to connect in the normal way, but the other two users were able to connect. We resolved the situation by modifying the affected user's opener file to specify the IP address of t…
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We are running 63 files on FMP sever 5.5 on a xserve (1Ghz, RAM 1 GB, 6 clients all macintosh) It very often (several times a day) crashes, closing the connection on each client. The log diplays: file <one of the files, different each time> has been closed due to serious error. And the closed file is, of course, corrupted after beeing closed. The pb can apparently happen without anybody doing a "special" operation Since yesterday, we have tried to run our base on FMP6, no pb except we are 6 and the non server version allows only 5 connections... Please help!! Pierre
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I have a FileMaker 5.5 database shared from a WIndows 2000 Server (not a domain yet) I had the database open on the server so it would be the host but anyone else that opens the database can't do anything. The front desk person opened the database, hit Ctrl+F to search, and when trying to key a last name to search it pops up with "Field is not modifiable" The file is NOT Read-Only, I have given full permissions to the share for Everyone. I don't know what the problem is. I'm not a FileMaker guru at all... I'm a network tech and system admin. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks
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I have limited experience with FM6, but am considering using FileMaker Server 7 Advanced for a new project. Before investing time and money for software and equipment, I had a a few general questions that I'm hoping someone will be able to answer. (I wasn't able to find clear answers on the FM site, or from the people at FM.) I would be running everything on a Mac G5 running OSX Server. I want to publish databases online, make them accessable via web pages, and have the ability for people to add images and documents, in addition to text to the DB via web pages. Would also like to offer the ability to edit information or replace documents via a web page. Can this…
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Is it possible to run FileMaker Server 5 on Windows XP I recieve the error: File "._Access.fp5" could not be opened: not a FileMaker Pro database. in the event viewer when trying to host the files.
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Using the two server configuration with Server 7 Advanced, I want to have one machine with Filemaker Server and the web publishing core, then I want to use our company's current IIS server for the web server, hoping they will agree to install the administration console on this machine as well. Just wanted to make sure that Filemaker can share the IIS web server with all the ASP apps our company uses, or does it have to have its own? Also I'm curious if anybody knows if there would be a problem with installing the administration console on our web server. Would it take too much resources, slow down the server, etc.
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Hi all, I am interested in putting my database on the web and I have no experience with doing this. I was at Devcon and was told that I can simply use instant web publishing and post it. Most of my scripts need minimal adjusting for web compatibility. Would this make people able to go online to a website and use the solution? One question I have is that with the re-login step it says it is web compatible but displays "Re-Login[Perform with dialog(NOT COMPATIBLE)]", does this mean that it can only perform without dialog?. Pardon my ignorance on this issue but it is new to me. Also, any information on sources that would teach me more about Web based solutions…
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Good morning, Our company currently has a high number of FMP 5.0 DB's with no planned upgrade to 7. That said, we are running the 5.0 server software and need to purchase another copy for installation on a desktop device that will host the files as opposed to our server that hosts the other files (long story). Is the Server 7.0 software compatable with FMP 5.0 DB's or must we purchase another copy of server 5.0? Since we are looking to install the server software on a Desktop Device running Windows 2000 Pro/XP, I see the documentation states there is a 10 user limit. Is this limit valid or can we have 40 users hosting to the desktop device? Is the up…
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Has anyone experimented with Flash as an interface? What middleware would be required? In reading through the documentation: Data Storage in Online Databases If you need to access evolving information such as stock quotes, account information, and product orders, you need to store your data in an online database. There are several database applications that range in complexity and price, from Oracle to MS Access to FileMaker Pro. Usually, you need to integrate another software application (known as middleware or application servers) to retrieve and format data from the database for use in Flash movies or other Web applications. Examples of languages c…
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Does anybody have a system in place whereby you are accessing Filemaker server 7 remotely using your PDA e.g. palm treo 600 over a GPRS network? If so, has this been successful in terms of performance and creating new records from your PDA with an adequate visual of your web published layouts? Thanks for any feedback.
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Has anyone experimented with Flash as an interface? What middleware would be required? In reading through the documentation: Data Storage in Online Databases If you need to access evolving information such as stock quotes, account information, and product orders, you need to store your data in an online database. There are several database applications that range in complexity and price, from Oracle to MS Access to FileMaker Pro. Usually, you need to integrate another software application (known as middleware or application servers) to retrieve and format data from the database for use in Flash movies or other Web applications. Examples of languages c…
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Is there a way to batch process a group of database files to make them single-user? If so, would I write a batch file to do it? I'm running Server 5.5 and Win2k. Thanks in advance, Kyle
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Hi, My boss wants to make adjustments to the interface of our database at home. Is it possible to connect via internet to the server (which is at the office, Filemaker Server 5.5 on Win2K) and work with these files? What adjustments need to be done? Thanks for your replies! Greetz, Andy (Filemaker noob )
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Hello all, Running FM7 Server on Windows 2000 SP4 Server. Recently installed a Check Point VPN device and services and now FM7 Server won't allow the addition of new databases. When a new file is added to the directory it doesn't show up in the remote file listing and if tried to access by directly opening from the shared folder the user gets the "file in use" error, even though I know the file isn't in use. Additionally, we keep getting a runtime error message when trying to use the Server Administrator Counsel on the server and when trying to use remote administration the program times out. I believe that the installation of the VPN hardware and software has…
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Hi. I'm hoping someone can help us. We're trying to use the FM7 Server Admin to backup our database onto a network drive. However, we can't figure out what the valid path name would be. Valid path names to the local drive seems to be: filemac:/Macintosh HD/etc.. But what would it be for a network drive? Thanks for your help, Phil
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The Documentation refers many times to the Administration Console for setting up Web Publishing but I can't find the console anywhere - Apache is running and configured correctly but where is the admin console? I've looked everywhere in the FM Server folder in HardDisk/Library just like it says but there is no Administrator Console!! HELP
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1. i have 2 network cards , how do i configure 1 just for filemaker ? 2. How do i make sure that users can only use filemaker on my terminal services and nothing else ? 3. Might not be relevant here, do i need to run antivirus as an installation for each terminal user ? Thanks.
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Good morning: I'd like to know how to move databases from my computer to the FileMaker 7 Server (which is on a different building). Both computers are PowerMac G5. I thought about using Timbuk tu but I don't know if that's the best practice. Also, I'd like to know what's the best way to make changes to databases, that are still in developing process, hosted on that far-away server . I will appreciate your response very much. Thank you. Rocio Moguel
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Does anyone know of a way to determine and access the current user's NT user name from within FileMaker? I am glad to see that external authentication is possible but I need to know exactly who is making changes without having to enter every NT user name into the database.
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I am running into the following problem. If we add a database file to the server's database directory, the database does not show up right away. So far if i restart the services or just wait a LONG time, then the database shows up. Does anyone know of a way to change this? Chris
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I'm trying to setup an ISP Billing package called Optigold, which runs off of Filemaker Pro. Included in this package is a web interface which uses the Web Server Connector. I have tried and tried but cannot seem to get the web interface and the web connector to work properly. I have FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited and WebServer Connector installed on a Windows 2000 Server running IIS 5.5. I have another Windows 2000 Server running FileMaker Server 5.5, which hosts the database. The only time anything ever seems to work is when I have Optigold's database open in FileMaker on the db server. And it's only accessible by using the db server's IP address. Th…
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Hosting ~35 databases on Windows NT via FileMaker Server 5. Paused backups are scheduled at 11:45 AM and 5:00 PM. Files get copied onto a separate network volume. I checked the backup log and no irregularites could be found. When I copy my backup files to a laptop for temporary use at an on-site trip, I open the files and set them all to Single User status via linked scripts. I've been doing this successfully for a year or so. But today, when the script gets to a particular file, the Set Multi-User[Off] script function fails and the following error message is generated: I get the same error when I manually go to File > Sharing... and select Singl…
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We are working in a multi-user program connected with a files in a central PC. When an user ends their work and try to close the program, the message asking another user to close some file avoids the operation. At the end of the working day, it may occur that the main program continue to be open.
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Hi, Is it possible to install FileMaker Pro 7 in a Citrix server, and then use Citrix (through "open remote") for accessing databases that are hosted with a FileMaker Server in a different location? Thanks in advance
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I am new to filemaker 7 server. To clarify, is this how remote access works - databases are hosted or served from the windows computer (with FM server loaded) and remote desktops and laptops at other locations have access directly into those filemaker hosted databases (not via web publishing) ? Also, do the remote desktops need copies of filemaker 7 installed to open the hosted files? Thanks for any advice.
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I'm looking for a 5.5 server license. Anybody have one they want to sell?
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Um...did I miss something in the documentation. I've got the server and web publisher running and configured...and I can go to the Instant Web Publishing page...but on Macs and Win I get a Javascript error 802 whe I try to open a database. Did I miss something? Thanks!
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I have 5 databases in tied together via various relations. When I put the db's on the server and go through all the scripts with the sort steps, etc everything works fine. Then I serve them and our clients can open them on their desktops. But even though they're open all the relationships are missing. If I go into the "master" file of the 5 and look for the relationships it says "file missing" and so in essence the client is looking at 5 independent databases rather than 5 related db's. Any idea what I've missed? Thank you.
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Thanks to the wisdom gleaned from this board, I've avoided purchasing a new computer to run FMS 5.5 (now I can take everybody out for ice cream!), and will be adding a SATA interface and 10,000 RPM Raptor drive to an older machine (running OS X) instead. The built-in interface for the existing drive is ATA, and runs the optical drive as well. My question is: what would be the best way to use the two drives to optimize FMS performance? Ditch the old one and put the OS and data on the fast one? Put the OS on the old one and the data on the new one? Make a software RAID out of them (or out of partitions of one)?
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Maybe this belongs in the hardware section, but we're all one big happy family, right? I'm just setting up to serve web pages driven by a FM 7 database. I want to do custom web publishing so I'll be going with FM7 Server Advanced. I haven't bought any hardware or software, so now is the time to find out what I don't know. From what I've read I was thinking that I'd need 2 new boxes -- one running Win Server 2003 Standard that acts as the web server (IIS), and a second one running Win Server 2003 and FM7SA. But as I look at the file maker site I see the following: * Also consider using this set of requirements if you plan to install the Web Publish…
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So this isn't exactly a FileMaker Server question, but... I'm upgrading a computer here to OS X Server (10.3). This computer is almost a dedicated server, but still needs to be used occaisionaly for a few tasks. I want to secure FM7 so it's not messed with, so I'm thnking that I'll create a FileMaker user, and keep that used logged in and running FM7 while someone else can log in via Fast User Switching. How does this sound? Is there any reason why this might not work well? Thanks
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Hi all, I have serveral plug-ins in the Server (Server Plug-ins) set to Enabled and Allow Filemaker 7 Server to use Plugs is set to true. The client fm7 PRO is set to auto-update plug-ins. Do I have to install the plug-ins on client's computer or Filemaker will automatically get the plug-ins from the server and uses it on the client's computer? Thanks, Ha Pham.
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I have a small local network with FM Server 5. As I'm actually "switching" on FM Server 7, I wonder if I can run FM Server 7 (installed on another Mac) on the *same* local network in order to make some test. Do you think it's risky ? Is there some possibilities that FMP clent 5 and FMP client 7 "mix" sended/received data ? Databases are indentical - of course, the new ones were converted to 7 format. Thanx for your help.
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We have set up a RAIC for our filemaker database, entered all the information into the web conector (server IP and file name) and all is working fine (except for the clients hitting 100% CPU which seems to be a common problem) But my problem seems to be the web connector losing the Ip and file name information if the server is turned off / rebooted or IIS is stopped. When the server is brought back up, we have to enter all the details again to get the RAIC working. How can I save the information so we don't lose it! Very frustrating....
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I am frustrated. I have Server 7 running on X. From relationships I can access any file. BUT, when I go to have a script import records from a database it says it can't find the hosted database...although from any other type of script it will. AND I can find it with the dialog when ask to. When I try to edit/view the file location in the script it also says it can't find the file. BUT when the files aren't hosted on the server everything works fine. I am a very experienced FM programmer and I have torn my hair our on this. HELP! Mac or PC clients are same.
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I've just got off the phone to Filemaker technical support, who told me that it is a 'feature' that you can't edit a global field on a hosted file from a client machine; for changes to global fields to 'take', you have to make the change to the file locally, then re-serve it. Aside from being the dumbest 'feature' I've ever heard, I was wondering if there were any workarounds for this issue, and what other people do when they need to alter the contents of a global field from a networked client. Developer (client) 7.0v2; Server 7.0v1.
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Hi, I have a site with 10 machines used by 70 staff so we use windows server 2003 with roaming user profiles. When we install filemeker or re-install for testing we set the appliaction default to use TCP/IP networking. Now I know that that setting can be controlled from the user profile beacuse in the old days we used mandatory profiles where everyone had the same profile but now a users profile is roaming ie it is stored on a central server the TCP/IP setting if set one time may or may not be set the next time that user loads filemaker. I am at a loss to find a link between the times when this setting is set and those times it is not. anyone used filemaker in…
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I'm hoping someone could offer some advice on the best configuration for serving Filemaker Pro 7 files. I want to serve the files mainly to the employees on the office lan. I also want to have one file(s) served via instant web publishing for customers to view their inventories. I'm concerned about security. I already have a dedicated Filmaker Pro 7 Server box (PowerMac G4, Mac OS X 10.3.5) serving the files to my lan. The server and lan is hidden behind a router doing NAT and the router's firewall. I have some static public IP addresses available for customers to access a database via the web. 1) Would you add a separate Filemaker Pro 7 Server Advanced box (in addi…
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"Anybody out there", who can help? We are hosting several FileMaker Files on a Windows NT Server (FileMaker Server -Version3). After we upgraded the HW on the NT Server, (Faster Processor, new Hard Drives more Memory and new Ethernet card and NT4 Service Pack4 to NT4 Service Pack6a) certain files are changing ON ITS OWN from Multi User to Single User??!? I am getting the following message: "FileMaker cannot host a file because of a network error. Files marked as Multi User will not be available over the network (10048)" There were never any problems before with these files. Another strange thing, which is happening now is, that when I copy the FileMaker Files vi…
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i just installed the fm server advanced developer license version. i'm trying to test the site assistant feature by creating an xslt sheets. i was able to create the xslt sheet, but when i tried to access it from a browser i got the following error message. does this mean the browser i use (ie 6.0) doesn't support xsl home page?? An unexpected error has occurred while using FileMaker Custom Web Publishing with XSLT. See the FileMaker Custom Web Publishing documentation for information about customizing this error page. regards, clifford
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Hi, I am upgrading from Server 5 to Advanced Server 7. I have the full version of advanced server 7. The DB that im currently running is set up in a 5 enviornment, (5 Pro client and 5 server). How exactly should I handle the task of changing everything over to 7 Pro (client) and 7 Server (advanced). Can I install 7, while leaving 5? Is that the best way to do it. Or should I delete all the versions of 5 first and then install 7? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.....thanks!!!
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I was able to configure Filemaker Server 7 (running on a Mac 10.3 (not 10.3 server) to authenticate against my company's Active Directory.. not an easy task (it took me a while to realize that my mac converted the Active Directory group names to all lowercase and that mattered)... anyway... it's working great except for the fact that my PC users are asked to sign-in to the database even though they've already signed-in to their workstations and have already been authenticated against the active directory. Could someone tell me how to make it so that they are logged in automatically ?? This also happens for the mac users as well, but I've he…
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Hello, I am running FM Pro 6 with FM 5.5 on Win2K3. Here's my delimma: When I run a set of db files in single user mode (fmserver close d:...) they are extremely quick As soon as I have the FM server host them, it takes forever to open these files. It goes from .1-.3 secs load time to 30-50 secs. The initial load file is a calendar that uses a script to pull data (such as upcoming jobs and bids and bills) from the other db files in that directory. It has a dialog box that says 'Replacing...' at the top and 'Updating Records remaining to update: 7" until it finally hits 1. This does not occur at all when FMserver closes these files; the calendar op…
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I have a small network of 6 macs running Filemaker Pro 5 hosted by a mac running Server Pro 5.The network is connected to the internet via broadband with a fixed IP address. I would like to access this database from my mac at home via a broadband connection. What specifically do I need to set on both machines to enable me to do this Thanks
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