FileMaker Server General Discussions
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My customer has been running FMP V3 under Citrix for a few years. Although this was not a supported combo, the performance was reasonable. We did have initial problems but the then H/W supplier managed to give everyone their own copy of FMP.exe. It worked. Recently, I talked them into upgrading to FMP V6. What a shambles! I won't describe all the problems but just recently things have become almost impossible. (Basically, losing links to files and using 100% CPU for up to 30 mins doing nothing.) Unfortunately, I do not know just what the H/W guy did with V3. FMP told me that we had to use Server with Citrix, even though I cannot find this documented anywhere. So my …
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I stuck a dozen global text fields in a db being served. I put some test data into them while working on a script. Now, no matter what I do, every time this database is opened, on any machine on any platform (even the same machine twice in a row), my test data is back in the globals. I even made a little script to clear these globals I manually invoke every time I open it. If this wasn't temporary, I'd put this script as the startup script. I understand the local nature of globals on a served file, and now know that getting this job done is better with a one-record preferences file across a constant relationship (so the data goes into "real" fields that look and …
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I have a g4 that acts as the host for our fm files. There are three other G4's all on 10.3 and an IBM running XP The IBM is always connected and there is no problem. The macs are all cut off after idle time. I shut off the disconnect button at one time and now I can not find which preferences I found it at. I need that information but also right after I had shut that option off it seemed better but still disconnected the macs. Is there a setting on the host computer or all of the guest computers that I can change to keep them always connected? Version: v6.x Platform: Mac OS X Panther
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How does an FM Server solution compare in terms of speed, reliability and database integrity to a PostgreSQL (or MySQL, for that matter) solution? I've heard Bad Things about FM Server performance under anything other than a very light load, and I wanted to know what some experts had to say.
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I am about to install a server that uses Windows Small Business Server 2003 as an OS. This is a donated server, and I am not Windows smart (Macuser since 1985.) I have a copy of Filemaker Server 5.0 that I want to install on the server. There will be eight computers, running various Windows software (ME, XP, 98 and 2000). Can anyone tell me if I am going to have a compatability issue here? TIA Version: v5.x
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This is my first post, so I appologize if I am doing something wrong. I just need help with a situation. We are developers of FM solutions. I am doing an install for a government faciltiy. They have very tight security. They have two major concerns. 1. They say it is a major security breach to install FM Server to the root of C. Is there any ay around this? 2. Thay also say it is a major security breach to pass the client password in open text over the network to the data files on the Server. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Jeff Hardesty Version: Server v5 Platform: Windows 2000
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Hi folks ! Is it anyhow possible to set up a local backup system for the situations where the server is down ? I mean a system where solution first tries to open database in server. If there is no connection it uses a database locally and later - in next contact with server - updates all new records to server. Is it possible to make a fresh backup to local disk every time the database closes (which can then be used if there is no connection to server) ? Arttu Version: Developer v6 Platform: Windows XP
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Hey Everyone, I'm trying to connect to a local database from a remote location. I downloaded the FM Server and figured I'd give it a shot. It's REALLY slow. I'm not sure if it's the design of our database or if it's just the nature of so much data going over the connection. Both ends have either DSL or Cable for internet access. Are there any tricks to speed FM Server up? Thanks!
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I have developed a database using 5 FM files in Windows. I now need to transfer those files onto a Mac Server (running FMServer). There were already 3 files on the server that are viewable through "Host" (they are greyed out when "Opening"). However, the new files are not "Opening" when I configure the server. It seems as if it's ignoring the process for my Windows created FM files. Please help. What do I need to do to make these files visible over the server? P.S. I have restarted the Version: v5.x Platform: Windows XP
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With the delay of FM7 Server release (very bad strategy if you ask me), I wanted to begin rocking and rolling with FMPro 7 and just use up to 10 users in the guest/host model until Server comes out. However - I read that the client version, FMPro7 only supports 5 users! What the #*%@+ ! I need more than that to get off the ground, I was planning on the 10 that FM6 supports. I am hoping that the 5 users deal is just a conserative cover your ass statement and that it may actually support more users, just with the typical performance hits. Can anyone confirm if Pro will support more than 5 users? Version: v7.x Platform: Windows XP
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This might seem like a stupid question but ... I just signed up for a dedicated server to host my files. Is it possible to run filemaker pro6 on it as a server or do I have to get filemaker server? I have no idea what to do next. there would only be two computers accessing it. Any help would be great. Thanks. Version: v6.x Platform: Windows XP
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A newbie needs help. I'm using FMP 6, FMP Server 5.5, and have FMP 6 Unlimited. Currently have FMP Server running on Windows 2000 and 12 users accessing approximately 55 databases as FMP clients on the network. Will soon need to provide web access to some of the databases to approximately 30 other users. Can I do this (should I do this) without setting up FMP Unlimited? If I need to set up unlimited, can it be done on a partition of the server different from the partition dedicated to FMP Server? Thanks for your help. Version: Server v5 Platform: Windows 2000
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We've FM server 5.5 V2 Running on Xservev Mac OS x 10.2.4 We are desperate over the issue of FM server 5.5v2, updated to 5.5v4 not running. We have followed all the necessary steps as guided. We stopped 111 databases one by one. We removed all the databases of first level to an outside folder after stopping the server. We ran the updater v4 Restarted the computer Checked the version of the updated FM application and is correct. 5.5v4 Double clicked but nothing happens. Finally we had to reinstall the previous version again We have frequent closing of some databases and we understand that v4 will fix these problems Please send us a favorable r…
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Hi - head scratcher this one. I'm running Fmserver 5.2 on Windows 2003 Standard Edition. It is working fine on our network but it refuses to display hosted files when connecting remotely. The router has been configured to allow UDP/TCP traffic on port 5003 - the clients seem to connect but it refuses to display any of the files in the host dialog. IS there something I should be doing on Windows Server? Or do I have to upgrade to fmserver 5.5 If anyone has any ideas I should be very grateful. Thanks Peter Version: Server v5 Platform: Windows 2000
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All of a sudden my FM Server 5.5 has stopped serving my main database. All the other databases open automatically as the main one used to, but this one won't, on startup, or through manual selection. I checked the log file, which instructs me to open it in FileMaker Pro first. I have done this, both on the server and from another computer on the LAN (which is running Mac OS 9), but still server won't open this file. I have also run a recover on the file and server won't open the recovered file either. Any suggestions anyone? Version: Server v5 Platform: Mac OS X Panther
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Not sure exactly where this one should go... This is a definite first for me. A user tried connecting to a hosted database on our 5.5 server (running on OS 9.2) ... the minute she tried connecting to the database FileMaker Server crashed. We can duplicate this every time. She is running FileMaker 5.5v2 on an iBook running OS 10.3. Any ideas? This server has run flawlessly for 2 years up until today. Version: v5.x Platform: Mac OS X Panther
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I am about to install a server that uses Windows NT 3. I have a copy of Filemaker Server 5.0 that I want to install on the server. There will be eight computers, running various Windows software (ME, XP, 98 and 2000). Can anyone tell me if I am going to have a compatability issue here? Version: v5.x
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Im trying to run an end of day backup on to another computer - so the backup address is ServernameFolderFolderFolder format but in the error logs it says it cannot recognise it. If I give it a standard local address it works fine? Any one shed some light on this??? Thanks Simon
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Hi Can someone explain to me how this works? I recently had my server v5 setup for 2hour flush (and I think this is why) and notice that some people were complaining that details that they had added were not showing up. So I changed this to the default of 15mins and rebooted the server and some of the entries which we couldn't find had appeared. Can someone tell me if this is the case that cased this or whether I should be looking into something else?? Thanks Simon
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I am updating our 20+ file solution daily. It is being served with Filemaker Server and we have about 15 users. Obviously, I deal with Define Field problems (need everyone to close the file to define fields). My question is, are professional developers NOT working on their solutions when users are using it? I have no choice. I can't avoid updating every few days, because we are constantly deciding on new features we want incorporated into the solution. What is the best way for me to do this? Right now, when I do major changes, I work early AM and late PM and on weekends. I shut it down in the office and VPN in, move the files to home and move them back.…
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I have a small group of computers networked together using ethernet. We have used FM with the fastest computer as the host and the rest connected and it has worked great. Yesterday we installed DSL for internet. If I configure the host computer using DHCP it will get on internet fine but none of the other computers can see FM files. You can open a FM file that is on the host computer but if the host has it already open you can not connect. If I configure host using "DHCP with manual IP address" (Address never changes) FM works great but then you can not connect to the internet. One or the other but not both. At all times and with either configuration all the computers…
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Is anyone successully running FM Server 5 on Windows 2003 Server? Thanks. Will
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How do I delete IP adresses which still are shown in the host dialog box in the list at the bottom of the host-window? The adresses were added "permanently" to this list but how do I get rid of them? Not a big problem but an annoying one ;-) Greetings Harald
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Just last week I noticed that the server wasnt working I tried repairing, and restarting the server but to no avail (filemaker server 5.5 is on a win 2000 server machine) when I try opening a file on the server itself I get that a 10048 error code network error (which i didnt get b4). I have shortcuts to the files in the fmserver.exe folder so I can't understand why they aren't being hosted it was working a treat? When I try to open the files from the clients I get you are about to become a host blah blah. I can open the files with Filemaker pro 6 on the server machine and they are hosted on the client machines fine (multi user - once I stop the fil…
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I have a Filemaker 6 script that generates a TV schedule for our channel for the next day, but I don't know how to tell either a) Filemaker Server (which hosts the file with the script) to run that script, or : Filemaker to run any given script (including that one) at a certain time every day. In the case of a), it seems like Filemaker Server can only run AppleScripts, and I don't know how to translate my Filemaker Script into an AppleScript. In the case of :, well, I just don't know any way of triggering scripts to run except for during Start-up. Any ideas for where I can get help with either option?
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The way my college runs the Filemaker databases is off 2 servers and then another server which has FileMaker Unlimited and webconnector. The problem is that the two filemaker servers shut down at 3 AM to backup. The other server is still running so that after the backup and the two servers are back online, the FileMaker Unlimited server doesn't know that they are back online. The way the college has it set up right now is they have a filemaker script that checks every hour for the databases. This is not efficient and I was wondering if there was another way to go about it? Thanks. Justin Grewe
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Just last week I noticed that the server wasnt working I tried repairing, and restarting the server but to no avail (filemaker server 5.5 is on a win 2000 server machine) when I try opening a file on the server itself I get that a 10048 error code network error (which i didnt get b4). I have shortcuts to the files in the fmserver.exe folder so I can't understand why they aren't being hosted it was working a treat? When I try to open the files from the clients I get you are about to become a host blah blah. I can open the files with Filemaker pro 6 on the server machine and they are hosted on the client machines fine (multi user - once I stop the…
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Guys, I just read a post that made me nerveous: Post: Hi, We have a FileaMaker Server 5 on Windows 2000, and about 30 clients on pcs and Macs. 1. I'd like to know if the passwords are sent across the network in clear-text when I open a file on the client (laptop or desktop). Do I work with the hosted file on the server, or is it completely run by a client, and only saved on the server on commit? 2. FileMaker seems to be extremely client-oriented when it comes to performance of scripts. That leads me to the question: are the scripts/calculations processed on the server or on the client? Thanks Answer: Passwords are passed across the networ…
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I am running Filemaker Pro server 5 with 3 workstations. Here is my problem. I will have a user create a record on one of the workstations and the record appears on the other 2 workstations. When a user updates the record on any workstation you can view the updated record on all the other workstatiuons. Now when a user omits the record after they are done with it. The record is still showing on the other 2 workstations. How do I get the record to disapper on all the other workstations? Thanks
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I have a problem that appears to be related to the FileMaker Server. I have a image database that is hosted on the Server. Users are accessing the file via Web Companion being hosted from a WinXP machine. About every 2 to 3 users is receiving an error that indicates "database not open". The Web Security database is being used for user management. I have made the changes to the database so the password for the web account has privileges to export the records. The database was moved from a FileMaker 5.5 on a Mac with the web companion enabled. Everything ran on the same machine with no server. I have moved the database to FileMaker 6.04 with FileMaker Server 5.5…
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I have established file sharing and airport network for my two notebooks. One notebook has FM Server installed and sharing a dB. "Open Remote" on the client FM does not display my airport network or the shared dB. Any insight on this matter? I have done this already for 15 workstations but I cannot seem to get it working for 5 notebooks. I am using OS 10.3.2. I have FM Server installed on a Powerbook G4. I created a dummy database that I would like to share. I have an established Airport network that both the Powerbook G4 and an iBook G4 share. FM Server is started on the Powerbook G4. "Open Remote" on the FM client does not see the shared dB on the FM Server? What…
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We recently had a prolonged power outage and the server's backup battery ran out and the machine, running OSX, powered down while the server was still running. Obviously those files opened could not be used and we went backwards to our backup, which luckily was only 8 minutes old. Not much data was lost but if the next power outtage happens at the wrong time, we could lose as much as an hour of data. In OS 9, I was able to have an applescript that would trigger the Server to shut down at the power outage prior to losing battery backup power, thus saving all the data. In OSX this is just not possible, as best I can tell. The server is not scriptable and even with r…
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Hello, I am running fm 6.0v4 on a mac on OS X. The fm program won't open. I see the splash screen and then it closes. It used to open ok under OS X. I have re-installed fm. I have removed the fonts from the library. Any suggestions? Lori Lee
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First, I have pretty much zero experience with Filemaker. My problem with Filemaker is that I had to move the DB's from a NT4 server to a 2k server. I disconnected the DB's copied them over to the new server, re-ip'ed the new server to the old servers address and named the new server with the old server's name. The old server is offline now. The problem that I am running into is when a user tries to enter new information into a form on the Filemaker client program it states that "the field is not modifiable". Am I over looking something in copying the DB's from the old server? Please help. TIA Michael
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Hi All, Is there any way to recover a damaged file remotely? I am not our server administrator and often work off site, often when I generate new fields or run scripts remotely, the server seems to freeze or my connection with it, this results in the file being closed down. The culprit file can then not be accessed unless I log a call with my IT support to go and restore the "damaged" file locally on the server. It's a real pain in the butt when my IT support takes several days or weeks to respond to a request...this of course results in some serious down time.
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Hi ... got a problem here I have been trying to solve the last two weeks ... when opening the main database via FM Server 5.5 with "connection" to other related files it takes upto 90 seconds to open all files .... its only 8 other databases that are connected with this main file .... on two computers it only takes 4 seconds to open all related files ... now the tricky one ... it used to be three ... now the third one takes just as long as all the others ... any suggestions ? we tried everything ... new switch, new cables, new everything .... everything but new company ... appriciate your help thanks markus
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I'm currently hosting 5 files using FM Sever for OS X. So far things are going fine with the exception that for some reason one of the files is not being served. I looked at some of the possible reasons as to why one of the files is not being served such as 1. File permissions 2. The file is set to single user 3. The amount of files that FM Server can host. and all of them are set properly and I have checked all of them numerous times. The FM server automatically shuts down at a specified time to perform some maintenance backups and updates and when the FM Server automatically starts back up, one of the files is not being served. I thought that mayb…
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Hello, I am running FileMaker Server 5 on a Windows NT. The console does not work. The display comes up with all the options but nothing happens when I try the link. I believe I heard this was a know problem but I would like to verify this. If the console doesn't work directly is there an indirect method of running it. I would like to set up a backup schedule if nothing else. Thanks. Mike
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Hi, Could anyone tell me if it is possible to call up server-based FMP files from an icon on a networked PC rather than having to let users pick a file from the Remote administration? Many thanks, Roger
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I am having a problem with my version of FileMaker Server 5.5v4. It's running on Mac OS X 10.1.5 right now on a quicksilver G4. It seems that when I try to access the Remote Administration system, it tells me that my password is incorrect. I have tried time and again retyping passwords in both the server and the client, and restarting the server app as well as the whole machine. I cannot get into the Remote Admin. Any ideas? Thanks! Shawn
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I have a 19 file solution that I have been running successfully for 10 years, till now. Two of the files open very slowly (15 seconds), and even more slowly the further away from the server the terminal machine resides (10 minutes). The two files are the largest files in size, but not records, and both have many PICTS in containers. The server is a G4 733 OSX running FMS 5.5 v4. To make sure it was not a problem with the machine I moved the files to our backup server, G4 500DP OSX and same result with FMS 5.5 v1 and v4. The fact that the opening was much longer at machines further away made me wonder if due to our firewall, but the slow opening has been seen with our…
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It is very little known that FileMaker Server can be run on freeBSD systems with the linux binary compatability installed. This gives you the advantage of a rock-stable, speedy server even on limited hardware. However, the installation process is not entirely trivial, since the FileMaker rpm needs to run some scripts in order to install the software. Following a brief description of the steps involved: 1. Manually create a user and a group namd "fmserver". I choose UID/GID of 5003, according to the TCP port FileMaker Server is using. The user does not have to have many priviledges. 2. If not aleady installed, install the linux binary compatability enviroment c…
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I have a automatic importation task who executed all the nights. I import a file text in a shared database. For this, I execute a .FP5 file that do the importation script. All this works properly on Windows, but now my server is on Red Hat Linux. So, on Red Hat Linux can't execute my .FP5 file, because I don't have FileMaker Pro Linux distribution. Give me a solution please !
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I am looking for books or other good reference materials for handling Server and OS X. FM Bible doesn't have SQUAT (less than 1 page) and there is a derth of other books at the local Borders/Barnes & Noble to see if they have anything. If ANYONE has any good suggestions, please let me know. I've been running into server issues lately and it falls on me to have the answers.
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hi everyone. i copied the 2003 database and renamed it to 2004 with the developer tools. now when i try to open the database with server so people can use it. i get this error. Error occurred; unable to open file. anyone have any clue or ideas. thanks in adavance.
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Thanks, Riley. You are basically suggesting that I automate what I ended up having to do manually. While this would work, it bothers me that it seems like it wouldn't be very flexible. The way I'm envisioning it, I would have to predefine the funding source categories from the Service file in my find operation in the Clients file, so that whenever we added a new funding source, I'd have to reprogram the find scripts. I'm sure there's a more elegant solution, I'm just not coming up with it yet. Eric
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I'm serving my files with FMS on MacOS 9 on an old beige g3 333mghz If I turn Appletalk off (best practices) how can I move backup files to other machines? Currently I have appletalk on and I control the server with apple remote desktop. I use filesharing just to make copies of backup files over the net. Everything works fine (since 1 year). Do you think I'm going to have troubles in the future?? Paolo
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I'm looking for a way to make my Filemaker Server 5.5 on Windows 2000 Server listen on the 2 ip's in that box. Is there any way our workaround to achieve this ?
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I created a new tiny file in FMP 6 on a Mac OS X machine. The file is multi-user and has an .fp5 extension. I then moved the file to the FMP Server folder. From my Win 2000 PC workstation from which I administer the server I attempted to open the file. The server showed the file as available to be opened, but when I attempted to open it I got the message "Error occurred; unable to open file." I thought there might have been something strange with creating the file on the Mac, so I recreated it on a PC and copied it to the Mac. Same result. I saw a similar post from earlier this month, but that problem was resolved "spontaneously" without explanation. A…
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Hi guys, I'm totally new to this form. I have a very disturbing and ongoing problem. Beofre I start going in to the details I want to give you guys some info. We use FM in our company as our main Data Base. We have over 200 users but not all of them logged in to filemaker at once. Usually we have 160-180 users in the system. We run FM Server 5.5 on Windows 2000 Server. The PC that we are using is a Compaq Proliant with dual Zeon Processor 2.8, 1gb of ram and a raid system and it's a dedicated server with no additional server service running on it. Last 1.5 years we had to move the FM database to differnt computers 3 times and even to a different OS playforms because o…
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Hi all: This is a repeat of a post lost in the hacking fiasco. I've got a client running FM Server 5.5v2 (I've just told him to upgrade to v4) on OS X Server. I've heard all sorts of horror stories, but wondered if anyone could give me a simple lowdown on what exactly the problems are. Thanks -Stanley
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Hi, I have an ongoing issue that I would like some advice upon. Firstly, I have nothing to do with the network administration that we run our Filemaker server on so have limited knowledge about our network. I think we are running FMP server 5.5 on a Win2k server, though is not exactly optimal due to its age and size. My databases are setup to run via TCP/IP in a multi-user hidden environment. When I am conducting design changes while at work, ie. I am on a LAN though the server is on a different network thus still accessed via TCP/IP, everything runs well. When I implement design changes from hom, ADSL type dial-up, by changes I mean creating new calculated fiel…
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Hello Folks, Does anyone have detailed instructions for configuring FMS 5.5 on a Win2k Server with "Active Directory". The documentation is a bit ambiguous. Thanks! complete-db
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Hi all New to FM Server (5.5) and have just got it setup and seems to be working fine. Once question though, the Server will open all files in Directory 0 and 1, but no further is there any way to configure it to open files automatically in deeper directories? e.g. I have; root 2 files -->Directory 1 11 files -->Directory 2 7 files ---->Subdirectory 1 3 files It opens all files in root and directory 1 and 2 but not subdirectory 1 Any ideas Greg
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Hi a newbie post here! Ok, so i've figured out how to host a db locally and display it on the intranet. But how do i do it via the server? I am running Filemaker Pro 6 Unlimited, and Filemaker Server 5.5. I have turned on the web companion component on the db itself and hosted it on the server. I THOUGHT i'd found the ip address but nothing happened... but then I've probably just stuffed up the whole process because i am a newbie..
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I am trying to backup my dbs which reside on my FM Server. The server is running XP Pro and runs fine apart from trying to execute an external backup (volume on sunserver). I have specified the path within the scheduled backup to a networked volume on my sunserver solaris running helios ethershare. when executed i get an error stating the path could not be found even though i have specified this within the backup schedule. can anyone shed any light on this please? thanks in advance.
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I'm haveing trouble copying some filemarker files from our application server to a laptop (so the user can view the data on the road) The copy takes place but the files never appear on the desktop of the laptop. Do I need to shut down filemarker server to so this? What gives? D
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Alright. I knew I should have come here first. Received bad advice from another forum. Anyway, I have a home network with three computers networked together. They are all running XP Pro. My main computer has Filemaker Server 5.5. installed. I have developed a program in Filemaker pro I want to test since I will be using it on our network at school. First I have to work all the bugs out so I can talk them into letting me do it. Here are my questions: 1. Can I reside the Filemaker program I developed on my main computer were the server is? Will it act as a server coniciding with XP Pro? 2. Then can I get on another computer in my house and use the program so …
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I have a few copies of both server 5.5 and 6 unlimited. Can I by using two or more servers have double the users and file limits? I ask because my work needs more than the 250 users and 125 file limit.
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I am attempting to host a file on a Windows 2000 FileMaker Server. The file was previously available on a Mac OS9 computer. When I attempt to host the file I am getting the error "Error occurred; unable to open file." There was a start up script that was calling another database that was not present. I disabled that script but it is still not working. Any idea on how I can resolve this problem. I forgot to mention that the file is working if I access it directly with FileMaker and do not host it on a FileMaker Server.
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1. has anyone tried the speed of fm server in a condition of 75 connected user with a solution of 120 tables?. Under this condition is the the amount of memory ram a significant effect? 500 Mb or 1024 Mb?, Is hiperthreading intel processor similar or significantly slower in speed than xeon in terms of fm functionality?. Is opteron or itanium processor a important jump in speed in terms of FM server functionality? I know the speed of the network, the speed of the hard disk and the speed of both side (client and server) are important elements in the whole context. However I am trying to balance the important of every element in a large network with 75 users and up. Has a…
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is there any significant difference in speed between TS alone and citrix metaframe on TS?
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Hi there, I am wondering if new features like Show Custom Dialog script step and others available in FM 6 will work with Server 5? I mean if I develop on FM Pro 6 the databases that are hosted on FMS 5, I doubt if the script will keep. Thanks
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Hi all, and happy holidays: I'm working on a solution for a client who had an intern building his FM Server solution, and the intern has left the company, so I was called in to finish the job. This is the first time I've had to finish someone else's job, having previously done everything myself from scratch. Before I turned up, it seems that the intern was allowing users to access the databases using file sharing, and the files were being corrupted on a fairly regular basis. Now, I am working on them at my office, and in the meantime the customer will not be using the system at all, so the install will be clean, so far as what comes off my computers. The problem…
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I'm looking to max out performance of Windows 2000 Server, Filemaker Pro 5.5 and 50+ terminal services users at any given time. If anyone has this configuration running speedily, with 23+ databases open at a time, suggestions are welcome as to configuration choices. I have already consulted he best practices paper, and we are encountering the following issues. Note: FM Pro server 5.5 and term services are on different servers. 1. Terminal Services displays a blank blue screen after user remote login. Probably term services, but may be due to lots of pre-existing instances of Filemaker Client up and running. 2. 2 CPU machine always maxxed. This is a dual Xenon…
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Hello All: First off, I know my FM Server, so it isn't something obviously stupid, like having AppleTalk turned on or something like that. Now, the problem: I've got a client with an FM Server system, which I set up, and which has run fine since installation about six months ago. Suddenly it is doing something I've never seen before. After a panicked call from the owner I went in today, and every single client machine was showing the squiggly line for a cursor - you know, the one that means it is communicating with the host, like it shows when first loading a database. Every machine was completely locked up. FMServer showed some wierd info: Out of 15 guests, onl…
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I need a little seasoned advice. I'm in the process of setting up a network system for a doctors office. The office will only be networking 8 PC computers (all new) to start--but may grow to 10 or 15 computers. What is the down side to running Filemaker Server and a File Server on the same machine. Is it only a speed concern? Is the data safe running in such a configuration (even if it is slow)? With only 8-15 computers I'm wondering if two machine servers (database server, file server)are necessary. What are the risks of starting with both the databases and Files served from the same machine. Is there an increased data corruption potential? (If it is too slow…
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Hello I am a novice and my employer would like to have our filemaker files speeded up. We are now using 17 macs on OS 9 with version 4.1 of Filemaker We want to use panther and go to Filemaker 6 and we want to run all our computers together using filemaker on TCP/IP What will Filemaker Server do for us. Do we just use FM server and all is automatic? Is there a speed increase or do we have to use a Hardware Apple server as well Thanks, Dave
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Hi, I've developed an imagebank for a large client of ours, and it runs fine (local). Now I've made a new solution thats wired to the imagebank so they can check for imagestatus while the enter data. Still works good but now they are moving to another location (outside our own building) so sharing the databases will not be possible anymore using our own LAN. What is the best way to let them connect to the image-database only? The booking solution they take with them is - as stated before - wired to the imagebank, which we host on fm-server (both local and online). Can i set fm to look for a hostfile on a specific IP (and specific name for the DB) without userinte…
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Hi all: If you look at the posts from Chopper, Lucky and myself (stanley) from the past two weeks, you'll see that there has suddenly been a spate of problems with FM Server on networks where at least one user is running Jaguar and the server is running an earlier Mac OS (either 8.6 or 9). I was wondering if anyone else has noticed erratic behavior of this sort with a similar setup, and if anyone had any thoughts or knowledge regarding Jaguar perhaps doing something strange on a TCP/IP network, which might cause some kind of interference. Of course, I may be drawing a false conclusion from those three posts, but I've been having a major problem with one client (…
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Does anyone know why I am losing connection with my FM server v5.5 ? I have 20 macs on a Ethernet network connecting to a G3 (beige) FM Server 5.5 OS9 hosting 15-20 databases. The other macs connecting to the server range from OS 9 - 10.3.1. The problem I have is that after about 20mins using 10.3.1 it loses conection and gives me a error message of " Communication with the host was interupted and could not be re-established. (-3284)" I connect to FM Server in 10.3.1 by selecting File - Open Remote and selecting DB. The problem happpens to three computers here all running 10.3.1. I did not have this problem in 10.2.8. Any ideas??
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I've installed FM server and have transferred my working files to the server's directory however I'm being given the following error when attempting to access any of the DB files via a browser "HTTP Error 405 - Method not allowed!". I've also noticed that, unlike FM Pro, the server version doesnt appear to automatically recognise the file type FP5 and rather than associate this with the file type "FileMaker Pro Database" it leaves it as an unknown file type i.e. with the generic windows icon and I suspect that this is the underlying problem. Im using FM Pro 6, FM Server 5.5 and Windows NT Server. Any advice on how to go about rectifying this would be much appr…
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one more question if we must install fm server on different machine i need to reuse an old server (PIII 533MHz 256MB ram) which part of server is stressed if i use FMServer with 10 clients who hardly works with one only database (Ram, Cpu, Disk, Lan...)? Which part i need to improve? Bests mark
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I need to install on the same server (win 2k) FMserver and the terminal services to deploy my application to 10 client (old hardware with win 98). Has anybody some experience with this configuration? excuse me for my english. hi mark
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I am experienced with FileMaker Development, but this is my first personal experience with installing a server. The server is currently running Windows NT and was the same server we were using for development using FileMaker Server v3. I know where the files are supposed to go (in the FileMaker Server's Program directory or one level below it), but it there a way to have FileMaker Server v5.5 control and automatically open database files in a different directory. We don't want to move the files off the server, but we do want to have them exist on a different logical drive. Part of the issue is for backups. But an equally large issue is the need for separation f…
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On Mac System, Server is on a G3 powermac Today I walked of to server V5.02 , clicked on file I want to close to do redefines in , server sent message to all machines still logged onto that file to close. Machine (I-Mac) nearest to server , the user was away at lunch. So I walk over to click message close now, I get back the server and it is frozen. Large file on server gets damaged due to crash and is still recovering. No one onsite now (hope it doesn't freeze up now) Anyway The last place I worked also had many crashes of the server. (No I did not set up either network) Is it a software or hardware issue?
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I have FileMaker Pro 6.0v4. I used the FileMaker Server 5.5 CD to install the Server Administration X plug-in, which appears in my FileMaker extensions folder. Whenever I connect to my server, the admin window notes on the bottom that I do not have the administration plug-in installed. I shared the same problem many users had trying to update the server to the latest release. The updater sucked and someone at FileMaker should be fired. Anyhoo, I had to do a clean-install of the server program in order to update it. I was hoping this would resolve my administration problem, but it did not. I tried installing the admin plug-in on another machine but got the s…
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Regarding my previous question, things did not work out well with my attempt to install Windows NT 4.0 on the computer I wanted to use as a server, so I foolishly sold my copy of Filmaker Server NT on Ebay. Now I have a friend who is upgrading her company's network, and she has volunteered the donation of a fairly recent server as a charitable donation. It will come with Windows NT 6.something installed. Meanwhile, The Wellness Community has decided that they want a a file server for all of their files (mostly Word & Excel and all the FMP files). Here's the question: Do I have to have a copy of FM Server NT (which is proving difficult to find on E…
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Hello All, I have a solution running on one FM server which is now getting pretty slow. I already got a second server and yesterday I moved half the files to the second server. The problem that I'm getting is that the files do not seem to find the new locations. When I had one server and I would move the files to a new directory the first time I would open them up it would ask me for the location of the file. It would then browse around find the new location and open the file. From then on the files would find each other fine. Now with the 2nd server, when I open the files they would ask me for the location of the files on the 2nd server. Again I would b…
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I would like to provide a set of simple installation directions for a user who purchases a network version of my Filemaker solution. Are there any templates out there that one can use so I don't have to spend time writing instructions from scratch?
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Has anyone run into this situtaion: Occasionally while using the remote admin plugin feature for my 6.0 FM server (plug in is in my FM developer 5.5)and accessing the server (maybe to close a file) the server system crashes? The server is about 3 years old and has been very reliable. But something is "axe"ing the server and causing a crash. I can't determine if the problem is related to the admin, developer,server or the system. I have all new up dates in all systems (W2K) and app's. The server event log doesn't provide any clue. Any thooughts?
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I just bought and installed server 5.5. FM claimed automatic back ups, but I can not get it to back to a different computer. Why would anyone backup to the same computer the file is stored on? Am I missing something here?
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How can this be? I have put a file into the server folder as I should but when I go to open it it comes up saying error. I can not see it in the hosts dialog either. I have only ever se5t up server once, have I forgotten something?
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A small private school is running one of my programs over their windows network. The network is old; all of the programs, mine included, run slow and sometimes not at all. They have budgeted to upgrade their servers and other necessary equipment. I suggested to them that they include an Apple computer (serever) that would be dedicated to my program. However, he knows little about Macs and I know less about networks. My questions are: 1. Can you run PC and Apple servers through the same hub and over the same connections? 2. Because there only 20 users, can you save money by purchasing a Mac and installing a network card, rather than purchasing a server? 3. If it is p…
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FM Server 5.5 installed on windows 2000 server as USER_X on windows 2000 client machines only USER_X can edit tables on windows 2000 client machines USER_Y can see remote tables on server but cannot edit. Any suggestions how to solve this? Thanks !
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Is anyone running Fm Server 5.5 on a system running OS XP Pro or XP Home? Im looking at installing the server on a machine running one of the above OS's. Thanks in Advance.
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Hi, Since the migration to MacOS X 10.3.1 from MacOS X 10.2.8, I can't open any database anymore under Filemaker Server 5.5.4. I have checked the preferences twice and all the settings are ok, all the databases are shared and they are on a raid volume. Are there more people with this problem? greetz & thnx, Jeffer
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System: NT Server/XP Clients/Filemaker 5... When launching a file while off the server, access privileges are fine... When operating ON the Server, full access privileges are not available-- even with the full access password. Has anyone experienced this? Is there a solution or am I doing something wrong?
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I have worked on a FM database locally with no issues. When I log in with a password that has full access I can create, modify all fields, delete records no problem. After deploying the database(which comprises of 4 separate db files) to the server, NONE of the passwords in the database can modify any fields nor can they create any records including the full access one. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sam
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(FMP5 server on NT) When a user forgets their password to a file, I can't simply find their name and reset their password, because all we see under Permissions is the password (which they can't remember). So, I create a new password for the user, and the list of defunct accounts grows by one. Has anyone found a semi-secure way to handle this?
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I think I have painted myself into a corner. I agreed to set up some data bases for The Wellness Community (a non-prof that offers free support to cancer victims and their families). I have all the data bases integrated, and they all work just the way they should (I hope). My problem is in setting up the server. I have a copy of FMP Server 3 for Windows NT, and a copy of Windows NT 4.0. I thought I could just put the Windows NT on a computer, then install the FMP Server, and plug it into the network's router. I can't get past the installation of the Windows NT yet, Don't think that this is a problem, but I have to get Microsoft to give me a new password because I bou…
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The filemaker server administration plugin adds some external script steps to filemaker server, which all start with the prefix "FMA..." Since these are meant for the Server Admistration plugin Filemaker does not provide documentation for them. I'm wondering if anyone knows how to use the the "FMA-GetGuestDetails..." status function? It would be nice if identifying information could be gleaned about a user to help customize the content that they are served.
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I need to serve databases to FM clients as well as via the Web Companion. This used to work fine under OS9. I now have all the databases on an OSX machine (10.2.6) running FM Server 5.5. FMP6 clients reach them OK. According to the Server Admin Guide, I should be able to publish these files to the web with FMP. So I install FMP6 on the same machine. Fire it up, "Open Remote.." to the Server files and enable the Web Companion. This does not work however. In fact, using some simple test files, I found that enabling web sharing on a non-FM Server hosted file prevents other FMP6 clients from seeing that file. Is this a problem with FM Server and FMP being on the sam…
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Hi we're going to move to Xservers and I'm aware that FMS should run as the only serverapp on any machine - but it seems that Xservers have way too much capacity for just FMS. Will running Apache and maybe a mailserver affect the speed of FMS? We are currently running FMS on a G4, but are replacing al G4's with Xservers. Any input on this?
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on fm server on mac os 9 (below) their is a GUI version where you can see a lot of info on users and files connecting but on os x i couldt see anythin? just an icon that saids filemaker server is running.
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Hello, Would this slow down FM Server. Basically the computer that host the fM Server and files is connect to router which also have two other computer to connect it to the same router, so the connection is being share. Our user group is not that large, around 35 users and the average user login at one time is 25. thank you Victor
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Hello, I am in the process of configuring a new network for a client. I had planned to buy an IBM server with Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition. However after checking with FMI they don't support SBS 2003 (how lame). I really hate having to dish out $1000 for an outdated Filemaker Pro 5.5 Server and then having to dish out another $1000 for W2k Server(SBS 2003 is only $600). I only have 5 users sharing about 15 files. Would I be better off going with a WinXP Pro box with Filemaker Client? Also would hosting Qbooks Pro Files on the same box really hurt my performance? Thanks, PSC
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I have a large database with about 13,000 images. Each image is linked to, and not embedded into a record. These images do not display if the database is served via FM Server. They show up fine if the database is opened using regular FM, or on the web if served with FM Unlimited. Does anybody know why and if there is a solution to this problem?
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I have a client who is running FM server over a WAN. Guests are opening the files via the "Host" button. Their network tends to drop out periodically and it seems to be causing files to corrupt. At this point it is a daily occurrence. Anyone know why this is happening?
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Is there any way to detect if the TCP/IP has been selected? I know it does occur on clients because I have seen the error come up. On one app I have seen it bring up a window asking you to select a communication protocol from a drop down list. But how can I do this? Am I just missing the error code for it?
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