FileMaker Server General Discussions
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--Oops! I meant to put this in the Server forum, not the Unlimited. Can some administrator-type please come to my rescue?-- Hey kids. We just started using FMServer on Windows NT. I've been going to use the backup scheduling feature to backup to the folder that Retrospect backs up every night (I have nothing to do with the whole Retrospect thing, and don't know anything about it). My concern: If for some reason, when someone is opening the database from their computer, and FM can't find all of the related files, do I have to worry about FM opening one of the files from the backup folder? We use the database for almost everything, so it would be a nightmare if this happ…
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Messages sent from the sever admin screen to an individual user or all users display for only 30 seconds until it automatically dismisses and closes itself. Is there a method by which the message remains on the users screen until closed by the user, regardless of the length of time?
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Can I use filemaker server to initiate a "send mail" script using outlook on the same machine as itself. The send mail is based on user activity. ie. budget is within 20% send mail to manager.
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I have an serious error code 10200 in the event viewer on my NT server Is someone know what happen or what 10200 error code mean : Tks for your help !!!
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I've just installed FM 5 server, converted all my FM3 databases to FM5, and moved them to the FM 5 server folder. I've started FM5 Server, and activated all the files. But I can't open the files from a guest computer. The files show up using the "hosts" button in the "Open" dialog box, but I get a "file cannot be found" dialog on the guest computer, which is running FM 5.0. If I use remote administrator to 'stop' the database, I can then open it, although I'm then hosting it. Any thoughts on how I can open server hosted files from my PC? Many thanks, Jack
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I am currently useing FileMaker 4.0 on a NT network with 16 users. This fall I will need to upgrade to Server since I will be adding about 150 users. Can I just use Server or must I also buy the volume license to support my total number of users?
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I was just thrown onto this project and get some issues sorted out. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to tell which user has what license code? Can it be determined by Machine Name? Can all this be done from the server as users are logged into FMP5? I need to get a list sorted out of who has what. Anyone know anything about this? thanks G
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Does anyone know how to resolve this? I've recently taken over support for fm in my company and I'm new to filemaker. We have fm5 server, currently with 128 hosted files. Frequently, my users request that a copy of a file be sent to them, so I close it, ftp it, attach it to an email and send it. They typically rename the copy, delete all records from it, update some layouts and send it back to me. Then I ftp it to the server, move it into the correct directory and using my local fm5 pro with server admin plugin, I try to 'open' it. When I choose the file, I get this message... "Error occurred; unable to open file." nothing else, no error # or anything. I know t…
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Used to run FMS on a G4 1g with a L3 array. Moved it to a W2K server - still with 1g of RAM. I remember trying to serve some of our more heavily bashed databases of off a RAM disk on the G4. First of all, I could only make a 256mb ramdisk on the mac. Second of all, it turned a rock solid server into a er,....less than rock solid server. Third of all, the performance increases were minimal. Now on the new W2K server, I can see avg disk queues often so the array often isn't keeping up the requests. I was thinking of trying the RAM disk thing again. Anyone have any experience with this on W2K FMS? Any advice or comments appreciated! TIA, Mark Maytum Pompanoosu…
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We have three FM 5.0 Servers on NT4 SP5 in our offices in TN & NC. Our main server, a Compac Proliant 3000, hosts 80 files and usually has about 85 users logged in. We have run FM Server 5.0 and 3.0 for three+ years on NT without problems. We suddenly have had a rash of users loose connection from the main Prolaint server. The users are kicked out are random, could be in another state across the T-1 or a local user. Once a user is kicked out they will not be able to get back in. They can see the hosted files and one or two files will open, but then they will loose connection again. We have had no problems with the two other servers, but their load is much less. We c…
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We network an FM file in Windows NT using the FileMaker Server 5.0. We have about 30 users. This works fine most of the time, but occasionally one of the users has his or her file shut down without warning. The message they get is "connection with host has been lost and cannot be reestablished." The users also claim that when "they get kicked off" they loose the information they have just typed in. Any ideas? Thanks for your help. Bob Sherman
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We would like to track the users (who, what and when) of our project databases. Is it possible to create a log via FM5 Server? Is there an outside log or tracking freeware/shareware for FM5 Servers? TIA, Leonard
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Used to run FMS on a G4 1g with a L3 array. Moved it to a W2K server - still with 1g of RAM. I remember trying to serve some of our more heavily bashed databases of off a RAM disk on the G4. First of all, I could only make a 256mb ramdisk on the mac. Second of all, it turned a rock solid server into a er,....less than rock solid server. Third of all, the performance increases were minimal. Now on the new W2K server, I can see avg disk queues often so the array often isn't keeping up the requests. I was thinking of trying the RAM disk thing again. Anyone have any experience with this on W2K FMS? Any advice or comments appreciated! TIA, Mark Maytum Pompanoosu…
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OK, I may be a bit thick in the head..But I need an answer to one question. My company has got a lot of Filemaker databases, 50-70 of them and 100-200 users. Currently we are not running FMPro server, the databases reside on a data volume on Novell servers and the clients have got Fmpro 3 and 4 installed on their machines. We have been for some time considering using Fmpro server. If I understand it correctly, all databases will reside on that server (we will have a dedicated Win2K server for this), and all the clients access them using Fmpro 5 on their machines. What I
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Hi all, I am in the process of setting up an installation of Server on a Citrix Metaframe box so that multiple users can access the centrally stored databases over a TCP/IP connection. I have heard that this can be done, but before I drop multiple thousands of dollars, I would like to know if anyone has had any poor experiences with this type of installation. Most users will be accessing with fairly fast connections. The Citrix box will not be a speed demon, but I'm not sure that is a problem. Any advice or cautions would be appreciated. Chris
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We have three users accessing the same data. The only problem we have is that pop-up value-lists from fields in other files are slow to display. The first person to open the database does not have this problem, it exists only for the next people who use the database. Will FM Server fix this problem? Thank you. Garry
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Currently we have a copy of FMP 5 Unlimited and what I need to do is be able to have the application automatically launch when the server boots and then open a specific database. The server that hosts the file is Win 2000 and since FMP Unlimited apparently doesn't allow the application to be run as a service. I have it set to load the specific database instead at startup. Now the problem is that I want to have three seperate levels of security groups with the one file. I want one group to be able to have full control, one group to have limited view and edit abilities and one group to have just viewing rights. I know how to do this but the problem is that if I apply passw…
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I have FileMaker Server 5 running on a Windows 2000 machine, and I am trying to get remote administration working on another machine running Windows 2000. Yet, whenever I go through the install process, it appears to install just fine and will not let me access the files. I have had remote administration working on an NT machine and it functions perfectly. Any suggestions why this could be?
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I was wondering if anyone had noticed any problems with running FileMaker Server 5 on an NT box. We have it running on two NT boxes. One is really just a large workstation, and the other is a Dell poweredge 4400. The 4400 continues to blue screen while the workstation runs pretty well. It mostly happens when we do very large deletes from FM, but not always. Dell has not been much help in this matter. I just don't see how it could be FileMaker seeing how the other machine is doing twice the work, and hosts 3 times the data and has not had a problem. Any help would be great.
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I am returning to FM 5.5 and Server use after an absence. Could someone refresh my memory. Can we load our stations with 5.5 first, then configure the server and machine next week? Or do we need the server up and running first? We have existing 4.1 databases on our network drive that we currently access by pc hosting (nightmare). Just need some advice. Thanks. Lori
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Ok, how can I use a button. I read the help, added the button in Layout mode, assigned an action, how can I use this button? Help says that I can view the button in Browse or Find Mode. HELP! [ June 12, 2001: Message edited by: Evan Panagiotopoulos ]
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I'm currently running Filemaker Pro on a NT 4.0 server. I'm using the web publishing to let people access the databases through a web interface. I need to be able to let people have access to the databases through the web interface whenever the server is on, even if someone isn't logged into the server. Does either Filemaker Unlimited or Server let me run the program as a service so that even if nobody is logged on to the server, people can still get access to the site? I'm looking for basically the same ability that IIS has in that you don't need to be logged into the computer, the computer just needs to be on.
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I have FM Server 5 running on a G4 667 Mhz machine with 512 mbs of ram. This is a dedicated machine. My problem is that we recently had our database re-vamped by a local FM consultant and every since he copied the new databases to the server we've been experiencing problems with the system performance. Specifically the Server will from time to time slow to a crawl when trying to access different files in the database. This seems to occur whenever I do anything with the server (ie: check the server log, check general system operation, check memory allocatins under Get Info etc). When this occurs, I can solve the problem by either changing the preferences within FM Server o…
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Thanks for the previous help - new question : is there a utility or way to batch convert FM3 databases to FM5? James Huie
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Is there a way to back up files over a network drive. i try it with FMServer on NT machine and it is not working. any ideas : tks
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We have FM% server up on a Win2K server machine. My question is this - the manual and docs state that all files to be served are supposed to be either in the server directory, or one folder level deep. Is this indeed the case, or is there a known work-around some one might be able to help me out with? James Huie
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I'm using FileMaker Server 5 and i'd like to know how (if it's possible) to make the messages that i send to the users static on their computers and not close after 25 seconds as default???
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[ May 27, 2001: Message edited by: strangeadventure ]
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Friends: Continuing with my work on the solution for a local airline (please look the post
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This is very simple I'm sure, but I need reassurance please! I recently had a problem running a database on 2 linked PCs. Changes made to global fields in the host file were only updating in the guest file after it was closed and then re-opened, and changes made to global fields by the guest weren't visible by the host at all. I tried a laplink connection and also an ethernet one. My IT support (who aren't very Filemaker familiar) were stumped, but I eventually read in the help file that this non-updating between host/guest is normal. As I need changes saved and visible for all users, would using Filemaker server to run the host file do trick?
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Hello Could someone told me could Filemaker Server 5 share databases through the Web like Filemaker Pro do. Can I use only stand alone Filemaker Server without Filemaker Pro as a web server. If someone know solution please describe it for me.
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This is very similar to a post already here - I have the same problem, but the answer did not come out in the other discussion on this topic. I have FileMaker Server 5 with all of our data. It serves to our FM clients inside the office, and over TCP/IP for remote users. I want to get FM Unlimited to open a FM Servered file and share it via the web companion plugin. This is not working. I can not connect to any databases that FM 5 Unlimited has open that are being served from FM Server. All works well when a local file is open in FM U 5, but not a file being served. The ultimate thing here is that I want to use Lasso to access my files on FM Server, through FM U. T…
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Dear Sirs. Could someone help me with trouble I have? I have two machines the server running under Windows 2000 Server platform and the workstation running under Windows 2000. They both have RAM 256 Mb and Intel 700 MHz processors. Also I have a LAN with 100Mb speed. I start FileMaker Server 5 at the server machine and FileMaker Pro 5 at the workstation. When I try open a simple database (for example database have one record only with fields creation date and creation time), it takes 30 or 40 seconds to open it from from server. I test my network, everything works fine. So could some one help me to understand this problem ? Thank you.
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I recently updated my company's filemaker pro server from 3 to 5. For some reason the users from our remote offices can't connect. The server is running on a mac with TCP/IP networking with remote file access enabled. I've also had a report that 5.5 works but that's not exactly a resonable option right now. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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We run Filemaker Server on a stand alone machine in our offices. There are two computers on the factor floor which logon to the hosted database. We want to start and stop filemaker hosting automatically. We can start it no problem using task scheduler but we want to stop only in there are no current logged on guests. Since quitting time varies and they often work OT we don't want to rely on task scheduler. When we used to host our database using standard Filemaker we were able to run a script every 30 minutes (with a plug in), and if there were no guests the database would shut down. Can anyone help?
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Can anyone help me??? I am currently using Filemaker Server 5 and need to share more than 128 files. I have been told by Filemaker that the only way to do this is to purchase a new server licence and write scripts to the new server is this the case?? Do I need to have a seperate server? I need to find a solution if anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. P.S. I am using a PC Server
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I have a Filemaker Pro Server behind a firewall/proxy server. Our company does not want to serve filemaker through port 5003. Is there a way to change that port number and to have the clients access the appropriate port number? Thanks
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Has anyone tried FileMaker Server 5 out with Mac OS 9.1? We just bought the server version and installed it on a Beige G3 wiped clean and freshly loaded with Mac OS 9.1. FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited will not stay connected to the server for longer than 24 hours. FileMaker Server says that the client is no longer responding even though EtherPeek shows that the client returns every one of the FileMaker Server's test packets that go out once a minute. Has anyone else had this problem with any other configuration? FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited is running on a machine with 8.6. They each have plenty of RAM allocated to the respective FileMakers.
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Currently we have about 40 users accessing FMServer through a firewall and all the other users reside on the same side of the network as FMServer. Sometimes the users that access the server through the firewall receive a message that the database couldn't be found and an open dialog boxes appears. If they cancel from the dialog box and choose the same button to open the database again the database will be found. I'm not having the problems with users that aren't going through the firewall. The users that are having the problems does vary and doesn't seem relative to their hardware. Everyone is using TCP/IP network protocol. The IT people claim it is an application problem…
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Hello all, Everything I have read seems to indicate that in order to get the Today function to update itself, you must close the DBs on FMServer, then launch them in FileMaker, close them, then open them in FMServer again. As a test, I created a simple DB with a Calc field set to "Today". When I just close down the server and relaunch it again, the Today value gets updated (without having to open it in a regular verson of FM). Is this middle step of using a regular version of FM necessary?? Thanks...
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Help! We have an ethernet network made up of 13 Filemaker Pros users using Win 95/98 and Macs. We just installed Win 2000 and Filemaker server on one machine, upgraded the ram to 256 megs and are using it as the server. I installed the remote administrator on my machine (win 98)and and it works fine for several minutes then causes the server to crash.
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I upgraded my company from Filemaker Pro 3 server toFilemaker Pro 5 server. I upgraded also the clients. And put the server on a Mac Grey G3 boosted at 400Mhz. I have speed problems. In the business, people say Filemaker is to slow. I look, and when Filemaker have to calculate or show pop-up menus, it is very slow. I put the 'More CPU for filemaker' option. Don't know really what to do. I don't think that is normal. There is only 3 clients at the same times on the server. Thanks. G.A.
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We are in the process of using the FileMaker Suite as an enterprise application solution. We are doing some testing, and I am about to purchase an NT server which will host FMS. I am currently looking the following server with the following specs: IBM Netfinity 5100 Server Dual 866 PIII Processors NT 4.0 SPC6 512MB of Ram 18GB 10K Ultra160 100 Fast Ethernet, maybe go to GB Ethernet, not sure. I've read that you guys said RAID is really not going to be useful here, but I'm not sure about that. Anyhow, the database is going to be constantly accessed via FMP 5.0 by employees to update records. At the current time, about 15-20 employees will be accessing about …
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I am running FP 5 Server every mourning I get a message on the screen that says, "INDEXING will take aprox 56 hours", and this will slow everything down dramatically. Before the many FMP users at my company kill me. I would like to know how to fix this! HELP! RET
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Hello, I have a FileMaker Server 5v2 running on Win 2000 Server. It may run fine for several days, but then all of a sudden the server disappears from the host list and I have to manually stop and start the service to see it there again. I never had this problem on NT 4.0 Server. Any suggestions? Thanks, Orville
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FM server has a limit of 50 files. I understand that there is a relationship between the number of files in a solution and the number of users on the network and that this relationship limits the speed or accessability of the solution over a network. Can anyone expain this relationship (if it is real) so I don't create too many files in the solution to hamper usability in a 5 or 10 or 20 user network? Suggestions for further reading would be helpful too. Thanks.
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Hello, I need to take a FM5 database (from a Macintosh) and plug it into a website being hosted off of a Windows 2000 server. Can anyone tell me which applications I need to buy to do this? I'm sure I need Filemaker 5 Server on the Windows machine, but what tools will I need to do work on my machine (Windows 2000 Pro)? Does everything I need come with the Server edition, or will I need to buy one of the clients (i.e. FM5, FM5 Unlimited, FM5 Developer...). I haven't seen much to help me make this decision. Thanks a million, Chris
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quote: Originally posted by Manny Silva: I am testing FileMaker 5.0 before installing a system wide upgrade. I thought that an underscore on a file name will hide it from the Hosts listing when accessing over the network, but it does not seem to be happening, as it does when using version 4.1v3 client. Am I missing something, or is there a new way of doing this? The sharing option for each file now contains an option for Multi-user (Hidden) which hides the file. This should also be able to be toggled via the Scriptmaker.
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What is the best way to go about making our company database live so that computers can access, update, modify, add records and such over their dialup connection? I need to maintain full FM Functionality. We cannot use web browsers. What are my limitations and is there a way go make it accessible to more than 250 users at a time? All advice is welcome. Need big help.
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I am in the middle of a FM 4 to FM 5 conversion. My question is can a FM 5 server exist on a FM 4 server? I know they can not serve files at the same time, but if I install FM 5 and leave it turned off and then turn off FM 4 and turn on FM 5 for test when I want, will this work? If somebody has tryed this and gotten it to work, what problems did you run into?
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Server must be on separate machine. Or use only Unlimited, without server. Client can serve only 10 IPs in 12 hours, Unlimited inlimited number of IPs.
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I apologize if this question has been asked before. I am in the process of ordering a machine that will be used specifically for FMServer 5.0. I have read the minimum requirements for Mac and for PC, however, I would like to know what the general consensus is for the machine type/size, etc from those of you who have had must more experience than I. Currently, there are 9 people using a Mac and 1 person using a PC to access the FMP Files. I have them all set up to use TCP/IP. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Are there any compatibility issues between Filemaker Server and a Novell network? We're considering purchasing Filemaker for the entire office, but want to make sure it will work before we invest all that money. Thanks!
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This seems to be a popular topic I recently upgraded to FMmserver5 for a client. A new problem has arisen. Whenever I stop services then restart them, I can no longer see any files hosted on the server. I can see the server in the
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What's the best way of setting up FM databases to be served to remote clients? Our sales people are asking for this for when they go on the road. I've been told that it's possible to access our FM databases through the Internet. Other advice has been to use a dial-in server. FM5 Sever currently resides on an NT server and hosts through TCP/IP over the LAN to Windows and Mac clients. The server is connected to the Internet through a router and T1 connection. Thanks, Franklin
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Scenario: FM Server 5, 6 or so users logged on. One user starts a script to print a report which finds a subset of records in a child file for that report. A half second later another user starts the same script to print a different subset of records. Question: is the second find going to interrupt the first and if so how do you prevent it from happening. I suppose what I am asking is does Server 5 provide each user in this scenario with its own found set of records or does something else happen. Thank you.
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We just upgraded to FM 5 Server and it will quit on its own, seemingly at random. We'd successfully run FM 3 Server on an old iMac for a couple years (and a PowerMac for years before that.) We have 9 users max at any time. The error message we get is -1070. We've tried everything: switching from AppleTalk to TCP/IP; recovering each file in 3 then cloning, converting to 5 and importing; reinstalling the server; buying new iMacs to replace the older power macs on the network (though we still have 2 power macs in use). Please help!!!
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What I am doing here, is replacing an NT Server with a new server. Filemaker 5.0 Server is running on the old server. The sysadmin starts Filemaker Pro 5.01 on the server every morning, then clicks HOSTS, then hosts the database files. 1 - On the new server, I can start Filemaker Server. When I start Filemaker Pro and Click HOSTS, the databases do not appear. Where do I specify the location of the databases? 2 - There are about 20 Filemaker Users. The company has licenses for each. On most, I can see the license number on Help-About-Info. The copy running on the current server doesn't come up with a license number... it's just blank. When I install filemaker on the New…
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Hi: I am experimenting with Instant Web Publishing and can't find if this can be accomplished using FMP Server Software or if the databases need to be hosted using a client (stand alone ) version of FMPro? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Thank you,
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New Installation. I start the FMSERVER.mmc. Get the Gueses/Database Hosting/Server Monitoring?Admin/Task Schediler screen, Click on Database Hosting... nothing Happens! Windows NT 4.0 SP6. TCPIP.
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I have a script that is supposed to save a copy of a filemaker file that runs great from my local machine or a mounted network server but won't when hosted on FM Server 5. I checked and that option is grayed out on ANY file hosted by Server. Any ideas? [This message has been edited by signal (edited February 01, 2001).]
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I am preparing a purchase request for a 533mhz G4 (single processor) Mac to run FM Server application and, initially, about 50 workgroup databases. We will be using Retrospect backup software to back up designated folders each night. However, some IT staff are suggesting additional config options. Is it recommended we... a) Include a 2nd internal drive? If so, ATA, SCSI...? : Use multiple FM schedules to copy data to both drive locations at frequent intervals throughout the day? c) If we go with a multiple drive configuration, should we configure the drives with RAID? If RAID, mirroring?
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No problems running FMS5 on NT but I need to put it on a server running Novell. Can anyone advise me as to the line that should go into the autoexe file to get FMS5 to start when the server is booted? Many thanks.
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I've installed FileMaker Server 5 on a COMPAQ server running NT v4 (SP5). Things were running fine for a few weeks but now that all our Filemaker databases have been moved over to the new server (84 files), the FMSERVER.EXE tasks periodically consumes 99% of the CPU, forcing me to re-boot. The service cannot be stopped. Has anyone else run into this?
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(Same question someone else just posted only slightly different. Hope I get a better answer.) I have a bunch of various solutions (approx. 40) on FM 3 server that we need to temporarily serve off another station. Mac environment with the odd PC. Already have another server running FM 5 Server on the same network. Can't convert old db's just yet as not everyone has FM 5 yet and won't for a while. (You know, budget crap.) So, aside from the expected less than optimum network speed issues, if I install FM 3 server on the FM 5 server: a) will FM 3 server overwrite files installed by FM 5 (If so, could I install FM 3 THEN reinstall FM 5 server?) : will the two server sof…
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FM running in a workgroup setting with Filemaker server, all - FM Server, and clients - configured to use IPX/SPX protocol. New app in office requires IPX to be removed in favor of TCP/IP. Changed the FM clients to use TCP/IP (Edit, Preferences, Application). Changed FM Server to allow TCP/IP in control panel, then restarted the service. Now the clients can't open any FM files - error message about file set for single user, or host not available. FM on the server machine can't open them either - error message about a network error preventing file sharing. How can I get FM server to share files with TCP/IP?
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I have a filemaker server up and running. It is currently hosting some 60 files. I tried adding in a new one but it would not show up on the client when I try to select the file within a script. I have set it to "multiuser(hidden). I could see all the rest of the files which was orginally there (I was not the one who puts up the 60 files) but I could not see my new file. When I try opening it locally on the machine,it says that this file has a network error 10048. Does someone know what is wrong and how do I fix that? Thanks.
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Live Oak, et al, We have databases comprised of numerous connected parts for different projects and fax, transmittal, directory components for different projects. Unnecessary parts are hidden, however, the required parts create a long hodge-podge list. Is it possible with FM Server 5 to create separate folders for each project one level down from the current level? Will these be available and openable? Thanks to all for the help. L.
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I have my FM Server 5 installed on an NT 4.0 server, and almost everyday I take a backup on my filemaker files. In order to do that I close all the filemaker files, and I stop the FileMaker service, and then take the backup. The problem is, everytime I stop the service, I have to give a different name to the server for the remote administration ; otherwise, at the client machine I cannot open the server for remote administration. I feel that there is something wrong, and I'm starting to run out of names for the server...does anyone have an idea about what could be wrong. Thank You
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I have an NT4 Server running FM Server 3.0, can I install FM Server 5 on this same server running version 3 or do I need to do a clean removal of FM Server 3 first? ------------------
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We haven an Windows Nt 4.0 Server, with filemaker Pro server 5.0. When we schedule a backup it only works on our C drive, not on any other drive. I also installed the 5.0 V2 update but the problem is still here. ------------------
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We have the server edition set up on our server(macintosh) and we have both PC and Mac users logging in using the password system. One machine in particular is having problems with occasionally being locked out of screens or fields to which it has access. Sometimes it works ok, and sometimes it acts like I'm using the wrong password. Has anyone had similar experiences? What could be different about this one machine (Mac)? Does too many open programs cause similar problems or poor network communication? The database itself has 8 or 9 tables with many relations set. I would appreciate any insight you can give me.
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How can I get Filemaker pro Server to the web?
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Has anyone seen a product that allows changing passwords, editing fields, etc. for databases on an FMP server installation without going through a network share and setting the database to single user? We have a 2GB database hosted outside a corporate firewall, and the current process for doing admin work is to close the database and ftp it to the DBA's machine, Open it in single user, modify, then FTP back. Since FMP server evidently hosts single user files by setting them to Multi-user, we can't modify them in place from the host. Since the files are outside our firewall we can't use a network share to open them in single user. Would appreciate any pointers.
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I have installed the trial version of Filemaker on an NT4 machine and made all the settings. It is running as a service. Probably because of my inexperience with Filemaker, it just sits there. How do I set it up to serve the database files over the internet from a web browser? Do I need additional plug-ins? Do I need to make settings in IIS? All help will be greatly appreciated. Carl
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is fm server running on win 2000 pro or you need win nt ??
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We have server 5 on a Windows NT machine. The hard drive is partitioned into a 2 gig partition and a 20 gig partition. (we were told that NT needed a small partition to be installed on). FM5 server installed itself onto the small partition. Now the files need to be in the same folder as server 5(on the small partition) we would prefer to have them on the large partition as they already take up most of the small one. When we moved the folder to the large partition, the service wouldn't start any more. Is there a way around this?
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Our company has two diffrent locations and both side is using FMP 5 Server. We are planning to network two locations as WAN, setting Cisco Router at the both end. My question is when is networked will they be able to see the local host files each other? Or does users have to specify the IP address of server in other location.
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I just instanlled a FMP solution on the client's server that runs on NT. The solution exports some FMP files. During the process the solution imports back the data from the same exported files. Now, I run this solution on a MAC FMP server and everything works fine. The only difference is that the exported files are automatically created on the guest's computer, in the FMP folder. Now here is the problem. When I run the same soution on my client's NT server, I get and error message where it says something like "Write protection error. Use another disk..." And on this error message the name of the file that can't be written is mixed with some stange caracters. How can I…
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Hey everybody, I've got a relational database of about 12 files installed on a network and everybody there loves it. Only problem is, now they want to use it over a T1 connection with partial bandwidth to remote offices and it...takes...for...ever...for...it...to...work. Is FileMaker not designed for this kind of networking? Does this happen because of the multiple files? Is there an obvious way to fix this? Thanks a bunch, Dave
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Gretings, I have a problem with the Date and Time's message that pops up on the clients regards using System format. I have 7 Pc's and 1 Mac accessing the Server and everytime they log on they are always asked regards the Date formats. What can cause this?, and how do i get rid of it?
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I want to know if FM Server v5 takes advantage of both processors in my NT server. Should I recomend to clients to get two or more processors, or is does FM only use one processor? I couldn't find anything to this issue on the FM web site. Do any of you guys have experience with this? TIA Jerry
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quote: Originally posted by dougp: I have created 180 databases....now I find a limitation of 150 in FMP. How can I get around this without re-vamping my entire project? Each server is limited in the number of files/user that it can support, however you are not limited in the nunber of servers that you can run. I have one client running 5 FMP servers as part of a huge integrated system. ------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kurt Knippel Consultant Database Resources mailto:[email protected] http://www.database-resources.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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We have been running FM Server 3 for the last couple of years on NT using TCP/IP. We have 79 databases, approximately 3.4Gb and typically 40 - 50 clients at a time. Over the years the system has slowed down but does work and is reliable. What, if any performance benefits should we expect if we upgrade to FileMaker Server 5?
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I am developing a solution on FMP Server 5 on an almost dedicated G4 (after the FMP Server is shut down we use Retrospect to backup many volumes to external Firewire HDs)running OS 9.0.4. My problem is frequent freezes when there is no activity at all. I using a client iMac. Several times a day with or without me using the files being served, the G4 freezes. I suspect its a Finder problem. Several days ago I did a clean reinstall of everything. Is anyone else experiencing problems of this nature?
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The automatic backup function can only back up to the C-Drive where the FM application resides. This is discouraged by Filemaker. Nonetheless, the backup scheduler is unable to find other logical or mapped drives. I can browse them and put them into the command line but at run time they are not found. Any soultions? ------------------
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When I dial into the server, I cannot see the hosted files. I can browse other files, but no hosted. I can also hook up to server through the LAN and then I do see the hosted files. What could be the possible problems?
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When I run the FileMaker Server Console Configuration screen, I see 5 'assistant' icons on the right hand window pane of MMC1.1. Nothing happens when I click on those icons, other than Server Monitoring, which simply displays an HTML page. Is this normal? As I have the feeling that those icons should do their respective functions. Extra info: installed FMServer 5 on a dedicated newly installed NT4.0 workstation. Applied service pack 6.a. installed IE4.01 then IE5.5.
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Hi, I have installed FileMaker Pro Server 5 on a Windows 2000 Server. The problem is that the FileMaker service will not start. It returns a service specific error code 22. Apparently this indicates either that the chosen protocol is not installed or not correctly configured. This happens when TCP/IP is the chosen protocol. The service will start though if IPX is chosen instead. I have 2 network cards in this server that both have individual static ip addresses. Now I know that TCP/IP is correctly configured as I have users that connect to the Extensis Portfolio server on this box via IP. Does anybody have any ideas ? Many thanks.
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I have seen this question asked before in one of the many FMP Forums I visit regularly (maybe even this one) but do not remember if it was answered. Here goes. Each time a master file calls for a related file hosted on FMP Server, an annoying message appears on the user's screen. If that related file is a large one, the message sits there until the file fully opens. This can take even longer if a script runs on opening. If the master file calls several related files............ Does anyone know of a way to suppress these messages or at the very least replace the messages of several opening files with a single message of the developer
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We at the company are planning to buy in the next two weeks a new server to run our databases. We actually have an old Powermac 8600 (250 Mhz) with 128 MB and 6GB SCSI HD. The network is a traditional Ethernet 10/100 Base T. We actually have 10 users connected to the server. The server is running very slow after we had to upgrade its system from version 8.0 to version 8.6 in order to run the new filemaker pro 5.0 server. We actually have about 110 databases, but this number is growing. We know that maximum per server is 150 databases. Of the following options which is the best selection for our new server, taking into account that the old server will still run with…
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I've recently purchased FMP Box Set 5.0 and trying to install Server 5.0 on Mac computer, but it only allow me to install remote administarator plug in. Do they have different CD for Mac?
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I recently upgraded to FM5 Server. In FM3 Server, I used to be able to hide related files by using the _ underscore. It is not working in the FM5. I don't want the clients opening any databases than a "gateway" file. Any solutions? ------------------ ccreasey [email protected]
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I have a client installation that I am about to move to FileMaker Server. They don't have the luxury of a dedicated network server - let alone a dedicated FileMaker database server - but a makeshift server running Windows 2000 Pro has been doing very well for them (they only have 3 computers on the network). I tested the eval version of the server on the W2000Pro machine this weekend, and performance was fantastic. However, I tried to run a copy of the FileMaker Pro 5 software on the W200Pro system running the server software, and it was unbearably slow. I know it isn't something that you should normally do, but is there a reason that it was so slow on the same machin…
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OK, I can't avoid it. I have a client who wants a web site built with FileMaker Pro and Lasso. They are putchasing FMP Server 5, FMP Unlimited 5 and Lasso 3.5. No problem, I can do this, says I. EXCEPT, I'm an avowed Macintosh guru, not a Windows guru. I tend to have an alergic reaction to Windows, and have stayed away from it whenever possible. I have developed solutions for Windows, but it's always been the client side that I had to worry about, so Windows 9x, FMP for Windows, and Virtual PC on my Mac has always been enough. What do I need to know to set this up. What dangers do I need to look out for. I'm flying up to Sacramento in about a month to set this up…
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Try to find this out in the FM support section, using the search engine..!
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quote: Originally posted by nightdesigns: I am running FM Server 5 on a win 2k machine. I have a sygate gateway set up. Here is my problem. I can only access FM server from outside the gateway (world). Anything behind it doesn't come up (private). I tried specifiying the server but still nothing. Both sygate and FM server are running on the same computer. While I am not familliar with Sygate, it has been my experience that running multiple server-type software on the same machine is usually the cause of any conflicts. Start by putting Sygate (or FMServer) on a seperate machine and see if the problem goes away. If it does, problem solved. If it does no…
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I am new to the filemaker server thing......I have currently running a c drive with 500mb where server lives and a strip set with parity where all the filemaker files live.....I dont know how to set filemaker server up becuase it says to put server in with the files....meaning the filemaker folder with the files......It also says now filesharing but how does one get to the files that filemaker is hosting.......I am sorry if this is easy but I havent a clue.....could someone please help...... thanks Mike
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I've loaded Filemaker Server 5 and have configured it to host a series of files. Clients are accessing these files successfully. I now want to schedule backups, etc, but when I go to initiate the Filemaker Server Console nothing appears. I can see the Filemaker Server Properties icon but nothing at all in the right pane. I have IE3 on my NT machine and Server Pack 3. Could these be the stumbling blocks?
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