FileMaker Server 17

Hello friends, During July and this morning, our Filemaker server crashed (v17.0.5.500). Although it looks like the client can still connect to the server, it is slow or unresponsive. I tried restarting FileMaker Services in Windows Service but it didn't work. Then I restart the entire main FileMaker server, this error is resolved, the user can use as usual. After checking Eventlogs -> Application log we noticed that there are 2 errors (Level: Error, 😞 - Web Publishing Engine (WPE): fmscwpc.exe - Database Server: fmserver.exe I believe both WPE and Database Server applications crashed causing all FileMaker services to fail. …

Night, I am trying to configure a database to auto-open but running into some issues. I created an account with view-only access, but then I try configuring the autologin it's telling me the server does not allow auto login for hosted databases. But i cant find the option on the server to allow autologin I am using FM server 17. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Rudy

Good night my apologies if I am posting in the wrong group. Running FM Server 17, Windows Server 2012 Domain, not connected to the cloud. Can someone guide me on how to configure LDAP so the users can authenticate using their Windows login? All I see is Azure, the environment is Microsoft Server 2012. Thanks for any help.

Good day guys, one of my clients is running server 17 all have been working fine for several years, suddenly yesterday the database stopped opening. When I try opening it it shows a red dot if i refresh the page it shows closed. I tried looking at the logs but dont see any errors. Are there any logs I can check why it’s not opening. thanks

Hi, the "Send Mail" script step stopped working — out of the blue. • The script runs fine on any client FM15 - FM18 • Getting a "LastError" directly after the "Send Mail" script step returns "False" • Everything else in the script runs just fine • There has been no changes on the smtp server See also smtp settings screen shot. Anyone any ideas? Thanks a lot, Gary

Hi everybody, I have a problem with the FMSE 17 and Window Server 16, it stops working unexpectedly sometimes. My customer said: The problem appears when users access module A while another user runs the function to update the records on module B. (module A and B using the same source table). However, I can't reproduce this problem base on the above steps. Does any know what the problem is, please help me? Thanks

Sorry for the multiple posts, finally found where to indicate correct version forum. Need to move Database from FileMaker Server 17 to a stand alone computer and keep all the external container links. I can easily copy the database to my computer. I can copy the external container pdf files (300,000 of them) to the same stand alone computer, but that breaks all the files. Now says missing<filename> in my field. I have gone to the manage database and edited the path to point to the location where I copied the external files to and not working. Same thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. - Mark

Hi Group is it possible to have a memo field on a form or in a portal so that when you click on it the memo field pops up in a window as a bigger field so it can be edited and read easier?

We have a Filemaker 17 Server set up and running on a mac mini (sorry, I can't get on right now to find out which OS it is running). We have set up everything so Web Direct can be used to access a web page for making appointments and filling out forms. We have several different versions running on several different servers (eye doctor's offices) but this one won't work. We have ... Set up web direct on the server, installed the certificate, gotten an external ip address, forwarded the ports, turned off all firewalls and it still doesn't seem to work. I have used fmsadmin to see if web direct is running. When I try to start it, fmsadmin says it's running…

I have been having some installation difficulty with getting my FMS 17 onto our Windows 2012 R2 box. When it installs, it gives me the well known dialog about ports 80 & 443 being required. It says port 80 is in use. When I called Filemaker Developer, my friend in Usa, they walked me through a netstat -ab | more command. Ran Windows PowerShell as an administrator typed: net stop http /y hit enter wait for all services to finish/close down Tried installing again. and it was successful. I suggest through this Forum to please the Installation ports be manual if possible. because previously i have…

Hi I'm new to develop API's on FM server I have a local server attached to public ip - Use it as a test environment when I try to execute this URL on a browser {MyiP}/fmi/data/v1/databases/{Database}/sessions it says You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected. How I can solve this issue ? Note: I'm trying to give those API to a thirdparty developer to test it from their side, I just want he to create and get records from the dummy data that i kept for him Thank you

I have FMS17 running a system shell script that does the following: Tar the latest backup folder and leave it into a specific 'tar' folder Mount an external volume share rsync external share and tar folder The script was running twice a day without any problem until last week when I upgraded the server OS from High Sierra to Catalina. FMS event log just shows the following: Schedule "schedule-name" aborted; aborted by user. Possibly it's a problem with permissions but how to fix it?

I'm having huge difficulty getting FileMaker Server 17 to work. The server operating system is Windows Server 2016. The client PC is Windows 10. The software installs OK but when I use FM Pro 17 client to connect remotely, I can't connect. I see the server under "Local Hosts" but when I click on the host name, after a minute or so I just get the message "connection failed". A ping to the host local IP address is successful so there is definitely a local area network connection. There is a Sophos hardware Firewall in place and I thought this was the culprit. But when I disconnect it, it made no difference. Ports required to be open for LAN connectivity fr…

Maybe it's just our enterprise's network but our FM clients never seem to reconnect on a loss of network (wifi, wired, VPN, anything). We always get the endless "Reconnecting..." dialog on the fat client even on the shortest of disconnects and phantom disconnects where the network link is never truly lost. Go clients seem happy as a clam to reconnect in almost any scenario though. Anyone have a suggestion on what to look at to try and improve this? Thanks -David

Hello all, gurus! We have trouble getting filemaker server 17's SERVICE (read WINDOWS SERVICE) starting as a regular domain user. In other words, if we install FMS17 with the default option of LOCAL SYSTEM USER, then the windows's FMS service starts with that LOCAL SYSTEM user. If we try to install FMS17 with the option of a regular DOMAIN USER, the windows's FMS service wont start at all. We are on Windows 2012 R2 server (all minimum requirments are met). Windows 2012 R2 is a domain member (not a domain controller, simply a domain member). Installing FMS17 was started with Administrator privileges. What we are trying to do is to simply ins…

Browsing through my event logs, I am finding weird scripting errors, like: ... Information 645 ...local Schedule "Import Main (every minute 8-20)" scripting error (401) at "Import : Import Main : 36 : Perform Find". How can a simple «Perform Find» script step (which works just fine in the server scheduled script, btw.) generate a scripting error? Occasions where the FoundSet = 0 should be considered «normal». I also have found other errors, that shouldn't be errors, like «Go to Record/Request/Page [ Next ; Exit after last ]», when there is no next Record. What is the best way to prevent this? It’s clogging the log files. Thanks a lot for any insight!…

I have an export script and it tries to save to server i need it to save to the local desktop cannot get scrip to work... I know Im doing wrong... need help thanks in advance.

Today I updated FM Server from 17.02 to 17.05. After this update WebDirect refuses to start. When I click on the slider, it says "Enabled", but when I go back again it's Disabled. I have looked for Java updates, but I already have the latest update applied. I'm on macOS 10.13.6 with all security patches applied. I haven't installed SSL yet, but it worked before this update so.... Where should I look more? Please help! 😩

Hello Everyone, We are planning to use FileMaker server 17 on AWS. And for client, thinking of using AppStream 2.0. I would like to know if there is any sort of issues using Appstream 2.0, means, performance issue or any limited functionality. Also would like to take your suggestions, instead of using Appstream 2.0, is there any other solution or way to connect filemaker apps hosted on AWS.. without installing filemaker client on user. machine. Thanks in advance.

using the MacInstaller.pkg on a brand new Server running MacOS Mojave version 10.14.4 The installer reports that it FAILED. Any suggestions?

I am working with a table of 1.5 million records. I am using relationships to isolate records from that table based on multikey fields that contain a list of the IDs that I want to access matched up with the primary key field of that table. There are multiple relationships to access and group the records needed based on a multitude of criteria but in short the problem is this. Those relationships were working until last night when I was working on the system and after a few changes all the relationships to that table based on the primary key field stopped showing any results. Even with the most basic relationship, Multikey field with a list of IDs linked to the primary ke…

When I take a backup file from the server where all the databases are encrypted (EAR) the encryption password does not work. The password is the right one because it opens the server databases. I copied the file to my own computer and try to open it with filemaker 17 and the password doen not work. Also tried to open the file on our test filemaker server 17 and also the password does not work. Can anyone explain why this does not work?

in Apple Filemaker how to fill a field with background colour (or white) so that it remains so in preview or final printable version of the document. In layout, I select the field, choose "fill" in inspector, choose a colour (or white), it shows in browse mode but not in preview or final printable version of the document... How come..?

How do I upgrade from FM 14 so that I can access my FM database from both my MacBook Pro running Mojave 10.14 and my iPhone? Currently I am single-user and my ambition to bump to 2 or 3 users is very low. For several months I have only been able to access the DB with my iPhone so programming is impossible. I was using a hosting service from 2015 until this problem but their solutions to this problem all seem to be poor choices since their serving is done via FM 16 (or maybe even older). I am willing to spend $540 to buy FM 17 but can I find a good hosting choice? Why is this update so difficult? (and expensive?). The FM mission seems terribly distorted now.

Hi...so I have FMS17 up and running on a new mac mini. So far so good!! I am having a tiny issue changing the back up folder location. Current Default Path: filemac:/Macintosh HD/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Backups/ So....I am trying to make the path a folder in Drop Box. Now, if I use terminal to get an exact location of an item inside my drop box location, I get this: ool-6038c0a5:~ fm_serveer$ /Users/fm_serveer/Dropbox/\ FILEMAKER\ BACKUPS Getting info on the folder Produces this result: Macintosh HD⁩ ▸ ⁨Users⁩ ▸ ⁨fm_serveer⁩ ▸ ⁨Dropbox⁩ I have tried lots of combinations with no success. Any help would be super appreciate…

Good afternoon, I have a client who has an issue with one of their solutions. Within the File Sharing settings, the Peer-to-Peer sharing is On and the option to display on Host is disabled. I am certain that the P2P sharing needs to be off and that I DO want to have it 'visible' from the Host, so I will DISABLE this 'hide' setting. The problem is that when I change these settings, and close the file, that the settings go back to what they were when I re-open. FMP users also get the Network Sharing error message when they first open the solution. I have taken it off the FMS when changing these settings, tried a Recover, tried all sorts of things. Has anyb…

I understand only 80 and 443 can now be used for the server installation. Is this confirmed? If that is the case that is very unfortunate as I have web server on the same network (but different machine)

when doing the update to a new version of sulution on ipad, it gets to filemaker go and then stops. it displays “mirrorsync updater” and my solution. it works on one ipad but not another. does anyone else have same problem

Hey.... Currently running FMS15 on a dell optiplex from 2015. No real issues to speak of. I want to upgrade to FMS17. Was thinking of switching to a Mac Server, wanted to know your thoughts. I do hit my server now from the outside and plan to use more heavily with images, uploading to my server into image containers, etc. Why switch...for one, my shop is primarily graphics and Mac based and we are just better all around with Macs. I realize there are probably better hardware configurations getting a new PC. Thanks! Mike

FMS17: In my Import.fmp12 database, I have specified an external FileMaker database file:Main.fmp12 and added a couple of table occurrences to this file (with the same names as in Main.fmp12) and added the corresponding layouts. When I open Import.fmp12 from a client, I can see and work with all records of the Main.fmp12 file, just fine. From the client, I can also run any script just fine. However, when I run the same script as a scheduled script from the server (only with server compatible script steps, of course) the script runs, but I can’t see any record ! Here are some script steps that I use: Go to Layout [ “Kontakt” (Kontakt) ] S…

Hi All, Scenario: We have 7 Severs - 3 DB ( xyz1.abc.com (Database Server), xyz2.abc.com (Database Server) & xyz3.abc.com (Web Server (Child of xyz2.abc.com) ) and 3 Citrix Servers where FileMaker client is installed (xyz4.abc.com, xyz4.abc.com & xyz4.abc.com ). Current relationships are as below: xyz1>>xyz4, xyz5, xyz6 xyz2>>xyz4, xyz5, xyz6 xyz3>>xyz4, xyz5, xyz6 xyz1<<>>xyz2 xyz2>>xyz3 Could you please help us to know how many SSL Certs we need to purchase in case SAN type? If we need to purchase SSL certificates from other vendors which a…

xpost: I have installed a copy of my website on my local server with installed FMS 17. Direct contact with the (local copy of the) database works fine through File–>Hosts–>localhost, and I can access the Admin Console via localhost:16001. When I try to connect via a php script, I get an Error 22 message: Communication Error: (22) The requested URL returned error: 503 Service Unavailable - This can be due to an invalid username or password, or if the FMPHP privilege is not enabled for that user. I can run other scripts which do not access the database successfully. I made this installation so that I had a testbed for my operational webs…

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I'm working on a set of FM solutions that all share data links between one another. Currently, I'm working on local versions of the files but eventually the solutions will be uploaded to FM Server. Is there anyway that I can upload all of these solutions at once without breaking their links to one another? Or is it best I just build those links after the solutions are uploaded to FM Server? Thanks!!!

Hi, we're using Rest API and we are not using FileMaker web hosting. Therefore, a landing page like «FileMaker Database Server Website» doesn’t make sense for us (looks a little bit like the Boston T in blue). Better would be to redirect a user to the company website, which resides on another server and has another subdomain. I’m not sure where we could change that, but it may be something like: Redirect all requests for FileMaker’s landing page, which are not for port 443 OR does NOT contain the string "/fmi/data/v1/databases/DATABASE/sessions" to "www.anotherwebsite.com:80". Other services, like ssh, vnc, should not be affected. Where and how wo…