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Hello.... When I boot up FMP the user interface font or language is not legable to me. How can I fix this issue? Reesche PS.... How can I upload a jpeg to this thread?

I have some simple databases that I like to give to a friend who does not have FMP. Can somebody advise me if there is a DB application that allows one to export date to or import data from FMP? Or even better do a save as? It is important that the new DB can be edited so that my friend can add stuff or delete. Also, if it is easy to create the DB and maintain it would be great - programmer skills are very limited. BTW. It needs to be able to run on a Mac and be a standalone application. Preferably Plug and play and easy to use. Looking forward to your suggestions ...

I notice FileMaker 18 technical requirements (https://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-pro-advanced/18-technical-specifications.html) requires a minimum 10 year Windows PC (Windows 7 SP1 Professional Edition) but with only minimum 1.5 year old Mac operating system (macOS Sierra 10.13). Even the RAM requirements are double for the Mac. This is making it very difficult and wasteful to support Mac installations as perfectly useful Mac computers are incompatible at all or with major OSX upgrades which are not always simply installed. What is happening here with FileMaker or Claris because this is not a equal playing field.

LS, We are using the MediaManager plugin for manipulating images and store them in a shared folder. This folder is then accessed even thorough the web. The problem I encounter is the following : Some clients work with Terminal Server. The image is manipulated and then exported to a folder ( on a shared folder on MacOSX ). The folder has the correct rights settings, but the file just gets administrator rights, nothing else. FMClients kan view the files ( photo's ) on both platforms, but websites can't download of display the file in a browser. Any thoughts ? Thanks in advance !

I don’t remember seeing any posts about problems associated with using El Capitan and FileMaker Pro 11 or for that matter 12.0v5, & 13.0v5 I have several files written in FileMaker Pro 11, and I would like to continue to use them in 11 and eliminate the time-consuming conversion to FileMaker Pro 14. With all of the problems surrounding FileMaker Pro 14 and (Servers) I'm reluctant to upgrade to El Capitan in fear that El Capitan will end up corrupting my older files. Has anybody experienced any problems using El Capitan with FileMaker Pro 11? I would appreciate hearing about your experiences.. TIA, Lee

Does anyone know whether it is possible to print directly from Filemaker to a Dymo Labelmanger Wireless PnP (I'm not talking about the widely known LabelWriter, but the ribbon-type printer from Dymo). USB or Wifi doesn't matter that much to me. Problem though is that I can currently use it only with Dymo’s own Labeling Software, but would like to print using FMP.

In every other Mac program that I am familiar with, if one command clicks on the window title you get a hierarchical view of where that particular document lives on your computer. This does not seem to be the case in FMP12 or FMPro 14. Am I doing something wrong, or is this capability not supported in FM? Thank you!

i've recently installed another 4G of ram in my macpro (now totalling 9g) and FM10 now takes forever too start up. by forever i mean probably close to a minute. is that normal or should i look elsewhere what that is happening? thanks, stefan

After being able to avoid this for as long as I could, I need to run some tests of solutions I've developed on Windows. I'm a Mac guy. I'm looking at VM Fusion as the emulator but I'm extremely confused on what version of Windows I should purchase. I've seen both 32 and 64 bit versions, OEM versions, etc. This will be with FM 13 client, possibly server too down the road. Has anyone been through this recently who can offer some suggestions or guidance? Thanks in advance.

We have several iMacs running snow leapord. Each has 8gb ram. FMServer 11 is running on a windows server 2008 r2. The iMac users are using FMPro ver. 11. Each time they print, filemaker crashes when finished. If they try to print to the network printer or print to a pdf, it crashes. Any suggestions?

Using FM 11.0v2 with the latest OSX. I can print labels with Dymo's software but I only get blanks when printing with FM. Any ideas?

I am going with a mac mini, maxed at 16gb, and with four cores, either the current or the new ones, which I expect to have pci ssds (which is no big deal if you'll be running your db from ram anyway), for a 50 strong company with 1-6 concurrent connections, for the time being. I ‘ll have for starters about 2-3 go clients, 5 desktop clients, and the rest will be webdirect. On average I would expect 3 people to be inputting at any time and about another 3 browsing the db. Are there any red flags that I should be aware of?

Not sure if this belongs here, but no other forum seems to fit either. We have a file that is really very simple (three tables, one relationship). One of three persons can work on this file. We have agreed that whenever one of us makes any changes to the file, they will immediately email the modified copy to the other two persons. I know there are better solutions to this, but we don't want to get into that just now. Here's the problem: Whenever one of us sends the file to the other two it comes through as document in unknown format in binary, even though the file has an .fmp extension. When downloaded, the file appears on the receiving computers with no icon. Dou…

Attached is a screen shot of my attempt to save a file to a folder.  Sometimes, FM identifies that I'm working in a folder on my desktop (eventually) and, when this box opens, it lists that folder down below so I can just select it.  But sometimes no matter what I do, I cannot get it to save the file where I want it.  I end up having to save it to my desktop and then moving it.  Situation:  I have a folder on my desktop with an FM file in it.  I double-click to open the FM file and then select Save As.  But it will not show that folder for me to specify saving a copy into the same folder on my desktop.  If I select Desktop, it wants to save it there.  …

This is not specifically a FileMaker question but it is appear in my Log List as a warning against FM so I wanted to check: MBP 15" OSX Maverick 10.9.2 FMPA 13.0v1 It shows two lines: 2/04/2014 8:34:26.120 am FileMaker Pro[18153]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead. 2/04/2014 8:34:26.121 am FileMaker Pro[18153]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead. Are these something I need to worry about? I am onl…

Hello Im using a trial filemaker 11 on my new mac and needed to open an old filemaker executable database that was made in windows 7 some years ago. I just needed to know if it`s possible to open or importing or exporting something to make it work, just to check some data .... I couldn't open it, maybe its something about the os x that I need to have a exe opener¨ on my mac I really lack knowledge on most these matters. Could someone help me? Thanks very much Guido

I'm wondering if anyone has had any issues or experience creating an install package using the script provided by FMI. I've followed the instructions on the Network Install Guide and have not found any success. All I get is a 4KB ARD.pkg file which does nothing. I have the FM12.mpkg, AssitedInstall.txt, and Registration.app in a FMP12 folder When I use the script this is what I get ls: *.pkg: No such file or directory ~/desktop/FM12Remote cp: FMP12/ is a directory (not copied). pkgbuild: Inferring bundle components from contents of FMP12/AppleRemoteDesktopPackage pkgbuild: Adding top-level postinstall script pkgbuild: Wrote package to FMP12/ ARD.pkg H…

Hello, I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to Mountain Lion. I am using fmpa10. When I tried to open a database file I received an error message saying: "BioASys.fp7" could not be opened. (Permission Denied) I tried opening other files in fmpa10 and got the same error. I also have fmpa11 on my system and the files opened ok in fmpa11. Does anybody know how to set the correct permission so that I can open my file. Thanks, George

I would like to add a 50 inch monitor in my cabinetshop that can be viewed from 30 feet. Need to have a way to click in & out of fields from that distance as well as the ability to discern mouse location. Are there any devices that might produce a cursor on the screen that is maybe the size of a golf ball or tennis ball so the we can see the cursor?

I hope Ive posted this in the correct topic. Im in the UK and would like to add a usb modem to my iMac so when a phone call comes in the modem see's the call ID and looks it up to display the customers details if they are already in my database. Is the possible first and how would one go about creating this link between the modem and FM. Thanks in anticipation.

I didn't see a Forum called "Dumb Questions", so since Mange Databases is related to Relationships I thought I would ask here. I can't figure out why my new installation of FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced will not recognize the Shift-CMD-D keystroke to manage databases. It does nothing. I have gone into the OSX keyboard preference panel and went through all of the sections for keyboard shortcuts, including all the services, and I don't see this duplicated in any active config, yet it still does nothing when pressed in FileMaker regardless of mode I am in. Anyone else see this and have a solution? Since you use this frequently it would be nice to have it working. …

How can I have Filemaker encode magnetic strip cards? I need to be able to 'program' a card which is then read for authentication. Hardware would be a basic USB Magnetic Stripe Reader/Writer.

Our employees carry around HID branded proximity cards for physical access to the building, and I'd like to allow employees to login to my FileMaker solution with these cards instead of typing in their username and password all the time. This would speed things up and encourage people to carry their cards with them. I've been told that the OMNIKEY 5325 CL is the device best suited for this, and they advertise Mac OS X compatibility, but I wanted to hear from fellow FileMaker users if this is a feasible idea or not. I'm envisioning something akin to how a magnetic card (like a credit card or driver's license) is read in by a card swiper via keyboard wedge simulatio…

Why does FM Pro Adv. when hosting change IP address? I use a 2nd computer on our network running FM 10 to connect to the 1st computer running FM 9 Adv. From time-to- time, the IP address for sharing on the host computer will change and I'll have to add a new IP address under Remote Access. Why is that and can I prevent the IP address from changing?

Has anyone integrated bluetooth barcode scanning with Filemaker and Filemaker go iPad? I need to be able to scan VIN's and other simple barcodes and have it fill in a field and remove the focus from the field (like hitting tab or touching the next field). I presume this is common functionality. Any recommendations on a brand of scanner? I need it to connect quickly without a lot of waiting (after the initial pairing). Thanks.

I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place for this thread; I couldn't find one that looked more appropriate. Does anyone have experience running a FMP db on a MacBook Air? Is the air up to the task? We are developing a Contact/Documents database of moderate size (we are a small non-profit), and looking into purchasing a MacBook Air. Has anyone used FMP with an Air, and if so, have you had any problems? I'd appreciate any thoughts or experiences.

We are having an issue with FM 6 and Office for MAC. Details: OSX 10.6.6 FM6.0 v1 When we are running FM alone everything is fine. As soon as we open MS office, either Word or Excel, Filemaker starts running really slow in accessing the database and become unusable. Any thoughts?? Thanks mhburris BTW we are using Office 11 for Mac

I am working on a solution with a very large relationship graph. The last 1/8 of the graph only shows the TOG connectors and none of it is editable. I have tried two things. 1. increased memory up to 256 - but no changes 2. accessed file remotely in 2 different ways. a/ VNC direct to client server (Mac Mini - 2G ram - fm Memory set to 256) b/ on macbook pro (4gig ram - FM memory set to 256k), via filemaker network In both cases, exact same result. At the breaking point, just one scroll arrow click downward and TOG's lose text and editablity. (see attachment) I also have gone through the entire graph and minimize all TOG's which should have freed …

I've got a user who gets a "permission denied" message when trying to open a DB, the error refers to a related DB of the one being opened. I can access his account from my Mac, and from a fresh user account on his Mac, suggesting there is something amiss in his home folder. So I tried deleting any permissions and cache files I could find relating to FMP. I also tried deleting his login keychain. I've run out of ideas, does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

When I try to modify a layout with FMPA 11.0v2 on my iMac (3.06Ghz, Intel Core Duo,4GB memory 1067MHz Ram, OSX 10.6.4) scrolling and mouse movements result in a fractured display as though an error occurs in the refresh rate. (See attached files.) In addition, if I make any changes to the solution on a Macbook using FMPA 10 and OSX v 10.4.11 then use the solution on the iMac, the text colour changes from black (0,0,0) to dark gray (51,51,0) making it less legible when shared on the Macbook. I have had to return the text colour to black now at least 5 times. My solution is installed in a department that currently uses FMP 9 and I have not been confident to upgrade their …

Hi all, we're about to migrate from a FM Server 9 running on a Mac G4 with a SCSI setup, to FileMaker Server 11 on a new machine. We're thinking of the latest Mac mini or the new low-end iMac - external FW hard drive for backup or a Drobo. Any thoughts on which machine would be the best suitable for our needs?! 3 databases with a total of 10-15 people. Thanks in advance Anders

In a small network with a new 22.5" iMac w/4GB serving FM 9 to 2 older iMacs w/2GB running 8.5 for a file about 50MB with 13 tables and the main "data" table having 64 fields and 79K records to date. All the scripts and relationships seem to be running fine but there seems to be an unusual data corruption issue -- sometimes a portion of the 79K records disappear while not crashing the computer or the file -- the file has been "recovered" using FM 11, compacted, copied to another disk and back and the processed repeated, Disk Utilities/Permission run, etc.; early on, about two weeks ago there was a repair via "recover" that was assumed to address the oddity, but the i…

I guess that's the right subject description. I'm going to be needing to buy a Mac Pro to run a specific solution. There won't be that many users hitting on it, but the table sizes are in the millions of records. Most of the tables/fields are fully indexed. So, the question is, how much is too much? Is there such a thing as too much RAM? Do I need the fastest processor speed? Or is hard drive access speed more important? Right now the solution is about 20 GB. It shouldn't grow to more than 40 GB. Thanks Christopher

Any recommendations on running Filemaker Server Pro on a Mac Mini running Snow Leopard?

Hi there, I have an interesting problem with a container field which is a calculation (result is container) and it references a text field, which then has a file path entered. I am connected to the file server via NFS (this cannot be changed). The permissions on the remote directory are read and write. The text field = imagemac:/directoryName/fileName However all I see in the container field is "The file cannot be found: Test.jpg" The way the remote directories have been mounted, using NFS, does not seem to put a volume name under directory /Volumes. So it appears as if the directory is on the local machine. I've come across a similar post …

Hello All. I have a strange problem. First of all, I am working on a Mac and believe that the problem might have come from switching between "Spaces," which I have always had enabled. Here's the problem: I was editing a very long calculation in FMP, that had not been saved. I switched to another application in another "space" for a bit, came back to FMP and could not locate the "Specify Calculation" window anymore. I could see the DB in the background locked under the"Manage Database" window. I cannot click on or select anything. Since I did not close the "Specify Calculation" window, FMP has become inactive. One solution is to click ESC and disc…

what is the hold shift to open a file equivalent in mac? i'd like to open it with user/password option

how to find out number of shown images in osirix using applescript. when we open any folder in osirix ,it shows no. of images counting on header portion.but now my question is---- i want to store this counting in applescript variable so that further transfer this counting into filemaker any field.

I'm sure this is incredibly self-evident and I apologize in advance. I'm about to add a second Mac to my home office and I want to use both machines to share the seven tables comprising my dBase. I'm running FM10.3 on Mac 10.5.7 and have a copy of FM11. I'm not sure I want to upgrade; I'm not convinced I'm missing ANYTHING in FM that I need. Regardless, I remain confused about: 1) do I need two copies of FM? 2) if so, do they have to be the same version - i.e., could I run 11 on the new [faster] machine and 10.3 on the old? I want the old machine to have read/write capabilities. I can't find anything on FM's site and everything I've seen so far …

Hey, Does anyone know how to change the commit key from [enter] to [return]? I'm on a new MacBookPro (which has no dedicated enter key) and I really don't use line breaks that often. It would be wonderful if I didn't have to hold [fn] every time I want to commit data. Thoughts? Alex

Mac, System 10.5.8 Does anyone else experience this new problem in FM 11? The mouse scroll wheel is unresponsive in every kind of list. It will scroll two or three times normally, then cease to respond at all or only extremely hesitantly and unevenly - making it more or less unusable. This is a huge annoyance to me.

Hi all, I have a Mac Mini running a copy of Filemaker Pro Advanced 9.0.3, sharing my database through filemaker networking to several other OSX laptops on a local network. All of them connect fine with the exception of one. As far as I can tell, it's identical to at least one other machine on the network, but obviously there's some setting misconfiguration somewhere which is stopping it. Symptoms: Client laptop (non-connecting) can ping and access/read/write files on the host mac mini, no problems. I have tried changing the client laptop's login credentials, and also played around a bit with the keychain settings (though it doesn't look like FM does mu…

We have a network of 6 FMP9 users, one on a Mac mini sharing files. A Powerbook had a drive fail and it was replaced with a new iMac running Snow Leopard. Installing FMP 9v3 and it hung during activation (verified we were providing the right serial number by first checking everyone else prior to assigning the correct one). Force quit and tried again and it claimed to successfully activate this time and all seemed good, but it will not show any of the files being shared by the mini. I am thinking that the activation didn't work well. Do I need to contact FMP or can I try anything to rectify this situation?

Our company (in the IT department) has been testing FileMaker Pro 10 and FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced running on Max OS X 10.6 for several months with great success. We just upgraded the rest of the office users to 10.6 and are now experiencing a problem we've not encountered before. Whenever any setting is changed in the "Preference" dialog, FileMaker Pro immediately crashes, and cannot be reopened unless we delete the FileMaker Preferences folder/file from the OS X Library Folder. The primary difference in the install from our test scenario to the production environment is the type of user account. In the IT office, we are primarily laptop users with local accounts…

How do I go about importing my MS Access database / files to FileMaker Pro on a Mac OSX platform? Can anyone direct in the right direction, which hopefully isn't too painful or expensive.

I upgraded to Snow Leopard, ran into tons of problems, and decided to revert back. I made a disc image of my hard drive, then wiped it and reinstalled Leopard. Now I can't find my FileMaker 9 Advanced serial number, so I'm wondering what I need to pull over from the image to get it working again? I copied over everything I found in the user/preferences folder, but I must have missed something...FileMaker keeps saying file it needs to run are missing or damaged. Can someone point me in the right direction here?

I have activated IWP on 1 of my databases but it cannot be accessed. I am hosting on a new iMac. I am using the address provided by FMP but no one else can access it. This is the address it says I should use. http://10.0.1.6:591 I have All Users selected. I am at a loss. Fitz

We have 2 separate/isolated networks running the same files (different data) and we are experiencing reproducible connection loss on both networks when exiting a field on the guest computer (FM6, Mac OS 10.4.11) with a file hosted by FM6 on Mac OS 10.5.6 on the main computer. Each network consists of one host and one guest only. There are a number of fields on the layout but the largest field containing the bulk of the data (the body of a letter) is related to the crashing of FM6 on the guest if the user accidentally moves out of or away from the field by tabbing/clicking or even moves to scroll the window or click into another field or button. This results in the record…

Hi everyone, I was hoping someone could help me with this problem. I have 2 imacs (new this year) running leopard sharing a database peer to peer. If I just use a d-link switch with no connection to the internet, and I click open remote... I see the other computer hosting the file and I am able to share it. However, if a use a d-link router connected to the internet I can see the other computer under hosts, but there is no available file. I called filemaker tech support and there is no serial number conflict. They said something about a possible loop occurring in the networking so that the client thinks there is a serial number conflict?: But, it does not b…

This doesn't look like the most active forum, but hopefully someone will share their experience. I run an FM 10v3 database on a 2.4GHz dual core late 2008 MacBook. It runs a fairly complex looping script nightly for data acquisition involving screen scraping from an HTML source. The entire script usually takes 4.5 hours to run. After upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard, acquisition time has dropped to 3 hours. I know that Snow Leopard optimizes use of the dual core, but I fear this speed increase is too good to be true. I am worried that weeks from now I will find that I am missing data. Has anyone out there had a similar experience or care to comment? Than…

I have 5.5 on both our computers now, but one of them is facing retirement. If I upgrade to 10 on the one where the db resides, is it possible to network them? Or do I need to get another .fp7 version?

Hello, I'm trying to troubleshoot an FM database on a bot that imports FM data from a Filemaker Server to various mySQL tables. The issue is the FM bot loses communication with the host occasionally and I'm not sure why> It's not being disconnected from the host either. I was going through the console log and found a couple of items, with the first being an error related to directory services: 2009-04-15 19:58:23 PDT - T[0xB0081000] - Network transition occurred. 2009-04-15 19:59:15 PDT - T[0xB0081000] - Network transition occurred. 2009-04-15 19:59:17 PDT - T[0xB0081000] - Network transition occurred. 2009-04-15 19:59:17 PDT - T[0xB0081000] - Network…

Hi, I am baffled by this... I have two macs one MBP ( 3 years old ) Core2duo 2.33Ghz 2GB Ram and a MacPro Quad Core 2.8GHz 8 GB Ram. But for some reason the MBP beats the Xeon every time... Same OS, same FMversion.... Any ideas ?

FM 6 client software on an eMac running 10.4.11 as a server TCP/IP enabled. Each Mac set with a static IP can see eMac with a static IP through GO > Connect to Server; each Mac can ping eMac. No Mac can the the FileMaker files (open) via Remote, either Local or with IP address specified. Ideas?

i am new to networking. i have a full copy of 8.5 advanced and a full copy of 10 advanced. i was wondering if i can put my solution on one machine with, say v8.5, and access it from the other machine which has v10 (or vice versa) to test networking.

I have FM 9 Advanced, 1 copy. I have two users, 2nd user is currently using only IWP (because that's what I know how to do). Problem: user #2 needs to print and printing from the browser is insufficient. I do not need the data on a server; indeed, it's preferable at this time to keep the file stored on user #1's (my) computer. Question: what is the cheapest way to get user #2 to be able to print straight from FM? Both computers are Mac OS X, one Tiger one Leopard.

Hi, For once, the Windows guys win. They can use their arrow keys to tab between the buttons on dialogue boxes. Is there any way to do this in OSX in Filemaker. (e.g. Apple+D for "Dont Save" etc...) Any Ideas?

It seems that whenever I create an e-mail using Send Mail[] something happens to the message in Mail.app that prevents me from tabbing from the subject to the body. It's pretty minor, but I'm still wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

Hi, Remote: Mac OSX 10.4 client VPN on DSL. FMPro 8.5 Office: Netopia 4622 on T1 FMPro Advanced 8.5 I'm in the early stages of testing mobile VPN connections to FMPro Server hosted at the office. My solution uses the spearation model with all graphics and layouts stored locally on the client. I am seeing very slow performace. For example, a simple 'sort by last name' on 1000 records takes about 500 seconds, ie. only 2 records are sorted each second. I had expected to see faster performance. Am I being unrealistic or is there a technical reason for the slow speeds? Do things speed up on the client with higher cache settings? Is there any pe…

Hello, I'm having an issue with some users trying to access a file and the machine will hang. I can create a new account on the same machine and the file will open under the new account. Go to another users mac and the file opens. There are two files this is an issue with. The machines have had permissions fixed and disk warrior run on them, but that doesn't seem to help. The issue isn't limited to 10.4/10.5 or PPC/Intel. The issue has happened on any combination of machine type/OS. Has anyone else run across this issue, and and if so, were you able to resolve it? Thanks, John

I have a host programme (several databases) being accessed remotely at home. Both ends use ADSL 2+ and connected through routers but even so, it is incredibly slow to view at home and often drops out for no apparent reason (usually when not being used continually). Is there anything I can do other than reduce the file sizes (two of the databases are around 50-80Mb)? They are all relationally linked in multiple ways. Thanks Martins

Hi we are looking to update our ageing server (G4 Xserve) to a new one. I was hoping might get some recommendations for hardware. Proposed useage; 1) Backup asides, looking to run a two disk server with apps and system on one and data on other. 2) data disk will have a lot of office type software plus largish CAD file. We also use filemaker for numerous uses and may have 6 or 10 hosted at any time but none of them are what you might call massive on an enterprise scale but heavily utilise calculations and scripts and can reference large numbers of photos. I guess we can always add another disk later if the databases start to impact on the saving and loading o…

Looking for advice. We are in the final planning stages for launching our FM solution which has both an important IWP component and locally attached FM users. We are running FM Server 8 Advanced and are pleased with the IWP response to most challenges. I have two idle Windows Servers with plenty of memory of which I would dedicate one. I can submit for budget approval for a MAC server running OS X. Does anyone feel there is a benefit to one platform over the other? I am partial to MAC but need the justification for the budget approval.

i found an anoying issue with MacOS X 10.5 and FileMaker Pro 6.0v4: printing for instance an OCR-B invoice directly to the printer doesn't work. i have to do a pdf, then print that pdf. this is quite annoying... i tried with two instances of OCR-B. one of which was bought on the linotype. the other one was the "OCR-B New Abacus" font. Any hint on this one?

Hi everybody I know this has nothing to do with FM but I am a bit stuck and I need some help from the mac users. What I want is that on startup I get a link established to a shared folder on a windows server. I can do this manually but I do not know how to get it to happen automatically on startup. It already does this for another folder on the same machine but I cannot for the life of me work out how you do it. The mac help files are very frustrating!! Thanks in advance peeps Phil

I am in the transition period from PPC to Intel, and installation of Aperture. My main box is an Apple G5 DP running OSX 10.3.9 and I have the upgrade software to go to OS 10.4+ but have not yet installed it. I also have a recent Intel MacBook Pro running 10.4.9. Problem I'm experiencing is not unusual. If I run the current OS I cant run Aperture in the G5. If I upgrade the OS I suspect I will 'leave behind' some of the other software I rely on. My query is about one main piece of software I use - Filemaker Pro 5.5 which runs a database I created handling my analog image collection, client info, deliveries and invoices, accounts etc. It works cleanly and quickly…

I'm not sure where to put this question so I will start here. I have an Intel based IMAC running Tiger OSX. I bought the machine to evaluate some windows based software for my cabinetshop. I am planning to toggle between the two platforms with a software called Parallels. I still need to get windows installed to make this happen. I have been advised to install XP rather than Vista. When I go to Amazon to buy XP I am offered the Professional Version and the Home version. There is no discussion about differences between the two. Can anybody recommend what I should use for software to make this transition easy to understand and maintain? T…

I've built a solution that makes use of the Get( DesktopPath ) function. For all of the machines running the system except one, this works fine. This is happening on Macs across the board. For those machines under which this is working, the function returns something like this: /Aslan/Users/chuck/Desktop/ However, on one machine, and only on this one, it returns something like this: /chuck/Desktop/ Has anyone else experienced this kind of behavior? Can anyone offer an explanation as to its possible origin? One difference that it is not due to is that one runs under an Admin account and the other does not. I tested this under both types of acc…

I'm getting the same wheel when I start my computer then a message and a window that says "Where is Filemaker" I then need to locate FM9 in a list of applications each time I start my computer. I've tried to save the files as mentioned above (as compressed) them open in FM9 but it still does the same routine when I start my computer again. I'm thinking this may be cause because I purchased the FM9 Advances upgrade (coming from full install of FM 8.5 Advanced). This is really frustrating as it seems I need to quit FM 8.5, then find FM9 in the applications list (from the pop up) then I can get into FM9. I was thinking of uninstalling FM9, then trying to re …

I haven't upgraded to 10.4.10 yet. But for those of you who did, this may be welcome; supposed to fix the audio popping. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/297

We are developing a solution to run in a mixed platform environment. The primary development is being done on Windows boxes running FMP 8.5 advanced. Layouts designed on these machines using Helvetica (9pt) plain font look fine on the PC, but are not as clear on the Mac (mostly Mini Macs with non Apple displays). They also look gray rather than the black text color selected. We have tried an Apple display and it looks better, but not as crisp as the PC. Note: the same layout (with same font, etc.)in FMP 6 looks fine on the Mac. Any suggestions?

Hello I just used Migration Assistant to transfer Files and Applications to my new MacBook Pro running OSX 10.4.9 Now I can no longer sync to my Zire 71 running Palm OS 5.2.1 using FM Mobile 7. Log says "Sync Failed: error -1" I had the same problem when I upgraded to Tiger but do not remember how I solved it. Any help would be appreciated.

I would like to activate a script when the bar code scanner's trigger is pulled. Currently I can move from field to field with a trigger pull using tab order, but would like to activate a script on a trigger pull and go from field to field using scripts to check each entry rather than having to press enter to activate a script. Using Symbol LS 2208 bar code scanner. Thanks Steve

Hi folks, first post and I'm hoping in in or near the right forum to post this. I have Filemaker 7 Server running on a Win 2k server. All of my windows and mac computers can see all the files available when using the "open remote" feature, except for one. A powerbook G4 that worked fine until about 3 weeks ago, now can't see any files listed on the server when using the open remote feature. I've tried to match settings, network settings etc. looking at the other couple of macs we have on the network, but I can't see any differences. We've removed preferences and even re-installed FMP on the mac to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for any help! …

Hi I have a file (USENGMED.MPR) that I have not been able to delete. It's related to an old system that I updated. I move it to the trash but when I try to empty I get the msg "The operation cannot be completed because the item USENGMED.MPR is in use". FMP is not running anywhere, and restarting the computer does not resolve the issue. I've checked my startup on login items and nothing seems to be related to it. The file is not locked and I have full permissions for it. I know this kind of smacks of an OS thing, but as it's an FM file... TIA for any help

I was wondering if anyone out there has some experience working with either bootcamp or parallels. I work for a company that is a Windows environment. I am trying to justify the purchasing of 2 mac book (or pros). Any insight or things i should look out for would be appreciated.

I spend the majority of my time using MacOSX, but very occasionally I'm asked to help out on a Windows project. I can usually borrow a windows machine but I was wondering if anyone had any experience of using bootcamp or parallels to run windows on a mac and then using FileMaker?

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this so please tell me if it is not. Anyway, our school district runs a filemaker database for student attendance. All of the schools connect to the district office over high speed (6Mbps) leased lines. A G5 xserve hosts Filemaker 8 Server and all the clients are Filemaker 8. The problem is that 2-8 times per day the clients get disconnected from the Students database. Sometimes they get an error messgae stating they have been disconnected. (connection with server has closed). Other times the database just closes with no warning. (none of the users have an Idle time set). Users at the district office rarely if ever …

I am looking for a recommendation for a new system for our filemaker server. We have about 30 different databases, some small, some big, that all interact with each other. The application is in constant use throughout the day, and it manages our entire calendar system, client requests, and many other things. There are usually about 10 clients logged onto the system. A lot of things we do are rather quick, but anytime I change add a field, or change a table occurance relation, I feel the "hang" of the system working. Also, we have a few scripts that take way too long, and although the are doing some complex calculations with appointment times and other information, …

Does anyone have real-world experience comparing a single vs dual processor chip (either PPC or Intel) for running filemaker server 8? I'm thinking of setting up a cheap server using an Intel Mac Mini, and wondering if the $200 or so price jump for the Duo is going to show much real-world performance gains. Am I better off spending $200 on 2 gigs of ram instead and getting the Core Solo?

We have two Macs sharing peer to peer; whenever the client is closed down the file references are lost resulting in 'file can't be found' when buttons pointing to the host dbase are clicked. Both computers have fixed IP addresses; linked over an ethernet LAN. I have to either find the file myself or redefine the file reference in each script. I hadn't experienced this issue before changing to Dev7, maybe I am misunderstanding something but it drives me nuts.....

I've experienced this problem in FM 7 Advanced and FM 8 Advanced. While creating a solution I'm often going in/out of layout/browse mode and I'm frequently opening the Define Database window. I use keyboard commands to switch views and windows. After a few times of accessing different views or the define DB dialog window FileMaker starts to having issues redrawing any screen. Sometimes the window will stay open but just be blank minimizing then open the window back up fixes it until the next time I change something. Other times it will just disappear in the Window menu it shows that its open but if I select it nothing happens. I have to double click on the fi…

In OS 9 I was able to, using Apple's "Remote Access," dial from one Mac to another through a telephone connection, connect remotely and access my FileMaker database through "Remote Host." I just upgraded to OS 10 Panther and FileMaker 8. I am now unable to find a way for the host Mac to "answer" the phone and provide me access to the network for my remote Mac. I have tried Timbuktu, but while it allows me to connect one Mac to the other, it does not provide network access. I know it is old fashioned to want to connect through a telephone connection, but does anyone have a solution for this problem? TIA

I can set my file (FM7,Remote) to Beep if I type an error, but I can't get the actual spell checker function to work. It seems like it worked once, by selecting the dictionary and then checking all on a list form, but I can't do it again. The Spell Checker window opens, but doesn't start checking. O words. Any suggestions?

Hi geeks, I plan to network two remote (not in the same office) iMacs using FileMaker 6. How to make it successfully? Please advise.

Anyone tried running FileMaker 6 client on one of the Intel iMacs yet? It makes me nervous that FMI won't even guarantee version 8 will work with Rosetta emulation until it is "certified and tested," although there have been some reports of v.8 working.

Ever since I moved from FM 6 to FM7 I have been annoyed by the colour of highlighted or 'selected' text. How do I change the colour of the highlight ?

I am experiencing problems with FileMaker user interface performance on Mac OS 10.4.2. Things seem normal when FileMaker starts up, but soon the UI slows to a crawl, with FileMaker unable to keep up with even very slow typing and double clicks not recognized. Restarting FileMaker solves the problem temporarily. Other apps can be slow also, but FileMaker is much, much worse. Anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions?

I created a FMP6 runtime in 10.4 it worked fine. I created a zipped file of the solution and put it on my iDisk to finish it off in the office. When I unzipped the file on 10.3 at the office, all of the icons are generic. The main file (the one that is usually of type 'Application' is also generic. Then I try to open it, it asks what application do I want to use to open the document. It is supposed to be the application it opens itself. Pointing it to FMD didn't work either. I can open the database file in FMD fine. Anyone else seen this type of behavior? Is there a documented (or undocumented) problem zipping run times in 10.4? or am I just crazy? …

I have a user on an iBook G4 who needs to open the files with a password. Pressing the Option key when opening the files is not prompting her for a password. It just opens the files with the general user password and rights. It appears that the Option key works in other programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator but not FileMaker. Unfortunately, the keyboard on the iBook only has one Option key. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this before? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Cindy P.S. I generally don't use a Mac so my knowledge with them is very limited!

Any known compatibility issues out there?

Has anyone ever come across this problem which is afflicting me on FPro 7 using Apple OSX 10.3.9? - If I want to copy a piece of text, for instance the word'Problem' I highlight the exact word 'Problem' then do 'Apple Copy'. - For some reason, instead of picking up the word 'Problem' what I actually pick up is 'roblem '. In other words there's a misalignment between what I see my cursor doing on screen and what it is actually doing. - It's only a problem in Filemaker, not in other applications. - I'me viewing Filemaker at 100% size. Any advice gratefully received!

I made a similar post elsewhere in this forum as a question to a specific user, but I'd like to open it up to the forum. I'm looking for OSX compatible POS equipment. Cash Drawer, Receipt printer, Barcode scanner, Pole display, and Card Reader. Does anyone have a model of any of these types of equipment to recommend for OSX?

This might be a dumb question but I wonder if it is possible to have a widget link to a filemaker file. Im pretty sure if the filemaker file was published to web it could be done but an application like address book is addressed directly so makes me wonder if filemaker could also.

After installing Filemaker Server Administration Console and Web Server module (not WPE), Tiger Server weblogs crash with an Apache 500 error. Anyone else have this going on? I'm far too big of a novice at Apache/Tomcat to dig any deeper.

I have a LAN with four Macintoshes connected to a switch (not a router) and am seeing very erratic behavior. I set up a test DB on each machine and set them to multiuser. None of the Macs see all three other hosts. They all either see only one, or none at all. One of them can see two. Two of the Macs are running 10.2.x and two are running 10.3.x. I'm thinking that the problem may be because we are using a switch and not a router. It is like they are on a different subnet or something. Any advise is highly appreciated.

Wanna login from the road. How do I set my Ambit cable modem to allow me to login with my iMac? What changes must I make to the host's (G5) sharing settings? Must the FM files be in the Web folder, or the Public or Shared folder of my User?

I use FMPro 5.5 and will be upgrading to Tiger any day now. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if FMPro 5.5 databases of this type will work with Tiger or whether I will have to redo it in FMPro 7. It is a one machine database with no server or web access involved. I have FMPro 7, but my database was too complex to transfer from 5.5 to 7 without lots of reprogramming, so I've not bothered. However, if I can no longer run it with Tiger, then I'll have to bite the bullet and redo the database from scratch. Thanks, Robert

I want to reach my medical office databases on my Filemaker 7 Server but the IT security folks at the hospital have locked down all but the basic ports and refuse to open them. I used Internet Connect on my ibook to establish a VPN to my Mac OS X Panther Server /Filemaker Advanced Server. Open Remote did not see the databases. What am I doing wrong? Do I need cooperation from the IT guys? Is VPN Tracker the answer?

OK, now Tiger is actually out. FMI has announced that FMP 7 is compatible. How about FMP 6? Has anyone tried this out. (My client wants to move ot 10.4 if possible.)