Jelte

ok try this i use the same plugin as you and i have no problems what so ever what i do is i use a select statement to get the rows from the Dbase that i want useing the i set the field QUERY for instance with this. "Select customer, custID, adres where custID = '" & FIELDNAME & "'" External("SQL-execQuery",QUERY&"|a|C:sql.tab") Now i import the sql.tab in my filemaker dbase. After changing the data i do an update I set the field query with "Update CustomerID with " & FIELDNAME & "Where customer name is piet" External("SQL-execQuery",QUERY&|a|C:|sql.tab") When someone makes a new record i just use an field where i enter if it was an imported record or a newly created record. This system works fast and great. Making filemaker a client on a sql server. Although i wouldnt use it in a place where you have to connect more then 1 computer using filemaker. Good luck with this.

the last thing you might try is registering certain files with Regserv32.exe if you look in the manual you will see several DLL files. register those by hand. Example. FMS is installed on D:FMServer the command line would be "Regserv32 D:FMServerTCPIP.DLL" and so on. untill you have registerd all of the DLL files. If this doesnt work, its probably an other error.

BikeBoy, Do you have an NTSF and a Fat32 partition on that server. If so it will not work. The installer that comes along with FMServer doesnt support that. otherwise try installing it first on C: then DeInstall and install again on D:. Most of the time it will work fine then.

Virtual pc emulates a whole new pc. So its like getting a new pc on the network with an own ip and macadres.

I have multiple sessions of FM server 5.5 running on 1 P3 700 server. No problems. I installed Virtual PC from Connextion, wich allows multiple windows sessions to run on one server. It works more then fine here. over 200 FM files hosted on 1 machine.

if it would all be on the same network the files are always accesable trought filemaker. with or without 2 servers. That means, even if the files arent "visable" the studends can still see them if they would choose import -> host or trough opening files in a script. might be a good idea to put the students on another subnet that way they wont have access to the server.

hi all, I was woundering is it possible to stop the filemaker service from the command line. with something like: NET STOP Filemaker. i tried it and it didnt work. has anyone an idea for this. seeing i want to put this in a batch file that runs every night before an update. I know i can just copy the files trough the task shedular to a diffrend location and still make a usefull backup. but i was just wondering.

well the problem is multiple users should be able to make selections to that file at the same time. making 1 to a standard location isn't an option, because users would overwrite each others selection. (thats the case at the moment)

I made a program that makes selections and stores them on the local drive in a fp5 file and then when needed gets the information again. The reason why i do this is because several users should be able to make diffrend selections at the same time. But here comes the problem. In a Citrix enviroment users dont have access to their local c drive. All the users have diffrend drives. So i need to make my export to a variable location. I can export to a variable directory with the help of an plugin. But i cant import from that path because i need to make a relation between the 2 files wich isnt posible with a variable location. Has anyone a solution for this problem, is there just no way to work around this import/export problem. Thanks in advance Jelte Vrijhoef

for no reason "dacon launch it" started running on the win2k machine. the newest version of dialog magic works on both machines. very strange indeed. i have send an email to dacons and asked what service packs/updates the plugin requires. thanks alot.

thanks i installed the newest service packs but it didnt help. i still keep getting the message on both machine's any more idea's?

hello i have a problem with the plug in "Dialog Magic 5.5.0" and "dacon launch it". for some odd reason i cant enable it. i keep getting the message "Dialog message 5.5.0 could not be enabled" and "dacon launch it could not be enabled" I have this on 2 PC's and . One is running win2k the other is running WinXp. We are using these plug ins for a while now. and this is the first error we get. both are newly installed PC's. thanks in advance Jelte