Sergeant Ron

Hi, Im trying to set up IWP on my Windows 2008 server, using FMSA 11. I can get this to work when I host the file from Filemaker Pro, however I'm confused about what I need to do when hosting from the FMSA console. I have the server configured correctly I believe. Im using the IIS web publishing engine and have the IWP turned on in the Admin console. The file has the check marks next to it in the console indicating that the access is configured correctly in the file itself. I also cannot get the FM_Sample file to display either. When I run the test I receive the following error on the test page... "HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found". Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Ron

latest version of quicktime and yes.

Thank you for the info

Im sorry if Im posting this in the wrong place, but here goes. I have a potential client in a French speaking country. They were requesting both english and french be displayed on each field and that the drop down menus hae both englaish and french choices. Is there a way to have more then one language loaded for the FMP client? and I am assuming that I would need to develop that database on a french only version of FM11. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I would try the following: uninstall FMS Restart the server reinstall FMS * Make sure that you have the correct version of Java and Bonjour installed This has helped me in the past with the same issue.

We have had a issue with the driver in FMSA11. Its giving an error upon performing the function in our application. I called FM support and they gave me no information about the differences between their new ODBC drivers and the DataDirect drivers that we had built our application on. This is a big disappointment. The errors indicate that the problem is a permissions issue or perhaps that the character string in the SQL statement is not being accpeted due to its length (which dosent really make any sense). I'll keep you posted as to the resolution if we find one. Regards, Ron

Just something to keep in mind. FileMaker Server Advanced 11 uses it's own ODBC Driver and no longer uses the DataDirect. This is great by the way since I've seen the Datadirect files get dinged up on occassion. I assume this will add stability. If you are using the ODBC on a 64-bit System there is something to keep in mind. Filemaker doesnt support Windows 2008 Server 64-Bit ODBC Data Source Adminsitrator. In our situation we publish to a SQL Server database from FMS and I see that in order to set up the System DSN you will need to run the 32-Bit ODBC Data Source adminsitrator, which is located in the C:WindowsSysWOW64 odbcad32.exe. It took me searching through the Filemaker setup document to find this. Hope it this may save someone the effort if they run across it.

No response and yes they did confirm it. I suspect as you suggest that it wasn't fixed prior to completion of the coding... Just really something to be aware of, not a major problem.

As I posted a few months back an I was able to identify that an error occurs under the folowing conditions invloving FMS 10 on a Windows 2008 Server. If you set up FMS to customize the "Server Name" in the General Settings on the Filemaker Server console (not taking the default name of the server), the client will crash when attempting to insert an object into a container field. This was a registered issue at FMI. Now I see that the same issue exists in FMS 11. What gives? Either eliminate the ablity to edit the server name or fix it... It's not that it's a game breaker, but just incase anyone is deploying FMS 10 or 11 on a 2008 server, leave the server name as is. Ron

Under the Edit>Sharing>FileMaker Network make sure that the "Dont display in Open Remote File" dialog is unchecked.

I have noticed that since upgrading to Windows 7 that I cannot display a quicktime video in a container field any longer. It does not give any errors, however there is no image in the quick time application as it attempts to play in the container field. Has anyone else noticed this and if so do we know if FM is aware that this is an issue? Thanks, Ron

I'm experiencing an issue playing quicktime video in FileMaker 10 on a Windows 7 Ultimate platform. The video plays and the progress bar moves, but dosen't display a video (the video are is white). The video I tried dosn't have sound so Im not sure if the sound is affected. Has anyone else experienced any problems like this? I'm still testing and will be attempting to replicate the issue on other PC's running the same platform to see if there is a consistant problem. Thanks, Ron

I'll tinker with this... It looks like a nice script that may work for me and I thank you for the suggestion!

Thanks, We did test different naming scenarios and found that it wasn't an issue with type of characters. Rather the issue is anything that changes from the name of the server that is automatically given to it during the initial installation of the FileMaker Server. The developers are aware of the issue and the resolution to it so hopefully it will be addressed in the next patch.

You're correct in this, however the issue that I have encountered is that when the users hit the carrige return (or the enter Key) to start a new paragraph, it will not count as characters entered from that point to the point of the cursor on the new line, thus pushing the txt farther along in the text field and defeating the purpose... Again, If you can suggest an alternative I would be very appreciative.

I'm aware that you can set a character size within Filemaker, however on the layout there is no way that i am aware of to lock the size of the field, so that a user does not continue to type past the field limit size only to be later notified that they have exceeded the limit of the field characters. In the case of a solution that we use we have a narrative field. Often new users are unaware that they must stay within the size of the field on the layout and type past the limit because there is no way until they commit the record to advise them that they have reached the limit. The same would then apply for the script trigger which will not trigger until the field is committed. By allowing a lock of the size of the field on the layout users would not continue typing over the limit of the field on the layout.... Unless I am missing an existing feature (please tell me if I am) I think that this would be a welcomed modification. Thanks, Ron

as Steven has said, it's been a standing practice (not supported) not to install on Windows SBS, however I have sucessfully installed and run on thses servers in the past. Part of the problem is that no one listens when I tell then not to purchase that OS and I'm then basically stuck with using it. Regardless you may want to try launching the Setup.exe thats located inside the "Files" subfolder, rather than the one thats created in the "Filemaker Server 10" folder that is created when you run the .exe that you download off of the Filemaker site where you received the license keys. Ive seen that the setup.exe located int he "File" sub folder will install where the other setup.exe will not. good luck.

I believe I have isolated the reason for the issue regarding an error that occurs when FMS 10 is hosted on a Windows 2008 server and a client is attempting to insert an object. The issue that I discovered is that when installing FMS 10, the installer automatically gives the FMS Server a name, which is the Computer Name of the server that it is being installed on. This is no different than it was in Win 2003 Server. However, we routinely change this server name to a custom name such as LawSoft CAD-RMS Server. I found that if I take the default name of the server given to it upon installation there is no problem and there are no errors when inserting objects. However, if I modify that name to anything other than what the default was upon installation I get an error inserting objects into container fields. I believe that since Windows Server 2008 has so many more securities than 2003, there must be some kind of policy setting that is not allowing a certain permission to complete the insertion of objects and therefore causing the client to disconnect and close. For you to replicate this I would suggest that you rename your FMS Server name, then restart the service and you should experience the same issue. Again I point this to Win 2008 Server security issue since this was never an issue in Win 2003 Server.

1st question... What service pack are you running on Win 2003 server. Also, what type of hardware dows it have? 80+Gb hard drive, 1+GB RAM, and processor? Next does the install fail before or after it has extracted the files and created the FileMaker Pro 10 folder? If it has created that folder you can try to launch the Setup.exe that is created in the C:programs filesfilemakerfilemaker serverfiles folder. This is a different setup.exe than the one that resides directly inside the Filemaker Server folder. Sometimes that one will not launch the install. Good Luck.

That error tells me that the field that you clicking on fpr the GTRR button are not assigned to the same location. Double check your relationship and the field that you are clicking on to to ensure that they are consistant to the GTRR command. hope that helps.... Ron

did you apply the latest FMS 10.02 updateer? I believe that the latest update addresses these warning in the error log, but Im not sure about the AD issue. Ron

I havent gotten around to reporting this one yet and you are correct on your remedy (at least in most cases). I've also seen that an uninstall / reinstall didnt do the trick. I had to delete the user account and create a new one. Your suspicion does make perfect sense though. I also believe that this is caused by users attempting to download and run the 10.03 update, which does not finish properly,for the reasons you eluded to however I'm still looking into it. Thanks, Ron

Thanks Steven, I was thinking along those lines also. they're aldo running AD on 4 (1 Primary and 4 backup)machines. Im thinking that may be causing an issue as well.

I have reported this problem to Filemaker and they issued a case number are looking into it. The issue is that once we installed FM Server 10 on a Windows 2008 server using Active Directory We get the error. This wasnt an issue while this was hosted on Windows 2003 Server. Clients are running FMP 10. Once we put the host back on the Win 2003 server there was no longer the same issue. Im thinking that Win 2008 has a permissions problem that are blocking the insert object. FMP 10 running as a stand alone on the Win 2008 server running not hosting via fms 1o doesnt have an issue. This is also an issue on all files not just one in particular. FM techs are scratching their heads as well... has anyone experienced this problem? Old Advance man Please help!!! Thanks, Ron

Rnvironment: Windows 2003 Server (Active Directory - External Authentication) / FMS 10.02 / FMP 10.03/ Client: Windows XP SP3. I have now noticed this issue in several different locations that my company services. It seems that once the FMP 10.03 update came out there have been instances where the users may try to run the update and connot due to their restricted priveges. At that point it seems to corrupt their Windows profile. The only resolution is to delet the users profile and start over. I've never seen this before with any patches, but it seems to be happening more frequently. Best Regards Ron