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Hi, I was using a Mac running with FMP552 and Panther to share databases online and the the local network. I have updated the MacOS to Tiger and FMP to FMP7. I have converted all the databases to FMP7. While the Websharing is working perfectly well, the network sharing is not working. When I try to access from a client (with a different Registration number of course), I do not see the databases even if I try to fill manually the IP address of the host. I have checked that the network sharing was activated for all databases, that the port 5003 is open on the host and it is still not working. Lastly, the host is also running an apache server. I would highly appreciate your input. Many thanks in advance!!

Thanks to the advice that you have provided to me in this forum, I have been able to build my Db exactly the way I wanted. I have attached it to this post, just in case someone is interested... Thank you to all the members that took the time to answer my questions. [color:red]This file has been removed to protect the original author, Michael Horak *COMMENT Visual Realisation

Again, sorry for the delay of my answer. Some troubel with my Internet connection at home... To answer your question, it is really important to have the same representation of the drawer as in the real life. Otherwise, it's really error-prone. Please see in the attached files the way the drawers should be represented. Thank you for your interest!

Here is the precise structure of my containers (the 2 containers are different) Container I: 6 stacks: A->F 6 drawer/stack : 1(top)->6(bottom) 39 tubes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Container II 6 stacks: A->F 9 drawer/stack : 1(top)->9(bottom) 67 Tubes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 Its difficult to represent but the drawers are kind of triangles or trapeze. The top of the triangle in container I is 1 and the base is 35 36 37 38 39. In container II, the top is 1 2 and the base is 64 65 66 67. Hope you can help...

I don't have the precise map right now. I'll post it tomorrow. Many thanks for your kind reply!!

We have a kind of map representing the drawer where the positions are indicated. It looks more or less like that: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 etc. This is precisely such a graphical representation that I would like to propose in my database. To answer precisely to your question, if I ask for the tube 48 of the drawer 5 in the stack C, I am sure to get exactly what I want. Hope you can help me... Regards

Was my request not clear? No one can help?... :o

Hi, First, I'm really not an expert with Filemaker and I'm not familiar with this forum. Hence, I'm not sure that this is the right place to post... Here is my problem and I would highly appreciate your input: I want to build a database for inventory and management of cells that are stored in liquid nitrogen. They are in tubes that are placed in kinds of drawers (triangular ones). In one tank, we have 6 stacks of 6 drawers, each drawer containing 60 tubes. At first glance, my problem seems easy and each entry of My Db could contain the coordinate of each tube: Container-Stack-Drawer-Position (in the triangle) However, the triangular shape of the drawers makes the coordinate quite error prone. What I would like to do is to have a schematic representation of each drawer. At once, one could detect empty and filled position in the drawer. By clicking on a position, one could access to the record of the material that is stored in this tube. How should I build my Db for this goal? Many many thanks in advance for any help!!