Remote Host

[outdoorsportz]

Hello,

We have just started sharing our FileMaker databases on our network. We have four Windows systems, three 98's and an XP that is acting as the host. The db files are stored on the host's system, in the shared files. My problem is that when we open the files up on the host system, is gives me a message that it is opening the files from a remote volume. I hit "ok", and it will open everything fine and still act as the host. Any idea why this would say that the files are being opened from a remote volume when they are on that system? We are using FM Pro 5.0.

[Anatoli]

Never open the files on remote volume.

Did you read manual about FM hosting files?

[LiveOak]

You don't want to have the fields in a shared directory. The files SHOULD NOT be available to other machines as shared files!

FM is its own networking environment. Open the files with FM on the host machine. The guests should launch FM, File Menu --> Open, Click Hosts, then open the desired file(s). To do otherwise, EVEN IF IT APPEARS TO WORK, will cause you eventual problems.

-bd