Filemaker ODBC connection

[Demola]

Can someone help?

I'm developing a .NET application that needs to connect to filemaker server to make use of FM files hosted by the server but I'm getting connection errors. I had earlier connected to filemaker pro 6 and it worked fine but using filemaker pro requires that the FM files I need be manually opened. This is what I'm trying to avoid by connecting instead to filemaker server...please help!!!!!!!!!

FileMaker Version: Server 5

Platform: Windows XP

[Gary McAllister]

Hello Demola,

May I ask what technologies you where using before and how you provided the solution.

I currently trying to extract data from a FileMaker database without manually opening the file and enabling plugin's...

Is there an easy way of doing this ?

Im looking at a FileMaker 6 Server.

[laker_42]

You cannot access FMP data directly from FM Server. You need to have an open copy of the database and hit that database with your ODBC. It looks like FM Server 7 will do what you want though. This will be very nice.

John