Can't see remote databases

[James Nierodzik]

Server: Filemaker Server 7 Advanced v3 on OS X 10.3.9

Client: Filemaker Developer 7 v3 on OS X 10.3.8

For whatever reason when I try to open a remote DB the server is listed but the actual DB I created is not though I do see the sample DB.

Because I had my db hosted in a non-standard location (which I did point to and was verified) I thought I would copy it to the standard location as well and still it can't be seen.

Other steps information:

- In Server Admin the DB is shown with a Staus: Normal

- Max number files to host: 50

So any clues why I can only see the sample db and neither of the other 2?

Also thought of one other thing... The DB was created with Developer if that could effect anything.

[stanley]

James:

Welcome to the Forums.

Make sure that the file is not set to multi-user(hidden), and then check to make sure that Server is set to host single-user files (in case it is a single-user file).

Because you can see the db in Server Admin, that means that the Server has indeed opened the file, so I would imagine that it is one of the above things - most probably the file is set to be hidden.

-Stanley

[James Nierodzik]

Thanks Stanley,

I'm not sure where those options are, but I like to bumble around so I will do some investigation when I'm at work tomorrow.

Thanks for the lead,

Jay

[stanley]

James:

Sorry, some of the language I used was more appropriate for FileMaker 5 or 6; things have changed in FM7.

Shut down FM Server (click "stop serving" or whatever the button is), then open the file(s) using FileMaker Pro/Developer. Under the FileMaker menu in the menu bar, go to Sharing -> FileMaker Network, and you'll see the "Network Access to Files" pane; these are the controls you're after for the file itself. Check that all your files will be visible by opening them & looking here. Then, start up FileMaker Server again. If the files are still not visible, it's a setting you can change in FMServer Admin, but I can't recall what that is right now.

-Stanley

[James Nierodzik]

Thanks Stanley,

Made the changes and its working like a champ. Now my next hurdle is to learn the ins and outs of accoutns and privelege sets.

-Jay