frustrating error message

[FGI_Webmaster]

We are using Mac OS X Tiger in our office, we have a few Macs in our office that connect to FileMaker Pro 6. We have one Mac that always gets the following error when trying to connect to remote: "Program History" cannot be opened as read-only in its current state. Please unlock the file and open and close it before attempting to lock the file again.

The file is not locked and is not read-only, none of the other Macs have this problem. Any help?

Thanks!

[Steve T.]

Hi, FGI! Welcome to FMFORUMS! I'm not certain if it pertains to your situation or not, but I just found out that 10.4 Tiger changed its AppleTalk and that can lead to network-related issues for many of us. I think you can only connect over TCP/IP now... check to make sure that that's the protocol you are using for FM sharing.

This may or may not be related to that error message but maybe it'll give you something else to chase if no other solutions pop up.

Ironically, I was just updating a new system to 10.4 Tiger so I just installed FM6 on it and was able to connect to our FM db's without any problems. We use FM4, 5, and 6 on 10.2, 10.3, and OS9 and connect to db's hosted on 10.2 (FMU) and OS9 (FM5 client, 4 client). FM6 on 10.4 Tiger seems to work the same for us but I only just installed it so do not have any long term experience.

Maybe make a test db and share it and see if Tiger can connect. Or host on Tiger and see if others can connect?

--ST

[FGI_Webmaster]

Thanks for the suggestions! I am connecting over TCP/IP, but still having problems. Not sure why?