DRL Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I have a solution hosted on an iMac using Server 9. When I use my Client app (on the same iMac) it runs fine, until I try to connect to my hosted solution, when it gives this message: "The maximum number of licensed users are currently using this copy of FileMaker Pro. Please refer to the License Key section of your software documentation for further instructions. License key conflict occurred with user [host name]. All files will be closed and the application will quit." Both the client and server apps have legit, different license keys. Nobody else is accessing the host. What have I done wrong? I can't find anything helpful in the "software documentation". It was working fine until a week ago. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Make sure FMP is not running on the server machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRL Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 The server machine and the client machine are the same in this instance. The client app is only running when I launch it (as far as I know - it does act as though it's already running somehow due to the conflict message but I don't know how that can be). Does this mean I can't run the client and server on the same machine? Do I NEED a dedicated machine to run server? Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRL Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 I have solved the problem by deleting the FMP preferences file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H. Blackwell Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Does this mean I can't run the client and server on the same machine? Do I NEED a dedicated machine to run server? Do [color:red]not run them at the same time. Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRL Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_vodka Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 See this thread. http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/195830/post/#296726 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 "Why not?" If a hosted file is opened with FileMaker Pro directly, it can corrupt the file. The file needs to be opened through the Open Remote command, so it's going through FM Server. To open the file "directly" in FMP it first needs to be closed in FM Server (and re-opened again in FMS afterwards). For inexperienced people, it's easy to corrupt files and/or crash the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winklestork Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 I have the same problem, similar any way. I have two databases hosted by FMS9A. On the same machine, I'm running FMP8.5A. I can open remote one of the databases, but when I try to open remote the second one, I get a license error. It's as if a client can only open one hosted database, and that doesn't make sense to me. All apps are registered. (I'm new to FMS9A and only have one machine to test on. When I move to production, FMS9A will be stand alone. Also FMP8.5A (appropriately) won't let you open a hosted database locally, so not sure how the corruption scenario referred to can occur - but now I'm nervous.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 There was a post a couple of months ago about such an issue. I believe the solution was linked to file references with hard-coded IP numbers; they were self-referential (or something). Look at the file references and clean them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRL Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 "Why not?" If a hosted file is opened with FileMaker Pro directly, it can corrupt the file. The file needs to be opened through the Open Remote command, so it's going through FM Server. To open the file "directly" in FMP it first needs to be closed in FM Server (and re-opened again in FMS afterwards). For inexperienced people, it's easy to corrupt files and/or crash the server. I understand the distinction now. I have a script that opens the hosted file via the host's IP address rather than routing to its directory location (which is obviously a bad idea!), so I guess that's OK to continue doing then. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H. Blackwell Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 so I guess that's OK to continue doing then. And you'd guess wrong on that as well. [color:red]Do not run FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server simultaneously on the same machine. Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRL Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 And you'd guess wrong on that as well. [color:red]Do not run FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server simultaneously on the same machine. Steven [color:red]Thanks for the advice, Steven. As I still don't know there reason why I can't do so if connecting "remotely", despite the foregoing posts, maybe someone could tell me! Is it just the possibility of inadvertently opening a hosted file directly? DRL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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