We run Filemaker Server on a stand alone machine in our offices. There are two computers on the factor floor which logon to the hosted database. We want to start and stop filemaker hosting automatically. We can start it no problem using task scheduler but we want to stop only in there are no current logged on guests. Since quitting time varies and they often work OT we don't want to rely on task scheduler. When we used to host our database using standard Filemaker we were able to run a script every 30 minutes (with a plug in), and if there were no guests the database would shut down.

Can anyone help?

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Originally posted by pjcr:

[QB]We run Filemaker Server on a stand alone machine in our offices. There are two computers on the factor floor which logon to the hosted database. We want to start and stop filemaker hosting automatically. We can start it no problem using task scheduler but we want to stop only in there are no current logged on guests. Since quitting time varies and they often work OT we don't want to rely on task scheduler. When we used to host our database using standard Filemaker we were able to run a script every 30 minutes (with a plug in), and if there were no guests the database would shut down./QB]

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Why shut the machine down? Powering up and down only wears out the machine, especially the harddrive and power supply. Leave it running.

Or you could just shut it down at like 1:00am or something, but I do not see why this is necessary.