Messages to clients are disappearing after 30 seconds

[John Castelloe]

The "Send Message" dialog window in the FileMaker Server Admin Console states that "Messages are displayed in a dialog that must be dismissed by the FileMaker Pro user." But what actually happens is that the message appears to the user in a dialog window stating "(this dialog will be dismissed in 30 seconds.)". Then the 30 counts down to 0, and the window disappears without any action from the user.

Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround? I want the message to persist.

FYI I am running on worldcloud.com's java-based Filemaker Server Admin Console.

Thanks for any help!

John

UPDATE: I just added a bug report at FileMaker's forums:

http://forum-en.filemaker.com/fm/board/message?board.id=aut&thread.id=5601

Edited January 29, 2010 by Guest

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Not a bug. The intended behavior is that the message will auto dismiss after 30 seconds. If there is an action connected with the message, e.g. a disconnect, various conditional paths will then start executing, ultimately leading to the action's completion.

Steven