Opening remote hosted file

[Grokon]

i can open a file using a shortcut that way:

"filemaker_pro.exe serversharefile.fp5"

and it's not the right way to do...

BUT, i want to open it from a host where many file are open. is there a parameter that i can use to open it like fmpro.exe /host:file.fp5 or something like that, i don't want that user need to select the file that they are opening but creating Icon(shortcut) for ech application...

[LiveOak]

DO NOT open the file on the host from outside FM! Create a FM "launcher" or "opener" file. This is a FM file on the remote machine with no field, one script set to run at startup. The script, at its most basic is:

Open(Remote File)

Close()

The open statement is set to point to the FM file on the host (you MUST have the file open on the host first) using the "Hosts" button in the open dialog. To open a FM file otherwise can end up with a remote machine "hosting" the file with a very slow network interface to the file it is hosting. If multiple remove machines do this performance and stability will degrade to zip.

-bd