Development Guide

Chapter 1 | Setting up databases for FileMaker Go 7
Connecting to databases
After you share and host a file, you can connect to it as a client in FileMaker Go. For information
on connecting to databases, see FileMaker
Go Help.
Devices connect to hosted databases like any other client, using the fmapp extended privilege.
Note FileMaker Go cannot access FileMaker Server hosts available through LDAP, or view and
use SSL certificates from LDAP hosts.
About file transfers
For information on transferring files to or from a device, see FileMaker Go Help.
Keep the following points in mind:
1 When you transfer a file to your iOS device, you are creating a copy of the remote file. When
you make data changes to the local file, the remote file is not updated. To set up a file to import
and update data from the local file to the hosted file using FileMaker Pro, see
“Importing to and
from a transferred file” on page 8.
Tap a host name to select a
hosted file
Tap Add Host to add a host
Connecting to a hosted database in FileMaker Go
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Host 2
Host 3
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