Tutorial

Lesson 12
Sharing and exchanging data
You can share data over a network using FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, or via the internet
using Instant Web Publishing. You can also share data by importing it into FileMaker
Pro files from
other applications or exporting it from FileMaker
Pro files to other applications.
In this lesson you will learn:
1 how to enable network sharing of FileMaker Pro files
1 how to import data into a FileMaker Pro file
About sharing data
You can use FileMaker Network Sharing to share FileMaker Pro databases on your network,
which allows up to nine FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Go users to access the same database file
simultaneously. If you need to share files with more than 9 concurrent users on a network, you can
use FileMaker
Server, which allows more users to share files and provides greater networking
performance and better security.
You can use Instant Web Publishing to publish FileMaker Pro layouts as web pages, which allows
anyone with a web browser on your intranet (or the internet) to access your FileMaker Pro databases.
You can exchange information between FileMaker Pro and other applications by importing and
exporting data. For example, you can import data that is in another database or spreadsheet
program, or export address data in order to create personalized form letters with a word
processing program. When you import or export data, the data is copied to the destination file, not
shared between the applications.
Enable FileMaker network sharing
If your computer is connected to a network, you and other FileMaker Pro users can use the same
database file simultaneously.
Important Your FileMaker Pro licensing agreement requires that you purchase a license for each
separate computer on which the FileMaker
Pro application is installed. Each software license may
not be shared or used concurrently on different computers.
The first person to open a shared file is the host. Any user who connects to and opens the hosted
file is a client.