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Sharing databases on a network
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Note To add a local host or a host located on an LDAP to the list of favorites, select the host to
add and click Add to Favorite Hosts. Then, see the section after these steps.
3. To see the available files from a host, select the host.
4. For Available Files, select the file you want to open, then click Open (or double-click the
filename). Or, for Network File Path, type the fully qualified filename (for example,
fmnet:/<host IP address>/<filename>), then click Open.
Tip To narrow the list of available files, type a few characters in the Filter text box. Only
filenames containing the characters you type are displayed in the list.
You might be required to enter an account name, password, and domain name (Windows only),
depending on how file sharing is configured on the host.
To add, edit, and remove favorite hosts:
1. In the Open Remote File dialog box, do one of the following:
• To organize the list of favorite hosts, for View, select Favorite Hosts. Select the host to
organize, then click Add, Edit, or Remove. (Add and Edit display the Edit Favorite Host
dialog box; Remove deletes the host from the list.)
• To mark a remote file so it appears in the Favorite Files list in the FileMaker Quick Start
Screen, for View select Favorite Hosts, select a host, select an available file, click Add
to Favorites. For more information about accessing favorite remote files, see
Using
FileMaker Quick Start to open files.
• To add a local host or a host located on an LDAP to the list of favorites, for Hosts, select
the host you want to add, then click Add to Favorites. (The Edit Favorite Host dialog
box appears.)
2. In the Edit Favorite Host dialog box, for Host’s Internet Address, enter the host’s IP
address or domain name.
• Enter IP addresses using one of the following formats:
IPv4: 192.168.10.0
IPv6: [2001:0DB8:85A3:08D3:1319:8A2E:0370:7334]
• Enter domain names using the format host.domain.com.
3. For Favorite Host’s Name (optional), type a name for the host.
If you don’t enter a name, only the host’s internet address is displayed in the Manage Favorites
dialog box and the FileMaker Quick Start Screen.
4. In the File Settings area, choose to show all available files (the default) or only the files you
specify.
If you choose Show only these files, enter each filename on a separate line, ending each line
with a carriage return.
5. Click Save.
Hosts Listed by LDAP FileMaker Server hosts available through LDAP.
To specify an LDAP from which you want to see hosts displayed, see the
last section in this topic.
Choose To display