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Sharing databases on a network
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6. Select the files you want to upload.
7. For each file, look in the Status column. If FileMaker Pro detects a problem with a file, it
updates the status for that file and clears the checkbox. Confirm that all the files you want to
upload are selected.
8. If you want the files to be available on the server for clients to use immediately, select
Automatically open databases (on server) after upload.
9. Click Upload.
When the upload completes, FileMaker Pro updates the status for each file to indicate whether
the upload was successful.
10. To open an uploaded file in FileMaker Pro, select Open file from FileMaker Server for the
file. Then click Done.
FileMaker Pro opens each selected file. The filename and the server name appear in the
window’s title bar.
Notes
• When you add a file to the upload list, FileMaker Pro checks that the file:
• is a valid FileMaker Pro file or runtime solution
• is not currently open in FileMaker Pro
• passes a consistency check, if the file is unencrypted
If the consistency check takes more than a few seconds for a file, a progress indicator
appears. You can cancel the consistency check if it takes too long and upload the file
anyway.
• does not already exist in any FileMaker Server folder (filenames must be unique for the
entire server regardless of the folder or subfolder)
• does not exceed the available storage space on the server
If FileMaker Pro finds a problem with one or more files, a message appears in the Status
column.
• You can upload encrypted database files, but FileMaker Pro does not check them for
consistency, and FileMaker Server cannot open them automatically after they are uploaded.
An encrypted file must be opened by a server administrator or a group administrator with
the privilege to perform actions on databases.
To Do this
Add files to the upload
list
Click Browse and select all the files that you want to add to the
upload list.
• To select multiple files, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click
(OS
X) each file.
• To select a range of adjacent files, click the first file, then Shift-
click the last file in the range.
Then click Open.
Exclude files from the
upload list
Clear the checkbox next to any file that you don’t want to upload.