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Networking and access privileges 7-5
4. Select a file, and then click Open.
If the network is very busy, the file might not be listed. To check the
network for a longer period of time, click Cancel to return to the Open
File dialog box. Hold down the Ctrl key as you click Hosts.
If you select a FileMaker Pro Server host (instead of a shared file),
you see the remote administer dialog box. See the FileMaker Pro
Server documentation for information.
Keep these points in mind:
1 Close your connection to a shared file if the host asks, or if you aren’t
using the file.
1 If some menu commands, layouts, or fields are dimmed, you may have
limited access to the file. See “Protecting your files” on page 7-8.
1 For information on sharing your file over the Web, see chapter 11,
“Publishing files on the Web.”
Working with shared files
When a shared file is open, the host and guests have access to the same
information. FileMaker Pro saves a shared file on the disk where the file
resides. It saves changes that the host and guests made to the file,
including changes to records, layouts, and scripts.
FileMaker Pro limits access to some commands and records to keep
users from interfering with each other.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
E sharing files
This user Can perform these tasks
Host and all guests
(every user)
1 Find, sort, or browse records
1 Specify a print setup and print
1 Switch layouts or modes
1 Import or export data
1 Check the spelling of a found set
1 Perform a script by choosing it from the Script menu or clicking
a button defined for the script
1 Change global values. Only the host’s changes are saved with the
file. When guests open a file with global fields, they see the
current values. If the host changes a global value, guests don’t see
the change until they close the file and then reopen it.
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