User manual

Sharing databases on a network 13-5
Guests see a message asking them to close the file. If guests click
Close Now, FileMaker Pro closes the file. If the guests don’t respond
to the message and the file can be closed safely, FileMaker Pro
closes it in 30 seconds.
Opening files as a guest
After the host opens a shared file, guests can connect to the file.
1. Choose File menu > Open.
2. In the Open File dialog box, click Hosts.
3. In the Hosts dialog box, do the following.
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, use one of the following
procedures.
For this protocol Do this
IPX/SPX Continue with step 4.
TCP/IP To specify a local TCP/IP host, click Local Hosts in the
lower list. FileMaker Pro displays local hosts on the
network in the upper list.
To specify a host outside your local TCP/IP area, click
Specify Host in the lower list. In the Specify Host dialog
box, type a host name or IP address. (To add this host to
the list, click Permanently add entry to Hosts list.) Click OK.
AppleTalk with
zones
Select the host’s zone in the lower list.
AppleTalk without
zones
Continue with step 4.
If a guest clicks Cancel,
FileMaker Pro doesn’t close
the connection to the file
For this type of network Do this
1 TCP/IP
1 AppleTalk with zones
(Mac OS)
Hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or Option
key (Mac OS) as you click an item in the lower
list
1 IPX/SPX (Windows)
1 AppleTalk without zones
(Mac OS)
Click Cancel to return to the Open File dialog
box. Hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or
Option key (Mac OS) as you click Hosts.
Select from the
list of shared
files available
on the host
Mac OS computer host
Windows computer host
FileMaker
Server host
Hosts dialog box for an IPX network
Zones
Select from the
list of shared
files available on
the host
Mac OS
computer host
Windows
computer host
FileMaker
Server host
Hosts dialog box for an AppleTalk network with zones