Tutorial

Lesson 11
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
FileMaker Network Sharing You can share FileMaker Pro
databases on your network, which allows up to nine FileMaker
Pro
users to access and use 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 to share files, which provides greater
networking performance and allows up to 250 users to access a file
simultaneously.
Instant Web Publishing You can 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.
Importing and exporting data 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 opens a shared
file after the host is a client.
Once a shared file is open, the host and clients have access to the same
information, and all changes to the file appear in each user’s window.
Changes to the data, scripts, or layouts made by any user are saved in the
shared file. The shared file is saved on the disk where the file resides.
The host opens the file
Clients open connections to the shared file