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58 FileMaker Pro Tutorial
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settings are specific to each user.
To enable FileMaker network sharing:
1. Open the Tutorial folder on your hard drive.
2. Open Sample Copy.fp7.
Note To enable or change a file’s sharing status in your own files,
you must open them with an account that has Manage extended
privilege set access privileges. You will learn about accounts,
passwords, and privilege sets in
lesson 12.
3. Choose File menu > Sharing > FileMaker Network.
4. In the FileMaker Network Settings dialog box, for Network Sharing,
click On.
In the TCP/IP Address box, you see the TCP/IP address of your system.
5. Notice that Sample Copy.fp7 is selected.
6. Select All users for Network access to file.
7. Click OK.
Sample Copy is now hosted on your computer. You must keep this
file open to make it available to users on your network.
Opening a remote file
A file is considered remote when it is stored on a networked
computer other than the computer you are using. After a host opens
a shared file, up to nine users can open the remote file as clients.
To open a remote file:
1. Choose File menu > Open Remote.
2. For View, select Local Hosts to see a list of hosts.
Note If your computer is not on a network or if there are no
FileMaker
Pro files currently being hosted, no files are listed in the
Open Remote File dialog box.
3. Select the host, then the file.
4. Click Open.
Depending on how file sharing is set up on the host computer, you
might have to enter an account name, password, and domain name
(Windows only) to open the remote file.
Click to
enable
network
sharing
Select level of network access
for Sample Copy.fp7
Select to see a
list of hosts
Select the file
you want
to open
Select the computer that is
hosting the file you want to open
Or, type the
network path
of the file you
want to open
To narrow down
the list, type a
few letters of the
file you are
looking for