Guide to Updating Plug-ins

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6 FileMaker Server Guide to Updating Plug-ins

For automatic update to work properly, you must:

1. Make sure the Auto Update plug-in is installed and enabled on each FileMaker Pro client.

2. Set up your database to call the external functions provided by the Auto Update plug-in. These functions

verify the existence and version of required plug-ins on both the client and server computers and

download plug-ins, if needed.

3. Remind the server administrator to turn on Auto Update in FileMaker Server. This feature can be enabled

in the FileMaker Server Admin Console by clicking the Database Server > FileMaker Pro Clients tab, and

then selecting Allow FileMaker

Pro clients to download updates automatically.

4. Give plug-ins to the FileMaker Server administrator, so they can be placed in the AutoUpdate folder on

the server computer and downloaded as needed.

Note Mac OS plug-ins must be converted to the .tar format before being placed on the FileMaker Server

computer for Auto Update in the following cases:

1 the server computer is running Windows

1 the plug-in is in an older format that contains a resource fork (check with the plug-in vendor)

If either of these cases applies to you, see the section “Preparing Mac OS plug-ins with resource forks

for Auto Update” on page 9.

Error: Plug-in is

missing or disabled

Is the Auto Update

plug-in enabled on the

client computer?

Is the required

plug-in installed on the

client computer?

Is it the correct version

of the plug-in?

Is the required

plug-in installed on the

server computer?

Do nothing

Is it the version

of the plug-in required

by the database?

Download the plug-in to the

client computer and enable it

Yes

Start

Error: Plug-in

is missing

Error: Plug-in

is missing