Administrator’s Guide (Mac OS)

2-20 FileMaker Pro Server Administrator’s Guide
You see the Quit FileMaker Pro Server dialog box.
2. Type text for the options in the dialog box, or accept the default settings,
and then click OK.
After you select Quit, you see a diamond (
◆) next to the command in the
File menu. In the administer window, all the database or guest names
become italic to show that FileMaker Pro Server is attempting to close all
files, disconnect all guests, and quit.
FileMaker Pro guests accessing files hosted by FileMaker Pro Server see
a notification dialog box with your message telling them the server is
shutting down. If guests don’t close the file, they see the message repeated
approximately one minute before FileMaker Pro Server is set to quit.
When the set time elapses, FileMaker Pro Server disconnects any
remaining guests, closes all files, and shuts down.
Completing the process of quitting may take several minutes.
FileMaker Pro Server needs time to notify and disconnect all guests,
and perform housekeeping tasks on large files before closing them.
For this option Do this
Message to send to connected guests Type text you want the guests to see in addition to
the standard FileMaker Pro message (the default).
Minutes until guests forced to disconnect Type a value (the default is 5 minutes or the
last-entered value, if any).