Administrator’s Guide (Mac OS)

VI FileMaker Pro Server Administrator’s Guide
FileMaker Pro Server acts only as a dedicated host to the FileMaker Pro
files; you can’t see or modify data in these files with FileMaker Pro Server.
Use FileMaker Pro Server to:
1 open—or host —a FileMaker Pro database file, making it available to
FileMaker Pro guests on the network
1 view information about the files being hosted, like the number of users
accessing each database
1 send messages to guests of hosted files
1 close a hosted FileMaker Pro file, making it unavailable to
FileMaker Pro guests
1 disconnect a selected FileMaker Pro guest from a particular hosted file or
all hosted files
When you start the FileMaker Pro Server application, it automatically opens
and hosts all multiuser FileMaker Pro files located in the same folder as (or
the first level of subfolders of) the application, up to a maximum of 100 files.
This lets you easily set up the database files that you always want
FileMaker Pro Server to host on the network.
Keep in mind the following points about the different uses of FileMaker Pro
Server and FileMaker Pro:
1 Use FileMaker Pro Server to open and host FileMaker Pro files that you
want to make available to FileMaker Pro guests on your network.
1 As a dedicated host, FileMaker Pro Server only hosts the files.
FileMaker Pro Server can’t access or modify the information in the files.
Use FileMaker Pro as a guest to work with the information in the files.
1 Use FileMaker Pro to create database files or modify the structure of
existing files (for example, field definitions and access privileges). Most
other database design tasks (like creating and modifying layouts, editing
data, and adding and deleting records) can be done by a guest of
FileMaker Pro Server.
See chapter 2, “Using FileMaker Pro Server,” for more information.
What’s new in FileMaker Pro Server 3.0
The new features of FileMaker Pro Server 3.0 include:
1 A new relational database engine to match the FileMaker Pro 3.0
relational engine