Administrator’s Guide (Windows)

2-6 FileMaker Pro Server Administrator’s Guide
Important The only way to protect shared FileMaker Pro files is by using
access privileges in FileMaker Pro 3.0. Although the shared FileMaker
Pro files reside on a file server, which may have its own security scheme,
any files available to FileMaker Pro guests bypass network and file
server protection. For more information on protecting files with a
password, see the FileMaker Pro User’s Guide.
Before starting the FileMaker Pro Server service
FileMaker Pro Server automatically opens FileMaker Pro files for
access by FileMaker Pro guests on the network.
Keep the following points in mind before starting the FileMaker Pro
Server service:
1 Hosted files are available to all guests using FileMaker Pro 3.0. To
prevent guests from viewing or modifying data, you must set a
password in each file using access privileges in FileMaker Pro 3.0.
(See the FileMaker Pro User’s Guide for more information.)
1 FileMaker Pro Server can host FileMaker Pro files created on either the
Windows or Mac OS platform, but the files should reside in the
FileMaker Pro Server folder (and subfolders one level down). With
Windows NT 4.0, you can have the files in other folders if you place
shortcuts to the FileMaker Pro files (or to folders containing FileMaker Pro
files) in the FMServer folder. Using Windows NT 4.0, you can also drag
the files on top of the FMServer application icon to open them.
1 FileMaker Pro Server can open and host only FileMaker Pro 3.0 files
or later. For information on converting files, see the FileMaker Pro
User’s Guide.
1 If you modify the .fp3 extension of a FileMaker Pro file, FileMaker Pro
Server can’t automatically open the file when started, or open it from
the Administer window. To open files with modified extensions, either
drop the file on top of the FMServer application icon, or use the
command line to open the file. For more information, see “Using the
command line with FileMaker Pro Server” on page 3-11.
1 If you have duplicate file names, FileMaker Pro Server opens the first
copy it finds.
1 FileMaker Pro Server can’t open a FileMaker Pro database set to be
a single-user file. To change this option, open the file in
FileMaker Pro 3.0 and deselect Single-User from the File menu. The
menu item changes to Multi-User.