Administrator’s Guide (Windows)

3-6 FileMaker Pro Server Administrator’s Guide
FileMaker Pro Server opens the file and makes it available to
FileMaker Pro guests on the network. In a moment the database name
appears in the list in the Administer dialog box (if View by Database/Folder
is selected). You can’t see or modify information in these files using
FileMaker Pro Server.
Tip You can also open a file by dragging a FileMaker Pro 3.0 file icon
and dropping it on the FMServer application icon (Windows NT 4.0
only) or by using the command prompt. See “Using the command line
with FileMaker Pro Server” on page 3-11 for more information.
If you modify the extension of a FileMaker Pro file, FileMaker Pro
Server can’t automatically open the file when started, or open it from the
Administer dialog box. 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. FileMaker Pro Server displays a message
if it can’t open the selected database file and writes a description of the
problem to the FileMaker Pro Server log file. See “Examining the
FileMaker Pro Server log file” on page 3-14 for more information.
Closing a FileMaker Pro file
To close a database and disconnect any guests accessing it:
1. In the Administer dialog box, choose View by Database/Folder (if not
already selected).
You must be viewing by database to use the Close Database button (see
“Viewing usage statistics” on page 3-3.)
2. Select a file or folder in the list.
3. Click Close Database.
You see the Close File dialog box with the name of the file or folder
to be closed in the title bar.
4. Type text for the options in the dialog box, or accept the default
settings.
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 (asking guests
to close the database file).
Minutes until guests forced to
disconnect
Type a value (the default is 5 minutes or the
last-entered value).