Administrator’s Guide (Windows)

Administering FileMaker Pro Server 3-15
2. Open the file in FileMaker Pro 3.0.
You see a message stating that the Today function is being calculated.
This may take some time, depending on the number of records and
other database calculations.
3. Close the file.
4. In FileMaker Pro 3.0, open the Administer dialog box.
See “Accessing the Administer dialog box” on page 3-1 for more
information.
5. Click Open Database to reopen the database file.
You can use the Schedule service provided with Windows NT to
perform these steps. See the sample files “Recalculate Today
Function” in the Examples folder, installed in the FMServer folder,
and see the Windows NT documentation for more information.
Tip Avoid using the Today function by creating a calculation field using
the Status (Current Date) function.