Guide to Updating Plug-ins

Using the FileMaker Server documentation xi
FileMaker Server Help shows each occurrence of the word or words
you searched for in the Help topic window.
Finding a topic using specific words (Mac OS X)
To find a topic based on a question or phrase:
1. In FileMaker Server, choose Help menu > FileMaker Server Config
Help.
2. In the Ask box, type a question or phrase that you want to search
for and click Ask.
Apple Help Viewer displays a list of topics containing the word or
phrase you searched for.
3. Click a topic title.
Finding information about specific items in
FileMaker Server
As you’re working in FileMaker Server, you can find information
about a dialog box that’s open or certain items your mouse is
pointing to, depending on the platform you’re using.
Windows: For context-sensitive Help, do one of the following:
1 Select FileMaker Server or Schedules in the Console Tree (left side
of the FileMaker Server Console) and choose Action menu > Help.
You can also press F1, or click on the toolbar.
1 Right-click FileMaker Server or Schedules in the Console Tree and
choose Help.
1 In the upper-right corner of a dialog box, click , then click an
item in the dialog box to find out about it.
1 Rest the pointer over a menu name or toolbar item and read its
description in a pop-up window.
1 Rest the pointer over a menu command and read its description in
the lower left corner of the console.
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1: For context-sensitive Help, do one of the
following:
1 Some windows and dialog boxes have context-sensitive Help. To
access it, open a dialog box and press the Help key, choose Help
menu > FileMaker Server Help, or press 2 -?. The Help topic for that
dialog box opens. If a Help topic does not appear or the
FileMaker Server Help command is dimmed in the Help menu,
context-sensitive Help is not available for the open window or dialog
box.
1 Choose Help menu > Show Balloons and then point to a menu, or
select a menu and drag to display a description of each menu item.
1 Choose Help menu > Show Balloons, select a pop-up menu in a
dialog box, and drag to display a description of each item in the list.
Type the question or words you want to search for
Finding a topic in FileMaker Server Help (Mac OS X)
Click Ask