Guide to Updating Plug-ins

Administering FileMaker Server (Windows and Mac OS) 7-9
When FileMaker Server starts, it automatically opens or hosts all
multi-user files in the FileMaker Server 5.5 folder including those in
subfolders one level down. It also opens single user files, if you have
enabled the Allow FileMaker Server to host Single User files option in the
Files tab of the Properties (Windows) or Preferences (Mac OS) dialog
box or the HostSingleUserFiles preference parameter (Red Hat
Linux). For more information, see “Allowing single user files to be
hosted” on page 6-7. Don’t use personal file sharing to share
FileMaker Pro files.
Note To open database files while administering remotely, you must
have the Server Administration plug-in for FileMaker Pro installed
on the remote computer. See “Automatically downloading the
Server Administration plug-in to a remote computer” on page 7-6.
To open files remotely while FileMaker Server is running:
1. In FileMaker Pro, click Open File in the Remote Administration
window.
You see a dialog box with a list of FileMaker Pro 5.x files available
for hosting, organized by folder.
2. Choose a database in the Select a database file or folder list, then
click
OK.
FileMaker Server opens the file, and the database name appears in
the list in the Remote Administration window (if you are viewing
database information in the list).
If you selected a folder, FileMaker Server opens all of the files in that
folder.
Tips
1 Windows: You can open a file by dragging a FileMaker Pro 5.x
file icon and dropping it on the FileMaker Server application icon
(fmserver.exe), if the FileMaker Server service is already running
1 Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1: You can open a file by dragging a
FileMaker Pro 5.x file icon onto the FileMaker Server application
icon or onto the local administration window.
1 Windows: You can open a file by using the command prompt. See
“Using the command line to automate tasks (Windows)” on page 8-8
for more information.
1 Mac OS: You can use Apple events to open files. To host files
while working on the server computer, see “Hosting FileMaker Pro
5.x files (Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1)” on page 7-14. For more information
about Apple events, see the AppleScript Examples folder inside the
FileMaker Server 5.5 folder.
1 If you are hosting large numbers of files or guests, you might
improve Remote Administration performance by increasing the
FileMaker Pro cache size. For more information, see the
FileMaker Pro 5 User’s Guide.
1 You can use the Multi-User (Hidden) command in
FileMaker Pro 5.x to prevent subordinate related files from
appearing in the Hosts dialog box. For more information, see the
FileMaker Pro 5 User’s Guide.
1 Mac OS X: Add an extension to a filename if it does not have one.
Closing hosted files
To close a database and disconnect any guests accessing it:
1. In the Remote Administration window, choose the Folders or Files
tab (if it’s not already selected) to display a list of open databases.
2. Select a file or folder in the list.
3. Click Close File.
You see the Close File dialog box with the name of the file or folder
to be closed in the title bar.