Guide to Updating Plug-ins

Administering FileMaker Server (Windows and Mac OS) 7-11
4. Click OK.
The selected guest sees a notification dialog box with your message
requesting that the guest disconnect from the server. If the guest
doesn’t disconnect, the message repeats approximately one minute
before the guest is set to be disconnected.
When the set time elapses, FileMaker Server disconnects the guest
and the guest’s name disappears from the Remote Administration
window.
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1: To disconnect guests while working on the server
computer, see “Disconnecting guests (Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1)” on
page 7-16.
Viewing detailed information about hosted files
and guests
If you have the Server Administration plug-in installed on the remote
computer, you can use FileMaker Pro 5.x to view detailed
information about hosted files and the guests that are currently
connected to them. For each hosted database, you can display:
1 the name of the file
1 the number of guests connected to it
1 the number of records it contains
1 the number of layouts it has
1 its current size in bytes
1 file status: Normal (active), Closing, Pausing, Paused, Nearly full,
Exclusive by username. For more information about the Exclusive
status, see “Determining if you have exclusive access to
hosted databases” on page 7-12.
For each guest, you can display:
1 the name of the guest
1 the network protocol that the guest is using
1 the guest’s network address
1 the number of files the guest is currently connected to
1 the length of time in days, hours, and minutes that the guest has
been connected
1 the length of time in days, hours, and minutes that the guest has
been idle
1 guest status: Normal or Closing
To display detailed information about hosted files and guests:
1. Select a file or guest in the Remote Administration window.
2. Click Get Details.
You see the Get Details dialog box showing detailed information for
the file or guest.
Sending messages to guests
To send a message to one or more guests:
1. In the Remote Administration window, make a selection.
2. Click Send Message.
You see the Send Message dialog box with the name of the selected
recipient(s) in the title bar.
Select To send a message to
A database file All guests of the database
A folder Guests of the databases in the folder
A guest One guest
Detailed information
about your selection
appears here