Guide to Updating Plug-ins

Scheduling administrative tasks (Windows and Mac OS) 8-3
1 For Specify Script, click Specify and locate an AppleScript on your
system that you want to run.
Sending messages to guests of hosted databases
(Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1)
1
For Operate on, choose one of the following options:
1 Type your message in the text box.
Scheduling tasks to run automatically
(Mac OS X)
1. Choose Window menu > Schedules Window.
2. In the Schedules window, click New.
3. Type a name for the task in the Schedule Name text box.
4. Choose the type of task (Back Up Database, Run Script, or Send
Message) from the pop-up menu. See the sections following step 7
for more information.
5. Click one or more days you want the task to be performed.
6. Click one or more hours and the up arrow for Minutes after the hour
to set the time you want the task to be performed.
To deselect a day or hour, click it again.
Note A new scheduled task is enabled by default, which means the
task will run at its scheduled time after you close the Schedules
window. For more information about enabling and disabling
scheduled tasks, see page 8-7.
7. Click OK.
Scheduling database backups (Mac OS X)
1
For Operate on, choose one of the following options:
1 For Back up to, click Specify and locate a folder that you want
FileMaker Server to store your backups in, or create a new folder.
Tips
1 Be sure to specify a folder that is not in the same folder as the
FileMaker Server application (or a subfolder one level down). Otherwise,
your backups could accidentally be opened after a server restart because
FileMaker Server automatically opens all databases in this location on
startup.
Choose To
All Databases Send a message to all users who are currently
connected to hosted databases
A specific folder name in
the pop-up menu
Send a message to guests of all open databases in the
selected folder
Type a name for the
scheduled task
Choose a
task type
Choose the files that the
task should operate on
Set the day
and time the
schedule
should run
Enable or
disable the
scheduled
task
Choose a
backup
location (if
applicable)
Choose To
All Databases Back up all hosted databases that are currently open
Specify Back up hosted databases in the selected folder