Guide to Updating Plug-ins

9-8 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
4. Find the FlushTimeInterval preference parameter and replace the
current value with a whole number between 15 and 120 minutes. For
example:
FlushTimeInterval 20
The default setting is 15 minutes.
5. If you’re finished making changes to the configuration file, close the
text editor, reload the configuration file, and log out as the root user.
Allowing single user files to be hosted
For your convenience, you can set FileMaker Server to open files set
to Single User in FileMaker Pro. This setting lets you host single-
user databases without first having to manually open them in
FileMaker Pro and change them to multi-user.
To open single user files automatically:
1. Switch to the root user and enter the root password.
2. Using your text editor, open the fmserver.conf file.
3. Find the HostSingleUserFiles preference parameter and replace
the current value with
ON.
HostSingleUserFiles ON
4. If you’re finished making changes to the configuration file, close the
text editor, reload the configuration file, and log out as the root user.
Allowing software updates to be
downloaded automatically
You can store software updates on the server computer and allow
FileMaker Pro 5.5 guests to download these files automatically when
they open database files hosted by FileMaker Server 5.5. Examples of
files you might want to download automatically are plug-in files or
plug-in license files, sometimes required by FileMaker Pro databases.
When a FileMaker Pro file is hosted using FileMaker Server, any
plug-ins required by the file must exist on each guest computer used
to open the database. By allowing plug-in updates to be downloaded
automatically, you ensure that all guests have access to plug-ins
required by the database the first time they attempt to open it. In
addition, when plug-ins are changed by database developers, you can
store new versions on the server computer so you don't have to
update plug-ins on many individual guest computers.
If you want to change this setting, first turn on the Auto Update
setting. Then place plug-in and plug-in version files in the Auto
Update directory on the server computer and instruct database guests
to turn on the Auto Update plug-in in the Application preferences in
FileMaker Pro 5.5.
Enabling Auto Update in FileMaker Server
To enable FileMaker Pro guests to automatically receive plug-in
updates from the server computer:
1. Switch to the root user and enter the root password.
2. Using your text editor, open the fmserver.conf file.
3. Find the UseAutoUpdate preference parameter and replace the
current value with
ON.
UseAutoUpdate ON
4. If you’re finished making changes to the configuration file, close the
text editor, reload the configuration file, and log out as the root user.
Note FileMaker Pro 5.5 can check the version of plug-in files
required by the hosted database and update plug-ins if the current
version is not located on the guest computer. However, FileMaker
Pro cannot verify the version of other downloadable files. If a non-
plug-in file is located on both the server and guest computers, the file
on the guest computer is backed up in the Saved System Folder
(Windows) or Saved FileMaker Extensions folder (Mac OS) and the
file on the server is placed in the System Folder (Windows) and
FileMaker Extensions folder (Mac OS).