Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Preface Using the FileMakerServer documentation
- Chapter 1 Welcome to FileMakerServer 5
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMakerServer in Windows
- What you need
- Installing FileMakerServer
- Where files are stored on your hard disk
- Starting FileMakerServer (WindowsNT)
- Starting FileMakerServer (Windows2000)
- Stopping FileMakerServer (WindowsNT)
- Stopping FileMakerServer (Windows2000)
- Installing the Server Administration plug-in on a remote computer running Windows
- Enabling the Server Administration plug-in using FileMakerPro (Windows)
- Uninstalling FileMakerServer (Windows)
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMakerServer in the MacOS
- What you need
- Installing FileMakerServer
- Adjusting memory (MacOS)
- Where files are stored on your hard disk
- Starting FileMakerServer (MacOS)
- Quitting FileMakerServer (Mac OS)
- Installing the Server Administration plug-in on a remote computer running the MacOS
- Enabling the Server Administration plug-in using FileMaker Pro (MacOS)
- Chapter 4 Configuring FileMakerServer
- Using the configuration assistants (Windows)
- Opening the Properties dialog box (Windows)
- Opening the Preferences dialog box (MacOS)
- Setting the number of guests
- Allowing disconnection of idle guests
- Setting the maximum number of files
- Changing the amount of memory used by FileMakerServer
- Setting how often the cache is flushed
- Allowing single user files to be hosted
- Opening runtime solutions automatically (Windows)
- Opening runtime solutions automatically (Mac OS)
- Enabling remote administration
- Specifying a custom host name
- Maximizing performance (MacOS)
- Choosing network protocols
- Setting the preferred IP address
- Recording usage statistics and settingsizelimits
- Setting a size limit for the application log (WindowsNT)
- Setting a size limit for the application log (Windows2000)
- Setting a size limit for the Server Event Log (MacOS)
- Protecting files with a password
- How FileMakerServer behaves during system sleep
- Chapter 5 Administering FileMakerServer
- Administering FileMakerServer remotely
- Opening the Remote Administration window
- Listing hosted files and current guests remotely
- Viewing usage statistics for FileMakerServer remotely
- Hosting FileMakerPro5 files remotely
- Closing hosted files remotely
- Disconnecting guests remotely
- Viewing detailed information about hosted files and guests remotely
- Sending messages to guests remotely
- Sending messages to all guests remotely
- Administering FileMakerServer locally
- Monitoring performance locally (WindowsNT)
- Monitoring performance locally (Windows2000)
- Opening the local administration window (MacOS)
- Listing hosted files and guests locally (MacOS)
- Viewing usage statistics locally (MacOS)
- Hosting FileMaker Pro 5 files locally (MacOS)
- Closing hosted files locally (MacOS)
- Disconnecting guests locally (MacOS)
- Sending messages to guests locally (MacOS)
- Using reported events to track activities
- Recalculating the Today function inhosteddatabases
- Administering FileMakerServer remotely
- Chapter 6 Scheduling administrative tasks with FileMakerServer
- Scheduling tasks to run automatically (Windows)
- Scheduling tasks to run automatically (MacOS)
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules list (Windows)
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules window (MacOS)
- Running scheduled tasks manually
- Changing scheduled tasks
- Duplicating scheduled tasks
- Deleting scheduled tasks
- Enabling and disabling scheduled tasks
- Using the command line to automate tasks (Windows)
- Using an AppleScript to automate tasks (MacOS)
- Making sure you don’t run out of disk space
- Appendix A Technical specifications and optimization
- Appendix B Performance and usage tips
- Appendix C Event log messages and troubleshooting
- Appendix D About the TechInfo database
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FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Where files are stored on your hard disk
The following table shows the location and contents of the installed
items.
When you install the Server Administration plug-in on a remote
computer, the plug-in is installed in the FileMaker Extensions folder
inside the FileMaker Pro 5 folder on the remote computer. For more
information, see page 3-5.
Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
Start FileMaker Server by double-clicking its icon in the
FileMaker Server 5 Folder, or by selecting the icon and choosing
File menu > Open.
You can also make an alias to start FileMaker Server automatically
each time you start your computer. See the next section for more
information.
Making an alias
Previous versions of FileMaker Server automatically put an alias of
the application in the Startup Items folder of your System Folder. This
caused FileMaker Server to start up whenever you started your
computer.
Important Throw away any alias from a previous version of
FileMaker Server in your Startup Items folder.
To make an alias for FileMaker Server:
1. In the Finder, select the FileMaker Server icon in the
FileMaker Server 5 folder.
2. Choose File menu > Make Alias.
You see an alias of FileMaker Server in the application folder.
File Description
Preferred location
on hard disk
FileMaker Server FileMaker Server application FileMaker Server 5
folder
FileMaker Server
Apple Events
A FileMaker Pro database that
gives an introduction to the
Apple events supported by
FileMaker Server, so you can
control it using AppleScript or
similar applications. See the
documentation that came with
AppleScript or other
applications for details on how
to send events to
FileMaker Server.
FileMaker Server 5
folder:AppleScript
Examples:Apple
Events Information
FileMaker Help
Viewer
Application that displays
FileMaker Server onscreen
Help
FileMaker Server 5
folder:FileMaker Help
FileMaker Server
Help
Onscreen Help for
FileMaker Server
Apple Script files Sample template scripts to use
for running backups in the
Schedules dialog box
FileMaker Server 5
folder:AppleScript
Examples
Read Me A text file containing important
information about this release of
FileMaker Server
FileMaker Server 5
folder
FileMaker on the
Web
Alias for Go_FileMaker.html
Go_FileMaker.html HTML document source file for
FileMaker on the Web
FileMaker Server 5
folder:FMI
FMS_Logo.gif Graphic file of FileMaker Server
logo for the FileMaker on the
Web document
Application icon