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
2. Select Allow FileMaker Server to open registered runtime solutions.
3. To register a filename extension for a runtime solution, type the
extension into the top box, then click Add.
You can register a maximum of 16 filename extensions. You can use
the following wildcard characters when defining filename extensions.
4. To remove a filename extension, select it, then click Remove.
5. Set any other options, then click OK.
Opening runtime solutions automatically
(Mac OS)
You can have FileMaker Server automatically host runtime solution
files that have been bound using FileMaker Developer 5.
About FileMaker Developer
FileMaker Developer lets database developers create and distribute
complete single user database solutions with layouts that are not
modifiable by users. Users can purchase and use these databases
without having to obtain full FileMaker Pro licenses for the
computers running the databases.
If runtime solution files were bound using FileMaker Developer
running in the Mac OS, they open automatically when
FileMaker Server starts if they are located in the FileMaker Server 5
folder (or subfolders one level down).
If runtime solutions files were bound using FileMaker Developer
running in Windows, you must open them using FileMaker Pro 5
running in the Mac OS and then close them before placing them in
the FileMaker Server 5 folder (or subfolders one level down).
Thereafter, these solution files will open automatically when
FileMaker Server starts.
Enabling remote administration
Using FileMaker Pro 5, you can remotely control, or administer,
FileMaker Server from a different computer than the one on which
FileMaker Server is installed and hosting databases. After you
enable remote administration, you can view a list of hosted
databases, and the guests using them, and monitor performance
statistics using the remote computer.
Use this
character To indicate
*
Zero or more characters. For example, c* registers all extensions
that begin with c.
?
One character. For example, c?p registers all extensions that
begin with c and end with p, and c? registers all extensions that
begin with c and are two characters in length.
File Types tab (Windows)