Administrator’s Guide

Administering FileMaker Server 5-5
2. Choose a database in the Select a database list, then click OK.
FileMaker Server opens the file, and the database name appears in
the list in the Remote Administration window (if you are viewing
database information in the list).
Tips
1 You can use the Multi-User (Hidden) command in
FileMaker Pro 5 to prevent subordinate related files from appearing
in the Hosts dialog box. For more information, see the
FileMaker Pro 5 User’s Guide.
1 Windows: You can also open a file by dragging a FileMaker Pro 5
file icon and dropping it on the FileMaker Server application icon
(fmserver.exe) or by using the command prompt. See “Using the
command line to automate tasks (Windows)” on page 6-6 for more
information.
1 Mac OS: You can also open a file by dragging a FileMaker Pro 5
file icon onto the FileMaker Server application icon or onto the local
administration window, or you can use Apple events to open files. To
host files while working on the server computer, see “Hosting
FileMaker Pro 5 files locally (Mac OS)” on page 5-11. For more
information about Apple events, see the FileMaker Server Apple
Events folder in the FileMaker Server 5 folder.
Closing hosted files remotely
To close a database and disconnect any guests accessing it:
1. In the Remote Administration window, choose the Folders or Files
tab (if it’s not already selected) to display a list of open databases.
2. Select a file or folder in the list.
3. Click Close File.
You see the Close File dialog box with the name of the file or folder
to be closed in the title bar.
4. Enter text for the options in the dialog box, or accept the default
message and settings.
5. Click OK.
If the Files tab is displayed, the Status of the files being closed
changes to indicate that FileMaker Server has begun closing files.
Guests see a notification dialog box with your message requesting
they close their connection to a file. If guests don’t close the file, the
message repeats approximately one minute before the file is set to be
closed by FileMaker Server.
When the set time elapses, FileMaker Server disconnects any
remaining guests and closes the file or files in the folder. The file or
folder name no longer appears in the Remote Administration
window.
Completing the process of closing a folder, a large database file, or a
file with many connected guests may take several minutes.
For this option Do this
Message to send Type text you want the guests to see in addition to the
standard FileMaker Pro message (asking guests to close
the database file).
Minutes until guest
forced to disconnect
Enter a value (the default is 5 minutes or the
last-entered value).
Type your message here
Enter the number of minutes
until FileMaker Server will
disconnect guests