Administrator’s Guide

5-6 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
Tips
1 Windows: You can also close files from the command line. See
“Using the command line to automate tasks (Windows)” on page 6-6
for more information.
1 Mac OS: You can also close files using Apple events. For more
information about Apple Events, see the AppleScript Examples
folder in the FileMaker Server 5 folder.
1 Mac OS: To close files while working on the server computer, see
“Closing hosted files locally (Mac OS)” on page 5-12.
Disconnecting guests remotely
To disconnect a guest from a hosted database:
1. In the Remote Administration window, select the guest to
disconnect.
2. Click Disconnect Guest.
You see the Disconnect Guest dialog box with the name of the guest
to be disconnected in the title bar.
3. Enter text for the options in the dialog box, or accept the default
settings.
4. Click OK.
The selected guest sees a notification dialog box with your message
requesting that the guest disconnect from the server. If the guest
doesn’t disconnect, the message repeats approximately one minute
before the guest is set to be disconnected.
When the set time elapses, FileMaker Server disconnects the guest
and the guest’s name disappears from the Remote Administration
window.
Mac OS: To disconnect guests while working on the server
computer, see “Disconnecting guests locally (Mac OS)” on
page 5-13.
Viewing detailed information about hosted files and
guests remotely
If you have the Server Administration plug-in installed on your
remote computer, you can use FileMaker Pro 5 to view detailed
information about hosted files and the guests that are currently
connected to them. For each hosted database, you can display:
1 the name of the file
1 the number of guests connected to it
1 the number of records it contains
1 the number of layouts it has
1 its current size in bytes
1 file status: Normal (active), Closing, Pausing, Paused, Nearly full,
Exclusive by
username
For each guest, you can display:
1 the name of the guest
1 the network protocol that the guest is using
1 the guest’s network address
1 the number of files the guest is currently connected to
Click And select To
Guests The guest’s name Disconnect the selected guest
from all databases
Guests guestname The database file under
the guest’s name in the list
Disconnect the guest from the
selected database
Files filename The guest’s name under
the database in the list
Disconnect the selected guest
from a particular database
For this option Do this
Message to send Type text you want the guest to see in addition to the
standard FileMaker Pro message (the default).
Minutes until guest forced
to disconnect
Enter a value (the default is 5 minutes or the last-
entered value).