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Managing plug-ins Enabling server-side plug-ins
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Enabling server-side plug-ins
Server-side plug-ins can provide external functions used in the following:
• stored calculations or server-side queries
• ScriptMaker
scripts that are scheduled to run on FileMaker Server (see Running
ScriptMaker scripts (page 131))
To enable plug-ins on FileMaker Server:
1. Place plug-ins in the proper folders so that FileMaker Server can use them.
For details, see Folders for server-side plug-in files
(page 121).
2. In Admin Console, click the Database Server > Server Plug-ins tab.
3. Select Enable FileMaker Server to use plug-ins.
The list shows the plug-ins that are in the plug-in folder.
4. Select Enabled for each plug-in that you want to execute on FileMaker Server.
5. Click Save.
Notes
• Some plug-ins (and the libraries they reference) load only when the process is executed by
a user who is logged into the system; FileMaker Server executes as a service
(Windows) or
a daemon
(Mac OS), not as a user process. Consequently, developers need to write plug-
ins differently to work with FileMaker Server. Users will need to see their operating system
documentation to find which libraries are typically available.
• If a web publishing solution uses a plug-in, you must place a copy of the same plug-in in a
folder on the machine running the Web Publishing Engine
(even if the Web Publishing
Engine is running on the same machine as the Database Server
).
Related topic
Managing plug-ins (page 119)