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FileMaker Server 9 Help
About FileMaker Server
New features in FileMaker Server 9
Deploying FileMaker Server
- Which deployment type is right for me?
- Testing FileMaker Server
- Checking the status of your deployment
- Changing a FileMaker Server deployment
Starting Admin Console
Hosting databases
- Editing accounts and privilege sets
- Uploading database files
  - Uploading database files manually
- Verifying databases are available to FileMaker Pro clients
Hosting websites
- Hosting PHP websites
- Hosting XSLT websites
- Hosting databases for XML queries
- Using Instant Web Publishing
Starting and stopping FileMaker Server
Configuring general settings
- Server information settings
- Email notification settings
- Admin Console settings
- Auto Start settings
Configuring Database Server settings
- FileMaker Pro client settings
- Database settings
  - Cache flushing operation
- Database Server security settings
  - External authentication for database access
- Default folder settings
- Logging and statistics settings
- Server plug-in settings
Configuring web publishing settings
- General web publishing settings
- PHP web publishing settings
- XSLT web publishing settings
  - Text encoding for XSLT requests
  - Configuring the interaction between web sessions and database sessions
- XML web publishing settings
- Instant Web Publishing settings
Administering clients
- Sending messages to FileMaker Pro clients
- Disconnecting clients
Administering databases
- Sending messages to FileMaker Pro clients of selected databases
- Opening hosted files
- Closing hosted files
- Pausing hosted files
- Resuming hosted files
- Removing hosted files
Using ODBC and JDBC with FileMaker Server
- Sharing FileMaker databases via ODBC and JDBC
  - Enabling sharing via ODBC and JDBC
- Accessing external ODBC data sources
Monitoring FileMaker Server
- Viewing statistics
- Tracking activity in log files
Managing plug-ins
- Enabling server-side plug-ins
  - Folders for server-side plug-in files
  - Changing plug-in file permissions (Mac OS)
- Enabling auto-update for plug-ins
  - Preparing Mac OS plug-in files for conversion to .tar format
Securing your data
Scheduling administrative tasks
- Scheduling database backups
  - Tips for database backups
- Running server-side scripts
  - Running ScriptMaker scripts
  - Running system-level script files
- Sending scheduled messages to clients of hosted databases
- Creating schedules
  - Examples of repeating schedules
- Editing schedules
- Duplicating a schedule
- Deleting a schedule
- Running a schedule manually
- Enabling and disabling schedules
Troubleshooting
- Deployment problems
- Admin Console problems
- General problems
- Network problems
- Problems on client computers
- FileMaker Server event log messages
- Command line error messages
- Improving performance
Checking for updates
About the license key
Command line reference
- fmsadmin commands
Glossary
Registration
Customer support and Knowledge Base
Copyright information

Configuring Database Server settings FileMaker Pro client settings

ILEMAKER SERVER 9 HELP 63

FileMaker Pro client settings

The Database Server > FileMaker Pro Clients tab specifies the following configuration settings:

• Specify the maximum number of simultaneous FileMaker Pro

client connections to

FileMaker Server.

• Enable FileMaker Pro users to download updated plug-ins

used by hosted databases.

• Specify the maximum idle time before disconnecting FileMaker Pro clients.

• Configure FileMaker Server to work with a directory service

To specify FileMaker Pro client settings:

1. Choose Database Server > FileMaker Pro Clients tab.

To Do this

Set the number of

simultaneous FileMaker Pro

clients that can access

databases hosted by

FileMaker Server

For Maximum number of FileMaker Pro connections,

enter a number.

The memory requirements of FileMaker Server are directly

related to the number of connected clients, open files, and

the size of database cache

. If your server has large numbers

of clients or files, you can increase the amount of RAM

reserved for the database cache to improve performance.

For more information, see Database settings

(page 67).

Allow FileMaker Pro clients to

download updated plug-ins

used by databases hosted by

FileMaker Server

Select Allow FileMaker Pro clients to download updates

automatically.

Set the maximum idle time for

FileMaker clients

Select Set maximum idle time allowed for FileMaker

clients and enter the time.

You can set the maximum time a FileMaker Pro client can be

idle when connected to a database hosted by FileMaker

Server. FileMaker Server only notifies FileMaker Pro of this

setting. In FileMaker Pro, you should edit privilege sets

enable the option Disconnect user from FileMaker Server

when idle. Because you can set this option on a privilege set

basis, certain users will be disconnected while other users

always maintain their connections.

Note Because clients who are disconnected have to reopen

the files, make sure the idle time is long enough to avoid

frequent disconnections.