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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 Default folder settings

ILEMAKER SERVER 9 HELP 74

2. Click Validate to ensure that the path entered is correct.

When the path is found to be valid, the label changes from Not a valid path to Valid path. If the

path is not valid, see Tips for valid folders

(page 75).

3. Click Save.