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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

Administering databases Sending messages to FileMaker Pro clients of selected

ILEMAKER SERVER 9 HELP 95

Sending messages to FileMaker Pro clients of selected

databases

You can send a message to FileMaker Pro clients connected to selected databases or all databases

hosted by FileMaker Server.

To send a message:

1. Choose Databases.

2. Open the Databases folder or the additional database folder, if required.

3. If you are sending a message to clients of selected databases, select one or more

databases.

4. For Actions, select Send Message or Send Message to all.

If you select Send Message, the message is sent to all FileMaker Pro clients connected to the

selected databases.

If you select Send Message to all, the message is sent to all FileMaker Pro clients connected

to any databases hosted by FileMaker Server.

5. Click Perform Action to open the Send Message dialog box.

6. Type a message, then click Send Message.

FileMaker Server sends the message to clients connected to the selected databases.

Note You cannot send messages to clients connected via Instant Web Publishing

or Custom Web

Publishing.