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Administering databases Closing hosted files
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ILEMAKER SERVER 9 HELP 97
Closing hosted files
Close one or more hosted databases with Normal or Paused status.
To close databases and disconnect clients:
1. Choose Databases.
2. Open the Databases folder or the additional database folder, if required.
3. If you are closing selected databases, select one or more Normal or Paused databases.
4. For Actions, select Close or Close all.
5. Click Perform Action.
6. If you see the Close Databases dialog box, do the following:
• For Message, type the message to send to clients
before they are disconnected.
• For Delay time, enter the number of minutes between when the notification is sent and
when clients are disconnected.
• Click Send Message.
Clients see a notification dialog box with your message requesting they close their connection to
a file.
When the delay time elapses, FileMaker Server disconnects any remaining clients and closes
the file or files in the folder. The status of the affected files changes to Closed.
The Status of the files being closed changes to Closing to indicate that FileMaker Server has
begun closing files.
Completing the process of closing many database files, a large database file, or a file with many
connected clients may take several minutes.
Note Close can be performed on a database with the Opening or Checking status, canceling the
consistency check performed when the file is opened.
Related topics
Disconnecting clients (page 92)
Viewing statistics
(page 108)
Sending messages to FileMaker Pro clients
(page 91)
Administering databases
(page 93)