Has anyone successfully enabled Network Sharing on a Mac under 8.5?

I can share DBs between Macs under 8.0 without any problems. When I open
a DB under 8.5 and try to share the client ALWAYS gets the error message
"exceeded host capacity" even though only 1 DB is open. I've tried all
sorts of combinations of Macs and DBs and can never get 8.5 to
successfully host a DB, although there are no problems with the
identical setup under 8.0.

Is there some new setting somewhere in 8.5 which needs to be enabled?

Are you opening your unique DB from another Mac on the network through the
Open / HOST button ? It is the only regular and safe way to open 'shared'
files.
As often said here, FileMaker has its own way of sharing files that could -
that will - enter in conflict with the OS sharing mechanism.
If you do so already, then I didn't understand your question nor your
problem.
Remi-Noel

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Don't know any HOST button. Do you mean Open Remote?

Here's the problem. Open DB on Mac A. Use FileMaker Pro:Sharing:Network
Sharing to turn on TCP/IP sharing for DB. Then go to Mac B and select
File:Open Remote. Can see host computer and file name, but when selected
to open I get the message "host exceeds capacity" and therefore cannot
open DB from Mac B.

If running 8.0, no problem on either Mac. If running 8.5 I always get
the error message. Problem exists both ways with either Mac hosting and
other as client.

Also, when I open a DB which had been shared I get a message that DB
cannot be shared because sharing is not turned on. This seems strange
and implies there is something buried in the DB which says it had been
shared previously.


In article <4569e8b1$0$17873$426a34cc (AT) news (DOT) free.fr>,
"Remi-Noel Menegaux" <rnmenegaux_AT_free.fr> wrote:

Yes, 'Open Remote equals 'Open' then 'Host' (at least on a PC).
So you do the right thing.
That said, I am sorry but I can't check with my existing setup of
achines - PC and Mac - to reproduce exactly the procedure you described.
I hope someone else will answer you better.
If not, I'll try to reconfigure my own setup some time to-morrow.
Remi-Noel


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