Automatically starting with a table on the server?

#1

Hello All:

How can I start FMP 7 with a table on our server?

Right now it comes up with "Open New or Existing File" dialog menu. I
end up cancelling this and choosing "Open Recent" from the "Files"
menu.

Thanks

#2

In FM6 you could use the commandline; Filemaker Pro.exe open file "the
file.fp5". Maybe the same works with 7.

Alternately, you could use a URL to open it..

fmp5://filemakerserver/file.fp5 for Filemaker 5/6, or
fmp7://server/file.fp7 for Filemaker 7.

HTH.

Andy

#3

Well, fmp7://server/file.fp7 type of URL does not work for me. I get a
dialog box that displays c:\, and in so many words it says "Windows
cannot find Pogram.exe. This program is needed for opening files of
type 'URL:FMP7 Protocol'."

On a command window I tried

"Filemaker Pro.exe" \\server\file.fp7

This would just start FMP but would not open the file file.fp7 .

(In all these, of course, I used our own server and file names.)

It may be doablewith both methods but obviously the syntax needs some
investigation.

Any one out there who has done this with version 7?

Thanks

#4

Ahh,

Thats right, its broken with FM7.

You'll need to modify the registry for it to work. Here are the keys..

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMP7]
@="URL:FMP7 Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMP7\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMP7\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMP7\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\FileMaker\\FileMaker Developer 7\\FileMaker
Developer.exe %1"

Enter that into notepad, and save as fm7.reg. Then double click on the
file. After that, the url should work as i said.

HTH,
Andy