Hi there,

Before I tear my hair out over this, I figured I'd ask here and see
what answers I could get.

First off, I know next to nothing about Filemaker (I normally use
Access but this application was built in Filemaker so there's nothing
I can do.) So...total newcomer. Go easy, please and thanks.

Second...I've got a Win2K3 Standard Edition server with both Filemaker
Server 5.5 and Filemaker Pro 6 installed on it. The .FP5 files are
located in a directory that is not shared on a hard drive partition
(which may be part of the problem...I can't really tell.)

The software is charitable license software, so I didn't get any user
manuals or documentation or installation instructions or anything.
Just 2 CDs and a nice little letter from Filemaker with the volume
license key.

I installed everything from both discs (since I didn't know what was
important) and tried opening the database, which was designed to be a
multi-user database and will be accessed as such (in other words, it
can't be a single-user database because there will be 3 satellite
locations hammering away at it simultaneously.)

Any time I try to open a file working from the server (or anywhere
else for that matter), I get:

"Filemaker cannot host a file because of a network error. Files
marked as Multi-User will not be available over the network." (10048)

or

"(file).fp5 is currently in use and cannot be opened. The file may be
single-user, or the host could not be found on the network."

I also noticed that when I try to use File-->Open Remote and click the
Hosts button, the host itself isn't there. So I suspect the problem
is that the Filemaker Server isn't talking to Filemaker Pro.

environment. The problem is that I don't have the slightest idea how
to do that since I never received a manual (which would have been
really helpful.)

Is this a command-line deal? Is there somewhere in Filemaker Server
I'm supposed to go? Better yet, is there a manual somewhere that can
be downloaded (I tried Filemaker.com but the admin guide there is
absolutely useless and doesn't mention anything)?

Thanks.



Adam Senour
http://www.searchenginefriendlylayouts.com

Be sure you have port 5003 open. And since both FMS and FMP want to use
the same port and protocol at the same time, you cannot have both open
at the same time on the same machine. Let's start there and let us know
what happens.

SEFL wrote:
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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Professional Solutions, Inc. Los Angeles

FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Hi Howard,

I just want to clarify, since I think you answered my question: does
this mean I cannot have Filemaker Pro Server 5.5 running as a service
as well as Filemaker Pro 6 on the same machine? Would that imply that
I need two servers, one to run Filemaker Pro itself and a second to
run FMS itself?

And if that's the case, is there a workaround save for shoving another
machine into a location that really doesn't have room for it?

Here's the setup right now:

1) Three satellite locations access a server, stored off-site.
2) They would go into FMP via the server (once I wrote a batch file
guiding them...but I can't do that until I solve this).
3) FMP would access the database, presumably via FMS.

Port's open and established through RRAS, so I know I'm okay there.

I'm not sure I understand why you need a second server to run FM Pro.
You have your three user machines, right? What are you doing with the
other local installation of FM Pro? If you indeed do need FM Pro
running locally then, yes, you do need to run it on a separate machine.

SEFL wrote:
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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Professional Solutions, Inc. Los Angeles

FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

That answered my question. It's not the answer I wanted to hear, but
it answered my question.

The reason that it's done this way is because the server connection
has a dynamic IP. Don't ask me why...I don't get to make that
choice. But someone somewhere higher than me made the decision, and I
have to live and deal with it.

So...on to whatever plan B is. Thanks, Howard. I appreciate it. You
actually did help me.

Hello SEFL,

SEFL schrieb/wrote:

Why do you want to run FileMaker Pro on a server when this machine is
also running FileMaker Server???

I would rather call the first one "client" in this scenario...

Maybe you could run the Server in a virtual machine using VMware or
similar software.
I strongly recommend running FileMaker Server on a dedicated system.
Depending on how many users work on how much data, a virtual server
could run into performance problems - especially when there are local
users that heavily use the host system...

Regards,
Christian
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Hello SEFL,

SEFL schrieb/wrote:

If this is the problem, you'll find a possible solution on
<http://www.dyndns.org>.

Regards,
Christian
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On Jan 31, 2:53 pm, "SEFL" <a... (AT) searchenginefriendlylayouts (DOT) com>
wrote:
The manuals are all downloadable from FM if they aren't already on
your install disks. And you should definitely read them, you are way
over your head. FM is dead easy compared to Access, but give those
manuals a try.