Is it possible to create a shortcut at the users desktop
that will open a shared database,
instead of ..Open..Remote..Database name ?

Thanks

Good practices are :
- never 'share' FMP files in the OS sense, but put them as 'Multi-User'
in the FMP Menu File / Sharing
- open the set of files in a first computer which becomes the 'server'
of other workstations.
- on any other workstation, call your files by the 'Host' button, and
only that (any other way will create corruption of the files).
- you may create on each workstation a small FMP file 'Opening' without
any record, but with a script 'Open' set to be opened at the opening of
the file (in the Edit / Preferences /Document / Perform Script at the
opening).
- This single script will contain at least one line : Perform script(
TheSharedFileYouWant ToOpen).
- This script has to be initialized once on each workstation to open the
right file via the 'HOST' button.
- from there the user will open the 'remote' file by opening his
'Opening' file.
- rather than repeating this procedure for each file you may have in the
main set of files a 'calling' file that will open all files. That file
will be the one you'll address in the workstation 'Opening' file.
- this applies whatever is your 'server', either regular FMP or FMS(
Server).
- best is to have your 'server' be a dedicated computer, even a small
one.
Remi-Noel


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