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1. #HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 SOFTWARE#
3. #HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 TRIAL#
4. #HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 PLUS#
5. #HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 MAC#

Once you have collected this information, you’ll be able to form a URL following this format: >://server//filename.>Īn example of this would be: FMP7://192.168.1.1/Menu.fp7

#HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 HOW TO#

Since there are so many combinations, I won’t go into a lot of detail here, but I want to make sure you’re at least armed with the knowledge of how to compose a valid URL to your database.Īt the very least, you’re going to need to know: How you go about creating a link though, will depend on a number of variables such as what version of FileMaker Pro was your database designed for, what browser you’re using, and what operating system you’re working with. Linking to the database is typically done through a web-browser. There are of course multiple ways to accomplish this, and I’d like to briefly touch on a couple of them.

In cases like this, it would be nice to have a simple shortcut to click on, that will launch FileMaker Pro for you, and automatically connect to the proper database. Once you get into hosting your database on a FileMaker Server, then your clients will have to “Open Remote” to access the database, and sometimes that will introduce even more complexity into the picture such as “What server is the database hosted on?” or “Why do I have to enter my credentials twice?”. If you’re using your database regularly, and if it’s got any mission-critical data in it, then you really should be hosting your database on a FileMaker Server, and let’s face it, not everybody understands how the client-server model works. Any of these approaches seem to involve an unnecessary intermediary step… especially if you’re a novice FileMaker Pro user.

And when I say FileMaker Pro I mean the Desktop client FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced.If you use a FileMaker database (or even multiple FileMaker databases) on a regular basis, then chances are you typically open up FileMaker Pro first, and from there either pick the database you want to work in from within the Recent Files list, or even use the “Open” command or “Open Remote” command.

#HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 MAC#

Whenever possible I will show both the Windows and the Mac version of FileMaker Server but since FileMaker Server 9 and also now in 10 all FileMaker Server related things pretty much look the same on both platforms.

#HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 TRIAL#

This trial installation can always be updated with a real FileMaker Server key as long as the trial period has not expired so if I hasn't expired you will not need to uninstall FileMaker Server trial version.

#HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 SOFTWARE#

If you want to follow along with this tutorial but don't have FileMaker Server you can go here to the FileMaker download section down to the trial software and download a 30 day working copy of FileMaker Server Advanced. Keep in mind the FileMaker Server also runs on Windows 2008 and on OS 10.411 so if you're running on either of those two platforms there might be subtle differences in what you see and what tools are available but for the most part everything will be the same. So let's set the stage for what we are going to do, for this tutorial we will be working with FileMaker Server Advanced 10 and running on server 2003 and OS 10.5. NET, ODBC and other web based technologies that you can use to consume FileMaker data, all of that through either regular Filemaker Server or FileMaker Server Advanced. And to wrap things up for this tutorial we will talk about non FileMaker technology such as PHP. An important section of this tutorial will be about strategies for troubleshooting when things go wrong.

#HOW TO CONNECT TO EXTERNAL FP7 FILE FILEMAKER PRO 10 PLUS#

In this tutorial you will get an in depth look at what FileMaker Server is and how you can configure it, plus also detailed information on how to put together the best possible deployment so that once you have all of FileMaker Server configured, it will keep on running with the best possible up time. Hi, and welcome to the VTC tutorial on FileMaker Server.