Search Again: Re: FMPRo Server From: Shawn Hogan Date: Thursday, March 2, 2000 Time: 10:19:59 pm Tim Vest wrote: >That is no kind of answer. Maybe you should look at the message again in >the morning when you are fresh. I am just asking, the step by step process >for making these different applications work together to run your program. >>I am kind of unclear how all the pieces fit together now, that have >>installed FMProServer 3. >> >>I start Server on the NT Server. I did the SRVANY thing, and now there are >>2 services running in the NT Services control panel: FMProServer to >>automaticaly start, and "Start Optigold FIles" service. That seems to be >>duplicating itself? That's normal. > >Then, I start FMPro 4 on the same machine, point it to > >c:\fmserver\optigold\mainmenu.usr? How does it know that the file is open > >in Server, so it doesn't try and assume that role? (I tried to just open > >the web files, but the web interface said it need the mainmenu.usr?? Correct. <copy/paste from user's guide> If you are using FileMaker Pro, you can get to this dialog from the File -> Open dialog and then click on the "Hosts" button... > > Then switch to multi-user mode? Data files will only work on server if they are in multi user mode to begin with, so no. > > Then open web files? No, web files are just static text files that reside in the Web folder. > >Then can open remote client Pro and/or runtime versions? Pointing to > >:\fmserver\optigold\mainmenu.usr? Same as above... Runtime will automatically connect to server, and FileMaker Pro will need to click on Open -> Hosts. - Shawn ------------------------------- Shawn D. Hogan President, Digital Point Solutions http://www.digitalpoint.com (858) 452-3696 ------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe and list archive please visit http://www.optigold.com/lists -------------------------------------------

Messages In This Thread: Re: FMPRo Server by Tim Vest on Mar 2, 2000 at 5:12:08 pm Re: FMPRo Server by Shawn Hogan on Mar 2, 2000 at 5:22:06 pm Re: FMPRo Server by Tim Vest on Mar 2, 2000 at 9:16:00 pm Re: FMPRo Server by Shawn Hogan on Mar 2, 2000 at 9:23:06 pm Re: FMPRo Server by Tim Vest on Mar 2, 2000 at 10:07:02 pm Re: FMPRo Server by Shawn Hogan on Mar 2, 2000 at 10:19:59 pm Re: FMPRo Server by Tim Vest on Mar 2, 2000 at 11:28:48 pm Re: FMPRo Server by Shawn Hogan on Mar 2, 2000 at 11:33:23 pm