So this brings up the Start Page of your FileMaker Server installation and from here we can start the Admin Console. The username and password that I'm providing here is the one that you specified when you installed and configured the FileMaker Server. So it has nothing to do with you local solution. With the Admin Console open you can find the Upload Feature right here on the Toolbar and also in the Menu. So let's go ahead and launch it. The first step is to choose a folder or create a new subfolder to put the solution in and we'll go ahead and just upload it to the Default Folder. So now we'll browse to our desktop and select our Solution File. Note that we do not need to select the folders where our Container Data is stored. The Upload Feature is smart enough to know that they exist and will bundle them with our file for the upload. And this is one of the main reasons to use the Upload Feature instead of trying to move the files manually. As you can see the Wizard does a quick check of your file and this configuration and on this dialog it tells you that the files will be hosted and opened after the upload. Meaning that people can connect to it right away. If you just want to upload the files but leave them closed on the server, simply uncheck this checkbox. The note on this dialog describes what will happen if you forgot to set the fmapp Extended Privilege in your file. If we didn't do what before with our Privilege Sets then the Upload Wizard would allow only the accounts assigned to the Full Access Privilege Set to connect to the hosted file. In our case that would be only the admin accounts and none of the other accounts. Now with a Full Access Account you could then still go into the Hosted File and assign the fmapp Extended Privilege to the other Privilege Sets. So let's go ahead and finish the upload and that is done and we have confirmation that our file was successfully uploaded and is now opened and hosted on the FileMaker Server as we can see here. So back to our workstations so now all that my users would have to do is open their FileMaker Pro or Advanced. Go to Open Remote select the correct FileMaker Server, select our solution, hit Enter and then provide a valid username and passwords. And as we can see the Container Data although it is stored outside of the FileMaker File needed to find it's way across to the FileMaker Server okay and is showing up properly. Let's go ahead and see how that was done. So this is our FileMaker Server, the Windows box and this is where our FileMaker Server has its Default Databases Folder. So we have our FileMaker File here and we have our external or remote Container Data right there. So the Upload Feature is small enough to know that there is external Container Data. We'll bundle it up and send it to the server and the server will create a proper folder structure to make sure that your Container Data shows up properly once the file is hosted. The other benefit of using the Upload Feature is if you are using OS X as your server then the Upload Feature takes care of setting the privileges on your files correctly. And that is something that you would have to do manually and it is something that is easily overlooked and can cause some serious frustration. One last thing as you play with around FileMaker Pro you may have noticed the Sharing Option right here under the File Menu. You do not need to change anything here for sharing your solution through FileMaker Server. These settings are only relevant for the limited Peer-to-peer to sharing that is built into FileMaker Pro and that we talked about in a previous movie.
| Course: | FileMaker Server 12 |
| Author: | Wim Decorte |
| SKU: | 34324 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61866-047-3 |
| Release Date: | 2012-06-22 |
| Duration: | 6.5 hrs / 84 lessons |
| Work Files: |
Yes |
| Captions: | No |
| Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7, Flash 8 |