Hi Mark:
Thanks for the tips. I downloaded and installed the Windows NT 4.0
Resource Kit however, no srvany.exe was installed. When I search the
MSKB, I see several references for srvany.exe with respect to the 3.5
Resource Kit.
Do you know if this is part of the 4.0 kit? Is there some other way
to install services?
Thanks again.
nme
>Most apps (but not all I've found) respond to -q. So you can use the AT
>command scheduler (included in the NT Resource kit: Start Menu>Program
>Files>Resource Kit 4.0>Configuration>Command Scheduler) to make a command
>that specifies the path to filemaker and give it the -q command:
>
>c:\Program Files\FileMakerPro\fmp.exe -q
>
>I don't really know that FileMaker is called fmp.exe in Windows, but you
>get the idea. And some apps have their own wierd commands that are sort
>of non-standard that allow you to do all sorts of things from the command
>prompt. I dunno about FileMaker but I'd try just entering this in the
>command shell to see if it works. If it does, you can script it with the
>command scheduler.
>
>Another thing you could do is to set up FileMaker as a service. Use
>srvany.exe to do this. Again this is included in the NT Resource kit -
>there are some easy to follow instructions to do this in a read me
>included with it. The cool thing about this method is that you can have
>FileMaker start as a service and open up databases automatically at
>startup whether anyone logs in or not.
>
>And services can be scheduled to start and stop in the AT command
>scheduler using the NETSVC command which does work with everything:
>
>NETSVC yourservicename \\yourcomputer \stop
>
>We have Faircom running on NT and this is exactly how we back it up with
>retrospect. We stop the service, retrospect backs everything up around
>2am. Then at 5am, we have an AT command run that restarts the server. And
>when the server restarts, Faircom loads as a service.
>
>Now whatever method you end up using to get fmp to stop, I can't stress
>how important it is to test a restore after you do a backup. I don't know
>what effect this would have on any open databases.
>
>HTH,
>Mark Maytum
>Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation
>
>
>
>
>Noah Eiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Hello:
>
>I have FileMaker Pro "client" running on an NT server. The client
>hosts several databases that are always open.
>
>Does anyone know a way to script this app to close and re-open so
>Retrospect client can do its stuff?
>
>thanks
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