>Hi! I'm a newbie to ebase, trying to use Filemaker Pro version 4 to share
>ebase over the internet. I set up the web companion, and set up web
>sharing on all the files (I have ebase 1.0.2) and I'm still having
>problems.
First a word about what's possible. You can share data over the web
using Web Companion, but not the function of scripts and buttons. So,
you don't really get "ebase" which relies on lots of underlying
scripts to make the magic work. So, for example it would be possible
to make a fill-in-the-blanks form to enter name and address, but not
to get all the ebase functions.
That said, it is possible to share the entire set of ebase files and
functions, but each user, host and remote, needs a copy of FileMaker
to make it work. It works the same as sharing across a local
Ethernet, but the host computer needs a static IP address so
FileMaker knows where to go for data. You can find details in the
ebase FAQ on the web site.
>I tried taking out the _ from a file, ie, I changed the name of names_.102
>to names.102, because the Filemaker manual said that anything that has a _
>before the file extension is hidden. Lo and behold, my website then
>acknowledged that I was sharing the names database.
>
>But i don't want to share just the names database (after that test, I
>renamed the file and put the _ back in). I want to share ebase. The
>default website says that i have no databases open and ready to share,
>even though when I open ebase I see it saying, "Opening ebase as
>multi-user to allow guest access over the network" and after i put in my
>password, it gives the same message for all the other databases.
>
>I went into the admin screen, view 2, and pressed "Set to multi-user
>mode". I tried going to the website, which didn't work, and I also tried
>going to FIle:Open in my filemaker, and then clicking on "Hosts", entering
>the IP address WITH the port number, and it still didn't work.
>
>Help! I know I can share files, because it worked, but how can I share
>*ebase*!
>
>-Sheeri Kritzer
>
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