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From: Martin =?UTF-8?Q?=CE=A4rautmann?= <t-usenet@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: FileMaker Pro 8.5 Share Question
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:36:13 +0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:14:53 -0800, Nowhere wrote:
>  On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:25:17 +0000 (UTC), Martin ?rautmann
>  <t-usenet@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:48:09 -0800, Nowhere wrote:
> > > > >  THE FILES ARE NOT ON THE NETWORK!  They are all in the *same local
> > > > >  folder*.  Enabling Network share fails, so that does not fix the
> > > > >  problem.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  So why this error?
> > > > 
> > > > Enabling Network share should do the job. So how does it fail?
> > > 
> > >  DUH, dialog just says it fails.  No explanation.  But again, NONE of
> > >  the files are on our network.  They are all in the same folder on my
> > >  desktop system, all local.
> > > 
> > >  The problem is FileMaker sees a network-share when should not be.
> > 
> > Did you ever actually enable Sharing?
> > 
> > Your answer now may imply that you never tried to activate it.
> > Take Harry's approach to disable it for the files.
> > You don't need it.
> > 
> > But did you ever open the sharing setup?
> > 
> > On Mac it's File > Sharing > FileMaker Network...
> >   Network Sharing   off ( )    on (*)
> > 
> 
>  Did you read my comment above?  When I try to turn it on IS when I get
>  the error that it fails.

A dialog for me is somethin where I can enter yes or no, or just "ok".
I dialog will appear when you open the files, since sharing is not yet
enabled.

You did not explain yet how you tried to enable sharing.

Please do some screenshots of your attempts and put them somewhere
online. It remains unclear which steps you did.

- Martin