[FX.php List] [OFFish] opening a new file on server

[Steve Winter]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the thought, and the link to your PHP script...

I must however be missing here something here... how will an FMP script open
a database on an FMServer...?? or is this a function of the fact that the
CWP server is now also the FMS...?? What script step would I use...??

I can see how a script in a database, running in an FMP client could be used
to open another database which is hosted on the FMS, within the client, but
what I want to do is open the database on FMS... maybe I didn't explain
myself properly last time, or have missed the point of your post... ?? does
the Open File script step perform the open function on the server, if called
through the XML interface...??

Thanks
Steve


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Subject: Re: [FX.php List] [OFFish] opening a new file on server

run an FMP script that opens the db named via PHP and a GET or POST 
parameter?

http://snurl.com/1umx4

dan

Steve Winter had written:
> Hi all,
> 
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> 
> I've been working on a solution over the last few weeks which will be 
> used by schools for monitoring behaviour management within the school. 
> It's based on an FMP database, and uses FX to deliver the content. It is 
> anticipated that there will multiple schools using the system, with each 
> school having their own copy of the 'base' database and the associated 
> PHP files so that it's possible to do customisations on a school by 
> school basis. all good so far.
> 
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> 
> We would however like to have a completely web-based 'management' aspect 
> of this, which would mean that a school would register, and at 
> completion of registration (into a separate master database) PHP would 
> set up the school folder with a default install of the system, copy the 
> 'master' database, giving it an appropriate name, into the FMS databases 
> folder. and it's there that I run into a substantial snag.! Everything 
> is in place, *except* that the database isn't open on the server.
> 
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> 
> Does anyone have any clever ideas about how I can tell FMS to open the 
> new database.? I guess I could take the brute-force approach and use 
> exec() commands to stop, then restart the FMS service, but that will 
> clearly disrupt everyone else.!! I notice some of the FMP hosting 
> providers offer a web-based interface which they say can be used to open 
> and close dbs, anyone got any idea how they work.?
> 
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> Any thoughts.??
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> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve
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