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

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Interesting in FMS5.5 release for Linux there were such features too,
I really miss the Linux version, it was a real server when it ran as a
daemon on my good old debian server.

ggt

On Dec 4, 2007 11:24 PM, Steve Winter <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz> wrote:
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> Just thought I'd report on the research of the last hour or so on this one…
> turns out that there's a groovy little command line tool fmsadmin.exe in
> your default FMS folder, which can be used to do all those groovy things
> that you might want, like opening and closing databases…
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> Problem solved (well it will be when I've written a bit of PHP to talk to
> the command line app ;-)
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> Cheers
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> 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
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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
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