This will authenticate you to this specific database.ĭon't forget that you still have a copy of your database on your computer. You will be asked again for your account name and password.Select your database and click the 'Open' button. You will now be presented with a list of databases that are accessible using your account name and password.Enter the account name and password that you created in the FileMaker security settings for your database. After clicking save you should be presented with a window asking for your account name and password.Leave 'Show all available files for this host' selected and click the 'Save' button. ) into both 'Host's Internet Address' and 'Favorite Host's Name' boxes. Enter the name of the FileMaker Server you got from the welcome email or customer portal area (i.e.In the open remote window select 'Favorite Hosts' from the 'View' pop-up list then click the 'Add' button.In FileMaker Pro click the 'File' menu and select 'Open Remote.'.You can find out the name of our FileMaker Server where your database is hosted in your welcome email or in the product detail section of our client portal area. In order to access your database on our servers we need to tell FileMaker Pro where this database lives.Now the fun begins! Lets start by opening FileMaker Pro on your computer. Step 5 - Access your remote database with FileMaker Pro

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