

You can run DebugView.exe on Windows to see if the plugins gets loaded.
#Filemaker server plugin how to#
Please review Install Plugin Update if needed.fmp12 example file on how to write the required scripts, included in Examples/Utility functions folder. 64-bit Windows for production and use Install Plug-In File Script Step to install them.

In your start file you can then make the query to look on the relevant records, e.g. "MBS(\"Version\")"), the container with the file and whether this version is enabled for production, testing or development.
#Filemaker server plugin 64 Bit#
64 bit flag, the expression to evaluate to query version (e.g. The plugins table may need things like name (MBS), version as number (08040009), version to display (8.4.0.09), the platform (Mac/Win/Linux), 32 vs. You may need an extra table to manage your plugins, where you keep plugin files for Mac, Windows and Linux in containers, different versions of them and you can scan at the start of the solution whether an update is needed. We recommend to automate installation of plugins for bigger solutions. For comparing the version with another one, please use MBS("VersionAutoUpdate"), which returns always an eight digit number like 08040009. Then if you call it via Perform Script on Server, you get the version back. The script returns the version string back to the caller. make a script which returns the plugin version with MBS("Version"). Once enabled, the plugin should load.įor Web Direct the plugins are not listed. Once plugin is enabled for Server Scripting, you can see MBS Plugin below and enable it.

If you go to Admin Console, you can enable plugins for Server Scripting (Scheduled Scripts and Perform Script on Server) and/or Web Direct. cwpc folder also has an Extensions folder, but plugins there are not loaded. Please note that this folder is named Plugins while above the folder is named Extensions. For Windows, this is the folder for ServerScripting as used for Scheduled Scripts and Perform Script on Server:Ĭ:\Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Database Server\ExtensionsĪnd for Web Direct, this is the following folder:Ĭ:\Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Web Publishing\publishing-engine\cwpc\Plugins Recently a client asked for detailed instruction on how to install the plugin, so here you go:Īs noted in our Installation manual, you just copy the right plugin file, the one for the correct platform (always 64-bit for server), to the right folder. Installation of MBS Plugin on FileMaker Server for Windows
