Shortcut for opening FileMaker Server files without opening FileMaker

Create shortcut in Windows to access/open FileMaker Server files.

Right click on your desktop and select New > Shortcut
In the location of the item, type “fmp7://<Server Address>/<File Name>” and click Next
Type in a name for the shortcut and click “Finish”.

A shortcut will be created on the desktop, try opening the remote server database by double clicking on the shortcut.

Alternate way to create shortcut to open remote FileMaker Server files.

Create an empty database with a startup script.
In the startup script write the script step to open the actual remote database from the FileMaker Server.

Double click the new empty database to directly open the remote database hosted at a FileMaker Server.

Stiti Samantaray , Sr Developer, Mindfire Solutions.

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