howdy all,
before everyone point me to the web companion link in FileMaker pro, please take a moment to read why i am asking this question.
1) i have FileMaker pro embedded in the windows 2000 services listing, so that filemaker pro will start automatically and run as a pretend service and this works just fine.
2) i now have a requirement to run FileMaker Pro on a port other then port 80 or HTTP
3) i shutdown the FileMaker pro service and start FileMaker Pro as an application from the start button and choose the database that is being published and choose the correct database that is referenced in the service listing
4) change the port number from 80 to 8080
5) keeping the application running, i verify that i can connect to the FileMaker pro published DB on and nothing on port 80 which is exactly what i want
6) stop the application and verify once more that neither port 80 or 8080 is responding to requests
7) start the FileMaker Pro service from Services.mmc in windows 2000
8) NOW i find, port 8080 is still not responding to my requet BUT port 80 IS!!!! which is not what i was looking for
9) shutdown the service and restart the application and now i find the answer is now reversed, ie port 8080 is now the connection port and port 80 is not responding
10) stop application and start service once more and once again, port 80 is serving requests and port 8080 is NOT.
so how can i change to port 8080 for the file make pro service startup? is there some magic configuration file or a startup switch i've missed?
the following is from the registry showing the command line used to start FileMaker pro as a service:
"C:\Progra~1\FileMa~1\FileMa~1\FileMa~1.exe" "C:\Progra~1\FileMa~1\Database\Contact.fp5"
and also, i've started up FileMake Pro as an application using the exact same script as above and when its an application, it happily does what its suppose to do, listen on port 8080!!
help!!
thanx in advance
before everyone point me to the web companion link in FileMaker pro, please take a moment to read why i am asking this question.
1) i have FileMaker pro embedded in the windows 2000 services listing, so that filemaker pro will start automatically and run as a pretend service and this works just fine.
2) i now have a requirement to run FileMaker Pro on a port other then port 80 or HTTP
3) i shutdown the FileMaker pro service and start FileMaker Pro as an application from the start button and choose the database that is being published and choose the correct database that is referenced in the service listing
4) change the port number from 80 to 8080
5) keeping the application running, i verify that i can connect to the FileMaker pro published DB on and nothing on port 80 which is exactly what i want
6) stop the application and verify once more that neither port 80 or 8080 is responding to requests
7) start the FileMaker Pro service from Services.mmc in windows 2000
8) NOW i find, port 8080 is still not responding to my requet BUT port 80 IS!!!! which is not what i was looking for
9) shutdown the service and restart the application and now i find the answer is now reversed, ie port 8080 is now the connection port and port 80 is not responding
10) stop application and start service once more and once again, port 80 is serving requests and port 8080 is NOT.
so how can i change to port 8080 for the file make pro service startup? is there some magic configuration file or a startup switch i've missed?
the following is from the registry showing the command line used to start FileMaker pro as a service:
"C:\Progra~1\FileMa~1\FileMa~1\FileMa~1.exe" "C:\Progra~1\FileMa~1\Database\Contact.fp5"
and also, i've started up FileMake Pro as an application using the exact same script as above and when its an application, it happily does what its suppose to do, listen on port 8080!!
help!!
thanx in advance