How to Access Your Solution

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First Time on a Computer

  1. Open FileMaker Pro
  2. File menu
  3. Select Hosts > Show Hosts...
  4. Click the grey rectangle with four dots at the upper-right of the window
  5. Enter the Network File Path as follows: fmnet:/neutrinodata.ddns.net/[SolutionName], where [SolutionName] is (generally) the name of your press, without spaces, and without the square brackets, e.g., fmnet:/neutrinodata.ddns.net/MyPress
  6. When the splash window appears, click the Login button
  7. Enter the credentials you were provided. Note that your username and password are case sensitive.

Accessing PubGizmo Going Forward

There are a few ways to open PubGizmo next time, after setting it up per above.

Recent Items

Open FileMaker Pro and go File > Recent, and from that list, select your solution.

Save as a Favourite

FileMaker Pro allows you to save your favourite solutions in a list.

  1. Open FileMaker Pro
  2. Go File > Favorites > Show Favorites...
  3. Click the + Add App... button
  4. Enter/paste the path, per step 5 in First Time on a Computer.

Once you've done that, you can open it later by opening FileMaker Pro and going File > Favorites and selecting your solution.

Open Automatically When You Open FileMaker Pro

You can set up FileMaker Pro to open your solution every time you launch the application:

  1. Open FileMaker Pro
  2. Go Preferences/Settings
  3. Click the checkbox At startup, open file
  4. Enter/paste the path, per step 5 in First Time on a Computer.