opening a file on a remote computer

hi, i am running two machines (one 10.4, one 10.5) in an office on a
network.
the one machine (10.5) had a filemaker pro database on it that i need
to access with the other machine.
In order to access the database with the 10.4 machine, the file needs
to be open on the 10.5 machine. sometimes, the user of the 10.5
machine closes the file.

any suggestions for the best approach to allow me to remotely open the
filemaker file on the 10.5 machine from the 10.4 machine? can i do
that with a remote script?

im sure there is a way to do it using terminal, but how about
something where i can just open a file on my desktop and it tests to
see if the filemaker file is open on the remote computer and, if its
not open, it opens it?

thanks

g

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"G.Miller" wrote:

> hi, i am running two machines (one 10.4, one 10.5) in an office on a
> network.
> the one machine (10.5) had a filemaker pro database on it that i need
> to access with the other machine.
> In order to access the database with the 10.4 machine, the file needs
> to be open on the 10.5 machine. sometimes, the user of the 10.5
> machine closes the file.
>
> any suggestions for the best approach to allow me to remotely open the
> filemaker file on the 10.5 machine from the 10.4 machine? can i do
> that with a remote script?
>
> im sure there is a way to do it using terminal, but how about
> something where i can just open a file on my desktop and it tests to
> see if the filemaker file is open on the remote computer and, if its
> not open, it opens it?

I'm afraid the terminal will be the easiest way to do it, because of the
security issues involved.

I would think something along these lines would do the trick:

1. Connect with SSH to the 10.5 machine, authenticating as the user who
is running FileMaker Pro on the 10.5 machine.

2. Issue a command similar to this:

osascript 'tell app "FileMaker Pro" to open posix file
"/Users/you/whatever/Some FM File.fm"'

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