digital.forest Technical Support
How do I save a copy of a live Filemaker database into another directory?

Saving a copy of your DB is quite an easy operation. It saving the DB in a folder outside of live is the tough part. The easiest way to do it is as such:

  1. On your local machine, make three folders exactly like there are on the server:

    Closed Databases
    Live Databases
    Incoming Databases

  2. Put your DB in either the live or the incoming folder and open it.

  3. Go into scriptmaker and make a script. Name it something like "saveacopy". Find the operation "Save a Copy as". Specify the folder "Closed Databases" by browsing to it.

  4. Upload your DB to our server and make it live.

  5. If you are using lasso, the call to the script is quite easy. Make a .lasso page and place this inline tag in it:

    [Inline: Scripts, Database='dbname', DoScript='saveacopy'] [/Inline]

So, now every time you load this page, a copy of your DB will get placed in the Closed Databases folder.