Hiding Related Files
Rather than clutter up the Open Remote File dialog box with files that will be opened automatically by relationships, you can set just one file (like a Main Menu) to be visible in the dialog box and set the rest to be hidden.
To hide related files
1 .Open the related database that you want to hide, choose FileMaker Pro > Sharing> FileMaker Network.2 .Click the name of the file in the Currently open files list.Check the " Don't display in Open Remote File dialog" check box (Figure 16.2).
Figure 16.2. A file to set to " Don't display" won't appear in the host's list, but will be available if opened by a relationship or script.
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Multiuser vs. OS File Sharing
FileMaker uses its own set of rules for sharing files. Windows or Macintosh OS File Sharing doesn't even have to be turned on for the host and guest machines to share FileMaker files. In fact, it is strongly recommended that a computer acting as a FileMaker host should have any file sharing protocols other than FileMaker turned off.Guests should never try to open a shared FileMaker database through their OS's File Sharing dialog boxes. They must always open files by clicking the Host button in FileMaker's Open File dialog box or by using a script that's been written to automate the process.