Summary
Instant Web Publishing not working after 11 Advanced upgrade
Description of the issue
I upgraded to Pro 11 Advanced yesterday and everything appeared to go as expected. I have a database I share with another department through IWP which has worked fine for over a year. This morning I arrive to an unhealthy amount of emails telling me the database was gone. I looked into what could be the problem and found that the IWP settings had changed for the port. The default port was now set to 6004962 instead of 801 which it has been since I published. I have tried to change the port number back to 801 and it get a message that there is a conflict. I have tried other ports but no success. In a few of the tries, when changing the port, filemaker locked up and required a reboot. One detail I find interesting and can't explain is that the ports should not exceed 65523 so how can the default be 6004962? Please help me set this back to 801 or another usable port. The natives are getting restless!
RichardAll:
Thank you for your post.
Two users called into Technical Support with the same problem last week, and today, and although we were unable to replicate the problem initially, I am able to replicate the problem on one of the Windows XP machines available to me. In my case, the port is 9 digits in length. When I change it to port 80 or port 591 and then return to Instant Web Publishing to check it, the port number reverts to the same 9 digits. The other two customers were running Vista. I am unable to replicate the issue on a Mac. Can you verify the machine and OS you are using?
I have forwarded your post along with my findings to our Development and Software Quality Assurance (Testing) departments for review and confirmation. Currently, I am unable to find a workaround except to revert back to FileMaker Pro 10. I will definitely keep you updated.
TSGal
FileMaker, Inc.