In my defense, I was trying to be funny.

Geoff

David

The space was the kicker!! Thanks for noticing .. some things just take new eyes looking at them!! It’s working like a charm now. Thanks for writing this and sharing it with the world!!

Trish

On one line you have this:

FMSAUC_FindPlugIn (" fmDataGuard" )

This is the critical piece. If FileMaker returns a -1 for this function call, it means it thinks the plug-in is not available or the server does not have AutoUpdate set up.

First, do you really have a space inside the quotes before fmDataGuard? If so, remove that.

Also, make absolutely sure that Auto Update is enabled in your FileMaker Server Admin Console. Then, check your plug-in names. The name in the function call has to match the plugin name exactly, and if you are on Mac OS X, then the name of the plug-in has to match the name (minus extension) of the tar file exactly.

Hopefully this helps…

Geoff

Here is my entire script .. Does anything scream out as being wrong?:

#Check to see if the plug-in is already installed
If [ not IsValid (DataGuard_Version("1.1.2" )) ]
   ##Check to see if the AutoUpdate Plug-in is installed
   If [ not IsValid (FMSAUC_Version ( 0 )) ]
      Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Installation Error"; Message: "The AutoUpdate plug-in is not available."; Buttons: “OK”, “Cancel” ]
   Else If [ Get (MultiUserState )  2 ]
      Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Installation Error"; Message: "This database has to be on FileMaker Server for AutoUpdate to work."; Buttons: “OK”, “Cancel” ]
   Else
      #Check for the plug-in on the server
      Set Variable [ $versions; Value:FMSAUC_FindPlugIn (" fmDataGuard" ) ]
      If [ $versions = "-1" ]
         Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Installation Error"; Message: "It looks like AutoUpdate isn't enabled on the server."; Buttons: “OK”, “Cancel” ]
      Else If [ PatternCount($versions; "1.1.2") = 0 ]
         Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Installation Error"; Message: "The server doesn't have the right version of the plug-in."; Buttons: “OK”, “Cancel” ]
      Else
         #Update the Plug-in
         Set Variable [ $plugin_result; Value:FMSAUC_UpdatePlugIn ( "fmDataGuard 1.1.2" ) ]
         If [ $plugin_result  0 ]
            Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Installation Error"; Message: "Something unexpected happened: " & $plugin_result; Buttons: “OK”, “Cancel” ]
         End If
      End If
   End If
End If

Does this line need to change?:

If [ $versions = “-1″ ]

Geoff

The plug-in is fmDataGuard and the version is 1.1.2, but when I type “1.1.2″ in the script, it won’t allow it. It allows 1.1 though, which I used, but when we tested it, we get the error “It looks like AutoUpdate isn’t enabled on the server.” (although it is set up properly on the server).

Geoff

I’m not sure what to put here. Is it: “not IsValid ( FMSAUC_Version ( 0 ) )”?