Developer’s Guide

Chapter 2
Customizing your database solution
FileMaker Developer 5 provides a utility application called the
FileMaker Developer Tool that lets you:
1 bind your database files into a stand-alone runtime database
solution that does not require FileMaker Pro in order to be used on a
computer
1 rename all of your database files and automatically update the
internal links to related files and scripts
1 display your database files in Kiosk mode
1 add a script to the Help menu that displays a custom Help layout
or file from any layout in the database solution
1 add a custom script to an About menu command so you can display
a special layout screen about your solution
1 change the name of the Scripts menu
1 permanently prevent users from modifying the design or structure
of your databases by removing access to certain menu commands
1 add or remove the FileMaker Pro filename extension to your files
For information about what you need to prepare your database files
before using the Developer Tool, see chapter 3, “Preparing files for
a custom solution.”
About the custom solution examples
FileMaker Developer includes two examples of database solutions
that have been customized using the Developer Tool:
1 Runtime Solution Example—database files that were bound into a
stand-alone runtime database solution named “Posters Electronic
Catalog”
1 Kiosk Solution Example—a runtime database solution for the
World Class Burger Company that displays in Kiosk mode
These examples are installed along with the FileMaker Developer
Tool into the FileMaker Developer 5 folder inside the Design Tools
folder. If they’re not there, then you’ll need to install them from the
Developer CD (see “Installing the FileMaker Developer software
package” on page 1-2).
FileMaker Developer 5 > Design Tools > Examples
Primary file of the Runtime Solution Example