Network Install Setup Guide

12 FileMaker Pro Network Install Setup Guide
Note The AI_SHORTCUTS and AI_SKIPDIALOG properties determine whether the installer prompts the
user to create a shortcut (Windows).
Preventing users from creating databases
You can set a property, AI_NONEWDATABASES, that prevents users from creating FileMaker databases.
If the option is set, the FileMaker product displays an alert message when users do the following:
1 Choose File menu > New Database.
1 Create a database from the FileMaker Quick Start Screen.
1 Export to a FileMaker Pro file.
1 Choose File menu > Save a Copy As.
1 Open the New Database dialog box.
1 Recover a FileMaker Pro file.
1 Convert another file format (like tab-delimited) into a new FileMaker Pro file, for example, by choosing
File menu
> Open.
1 Execute an Apple event to open a file in another format.
1 Execute the Apple events do menu command to create a file.
1 Perform a script that does any of the above.
1 Choose a custom menu item that does any of the above.
To create databases, users must reinstall the FileMaker software with the AI_NONEWDATABASES
variable set to 0.
Suppress or display the
personalization dialog box during
installation
Type one of the following after AI_SKIPDIALOG=
1 1 (one) to suppress the personalization dialog box. Users don’t have to enter a name or
organization, and they don’t see the license key. (If the key you entered is invalid, the
personalization dialog box displays.)
1 0 (zero) to display the personalization dialog box during installation
See the note after this table for more information.
Disable or enable the Update
Notification dialog box during
installation
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEUPDATENOTIFY=
1 1 (one) to disable the Update Notification dialog box. Users will not be notified when
a software update is available. In addition, the following items will not be available in
the FileMaker product: Help menu > Downloads and Updates and the General
Preferences option.
1 0 (zero) to enable the Update Notification dialog box. Users will be notified at startup
when a software update is available. This is the default setting.
For more information on update notification, see the Installation and New Features
Guide.
AI_SHORTCUTS= AI_SKIPDIALOG= Result
1 1 No prompt. Creates shortcut
0 1 No prompt. Doesn’t create shortcut
1 0 Prompt
0 0 Prompt
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