User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Defining database fields
- Using supplemental fields
- Setting options for fields
- Defining database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Chapter 8 Security measures
- Index
184 | Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
Suggestions for creating secure passwords
1 Secure passwords are typically eight or more characters in length, and
include at least one numeric character.
1 If the file is shared via web publishing, account names and passwords can
only use characters included in the ISO Latin-1 character set (except
colons). To avoid characters that may be interpreted incorrectly over the
web, you may want to limit account names and passwords to alphabetic and
numeric characters only.
For more information about protecting FileMaker Pro databases, see Help.
Creating accounts and privilege sets
Accounts specify account names and (usually) passwords for a file. When a
user opens a file that contains accounts, a dialog box prompts the user to enter
account information. When a user opens a file with a correct account name and
password, the privilege set assigned to that account determines what the user
can do in that file.
Privilege sets specify levels of access to a database, such as which layouts are
viewable, which menus are available, and whether printing is permitted.
To create and manage accounts and privilege sets for a file, you need to open
the file with an account that is assigned the Full Access privilege set.
You can create and modify accounts and privilege sets in a shared file while
clients are using it. (In FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier, all clients had to close the
shared file before you could change passwords and groups.) The account
changes you make take effect immediately. However, the changes do not
disrupt any current clients. For example, if you change the password for an
account that is in use by one or more clients, their FileMaker Pro usage is not
interrupted. However, they will need to enter the new password the next time
they open the file.
You can create as many accounts as you need. You can create individual
accounts for each user, or a smaller number of accounts that users can share.
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