Network Install Setup Guide

About the personalization file 13
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.
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 > Check for 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.
Disable or enable the New Version
Notification dialog box during installation
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEVERSIONNOTIFY=
1 1 (one) to disable the New Version Notification dialog box. Users will not be
notified when a new version of the software is available.
1 0 (zero) to enable the New Version Notification dialog box. Users will be notified at
startup when a new version of the software is available. This is the default setting.
AI_SHORTCUTS= AI_SKIPDIALOG= Result
1 1 No prompt. Creates shortcut
0 1 No prompt. Doesn’t create shortcut
1 0 A dialog box is displayed. The options for creating shortcuts will be selected in
the dialog box.
0 0 A dialog box is displayed. The options for creating shortcuts will not be
selected in the dialog box.
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