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Using FileMaker Pro Advanced tools
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3. For the Encryption Password text box at the bottom of the Specify Solution Options dialog
box, enter the current encryption password for the database file or files.
Note The Encryption Password text box is visible only if one or more of the selected files is
encrypted.
4. Click OK, then click Create.
Notes
• If FileMaker Pro Advanced fails to create an encrypted file, review the log file in your project
folder for error messages.
• To add a new database file to an encrypted multi-file solution, encrypt the new file with the
same encryption password and
shared ID as the database files in the solution.
Related topics
Tips for creating account names and passwords
Decrypting a file (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
Use the Developer Utilities to decrypt an encrypted file.
Note When a file is decrypted, the secure or open storage of container data stored externally
remains as it was before the file was decrypted. To change how the data is stored in the decrypted
file, see
Setting up container fields to store data externally.
To decrypt a file:
1. Close all the database files that you are going to decrypt.
2. Choose Tools menu > Developer Utilities.
3. If you have used Developer Utilities on the same database solution before and saved your
settings, click Load Settings, locate and select the appropriate .sav file, the click Load.
4. Click Add, locate the file or files that you want to decrypt, then click Add again.
5. For Project Folder, click Specify to choose a location for the encrypted solution.
6. To rename the encrypted copy of the file, for Rename file, type a filename and click
Change.
7. To be able to quickly repeat the process, click Save Settings, and choose a folder and
location for your settings file. See
Saving solution settings (FileMaker Pro Advanced).
8. For Solution Options, click Specify.
9. In the Specify Solution Options dialog box, select Remove Database Encryption.
10. For Encryption Password, enter the current encryption password for the database files.
11. For FileMaker Account, click Specify.
12. Enter the account name and password for an account with Full Access privileges, then click
OK.
13. Click OK, then click Create.
Working with encrypted files (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
You work with encrypted files the same way you do with unencrypted files, with the following
exceptions.