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Using FileMaker Pro Advanced tools
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Setting up files for developer solutions (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
FileMaker Pro Advanced provides Developer Utilities that let you:
• bind your database files into a stand-alone runtime database solution that does not require
FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced in order to be used on a computer
• encrypt your database files to protect them from unauthorized access while they are being
stored on disk
• rename a set of database files and automatically update the internal links to related files and
scripts
• display your database files in Kiosk mode
• remove administrative access from all accounts and prevent users from modifying most
design or structural elements of your databases
• add the FileMaker Pro filename extension to a set of non-runtime files
• create an error log for processing errors
Note FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced allow you to include as many database tables as
you need in a database file. This capability eliminates one of the main reasons for using multiple
files. However, other elements, like scripts and access privileges, are stored at the file level and so
some complex solutions will still benefit from using multiple files.
To set up your files for developer solutions:
1. Close all of your database files that you are going to customize.
2. Choose Tools menu > Developer Utilities.
3. If you have used the Developer Utilities on the same database solution before and saved
your settings, click Load Settings.
The Select a file dialog box opens so that you can browse to find your settings file.
4. Click Add to locate the files that you want to customize.
5. When you have added all the files that you want to customize, do one or more of the
following:
6. For Project Folder, click Specify to choose a location for the solution.
7. In the Choose a Folder dialog box, select or create a folder and click OK (Windows) or
Choose (OS
X).
To Do this
Select the primary file for a
runtime solution
Double-click the file in the list.
Rename a file Select the file in the list, type the new name in the Rename file box,
and click Change. This also updates any internal links to related
files and scripts.
Note Do not type a filename extension. For information on adding
the FileMaker filename extension to non-runtime files, see
Adding
filename extensions to files (FileMaker Pro Advanced). For
information on adding filename extensions to runtime files, see
Naming runtime solutions (FileMaker Pro Advanced).
Remove a file Select the file in the list and click Remove.