Network Install Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- About this guide
- About the license key
- Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Choosing an installation method (Windows)
- About installing Bonjour (Windows)
- About installing the Microsoft .NET Framework (Windows)
- Installing FileMaker Pro using a networked volume (Windows)
- Installing from the command line (Windows)
- Setting up silent assisted installations (Windows)
- Saving the license key in the .msi installer (Windows)
- Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
- About the personalization file
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Note Windows: The AI_SHORTCUTS and AI_SKIPDIALOG properties determine whether the
installer prompts the user to create a shortcut.
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 option
s for creating shortcuts will be
selected in the dialog box.
0 0 A dialog box is displayed. The option
s for creating shortcuts will not be
selected in the dialog box.
Preventing users from creating database files
You can set a property, AI_NONEWDATABASES, that prevents users from creating
FileMaker Pro databases. If the option is set, FileMaker Pro displays an alert message when
users
do the following:
1 choose File menu > New Solution or Get Started
1 create a solution in the Launch Center
1 export to a FileMaker Pro file
1 choose File menu > Save a Copy As
1 open the New File dialog box
1 recover a FileMaker Pro file
1 convert another file format (like tab-delimited) into a new FileMaker Pro file
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 FileMaker Pro with the AI_NONEWDATABASES
pro
perty set to 0.
Hide or show the Configure
for FileMaker WebDirect
command
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEIWP=
1 1 (one) to hide the File menu > Sharing > Configure for FileMaker WebDirect
command.
1 0 (zero) to show the command.
Hide or show the FileMaker
Ge
t Started window when
FileMaker Pro is started for the
fi
rst time
Type one of the following after AI_NOGETSTARTEDDIALOGONLAUNCH
=
1 1 (one) to hide.
1 0 (zero) to show.
To Do this