Developer’s Guide (Mac OS)

Preparing solution files 3-9
Using passwords
You should define a password to protect your solution files. If the
solution files are unprotected, an end-user can open your bundled
solution with the FileMaker Pro 3.0 application. Once your solution is
open in the FileMaker Pro application, the end-user has access to your
scripts, field definitions, access privileges, and layout mode. If you want
to prevent this, you need to set passwords.
At a minimum, you should set a master password that gives you access to
the entire file and another password that gives end-users limited access.
Tip In Document Preferences in FileMaker Pro 3.0, you can set the Try
default password option to suppress the password dialog box. Your
end-users won’t need to enter a password every time they open your
solution.
You or your end-users might want to enter a password other than the
default when the option Try default password is set. The end-user can
force the display of the password dialog box by pressing Option on the
Macintosh or Shift on Windows immediately after double-clicking the
primary file. Hold the key down until you see the password dialog box.
Select to suppress the
password dialog box