Developer’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: Installing FileMaker Pro Developer Edi...
- Chapter 2: Binding solution files
- The binding process—an overview
- Before binding
- Binder and runtime terminology
- Specifying the primary file
- Naming the runtime solution
- Assigning the binding key
- Choosing auxiliary files
- Choosing binding options
- Assigning the three-character extension
- Specifying a location for solution files
- What happens during binding
- Binding cross-platform solutions
- Changing solutions
- Chapter 3: Preparing and managing runtime soluti...
- Chapter 4: Distributing your bundled solution
- Appendix A: Feature comparison—runtime Appendix ...
- Appendix B: About the TechInfo database
- Index
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This option makes solution files behave as if the Access the entire file and
Edit scripts checkboxes in the FileMaker Pro 4.0 Define Passwords
dialog box were de-selected. The Access the entire file option restricts
access to Define Fields, Define Relationships, and changing Access
Privileges passwords and groups. Additionally, the textual version of
any calculations you’ve defined (for example, calculation field
formulas) is also removed.
Important Selecting this option permanently removes database structure
in all included solution files, even when they’re opened in the
FileMaker Pro 4.0 application. This will help protect your file from
password hackers. Structural elements of the files cannot be modified by
anyone, including FileMaker, Inc. employees. The only way to modify
field definitions, relationships, scripts, or access privileges is by
returning to a backup copy of the file saved before it was bound.
Consider your end users’ long term needs when defining access
privileges. Communicate their access levels to them clearly in the
“About” layout and follow the rules specified by FileMaker, Inc. See
“Policy on decoding and repairing passwords” on page 3-6 and the next
section, “Use custom ‘About’ script,” for more information.
Disable runtime solution closing splash screen
Selecting this option prevents the “FileMaker Pro 4.0 Runtime” dialog
box from displaying when end users exit or quit the runtime application.
Use custom “About” script
As the Developer Edition license specifies, you must create an “About”
layout on all your solution files that provides information for your end
users on how to contact you. This helps protect your solutions in the
event that your end users approach FileMaker, Inc. for runtime solution
passwords. FileMaker, Inc. uses the “About” layout to distinguish
solutions that may be owned by developers rather than end users of the
retail version of FileMaker Pro. For more information, see “Policy on
decoding and repairing passwords” on page 3-6.
To replace the “About” menu item in the runtime application:
1. In the third panel of the FileMaker Pro Binder application, select the
Use custom About script checkbox.
2. Select the script name that displays your “About” FileMaker Pro
layout.