Developer’s Guide

Preparing and managing runtime solutions 3-5
Protecting your solution files
To prevent end users from modifying the database structure, you should
define passwords in the FileMaker Pro files before binding. Solution
files can be opened in FileMaker Pro 4.0; if they don’t have passwords,
end users can access and modify scripts, field definitions, access
privileges, and layouts.
You may want to set a master password that gives you access to the
entire file and another password that gives end users limited access. To
permanently limit access to the structure of the solution files, select the
Permanently remove access to Define Fields, Define Relationships,
ScriptMaker, and Access Privileges option in the Binder application.
See page 2-9 for more information.
Tip If most of your end users will be using the same password to access
your solution, you can suppress the password dialog box by selecting the
Try default password option in the FileMaker Pro 4.0 Document
Preferences.
To open a file using a password other than the default password, hold
down the Shift key in Windows or the Option key in the Mac OS while
double-clicking the FileMaker Pro runtime application icon.
Select to suppress the
password dialog box
FileMaker Pro 4.0 Document Preferences dialog box