RandyS

Hi again, Yes, Wise Installation Systems will let me create a registry entry. So I could build an autorun with Wise that would write the registry if it doesn't exist and then launch the application. Or with a batch program as you mention above. One drawback could be that companies that run this on a network may simply not allow system level modifications. I think at this point the client will live with it as is. Though it still irks me that FM needs to know this at all. The funny part about this projecto for me is that I choose Filemaker to do this project in stead of my usual application ... Macromedia Director. I've been wanting to do a Filemaker project for awhile and this one fit the bill. A quick little database that you can search, browse, print and less programming. No multimedia elements and it works great, but all the things I take for granted with Director are clunky with Filemaker. ie, centering the window on screen and blacking out the rest of the monitor. Kiosk mode in FM is a real misnomer (IMHO). Cheers, Randy

Hi, Correct. First time I get the dialog asking for user name. Second time its okay. So its the old "that's the way it works"? What a strange behavior for a runtime solution, why does it need a user name at all? Why can't something scripted automatically like the password? I have Wise Installation Systems so I can build an installer but it would be nice if it just ran from the CD too. Cheers, Randy

Hi Jerry, Yes, your .gif is dialog box I want to avoid. Don't know what ZenWorks is so I'll google it. The Reg keys are interesting. I just looked and I see a whole ton of them created from my testing. Upon first launch the preferences aren't there, hence the dialog box. The issue is still to avoid the dialog box altogether when running this off a CD for the first time on a new computer. Thanks, Randy (XP Dev6)

Hi, thanks for the reply. I just created a password "guest" with limited priviliegs and under the "edit/preferences/document" menu I entered "guest" in the "try default password" field. Is that where you meant? I then built the runtime solution (FM6) and it still asks me for a user name. Only the first time launching mind you, but I don't want to see it at all. I've never really tinkered with groups and passwords much, so I'm obviously doing something wrong. Thanks.

Hi, I have a read only database for CD distribution that I want to launch directly to the first layout. Problem is I always get a dialog box on startup asking for a user name. I haven't defined any access privileges, users/passwords, so I don't know why its asking. Thanks, Randy

Thanks for your reply, eBay had some for awhile but has been quiet lately. One was crazy. Developer 6 went for $535 and its only $475 at PC Mall online. Then I let a version of 5.5 get away from me and it went for about $150. From there it would have been upgradeable to 6 for about $130. My goal was to try to get version 6 for around $300. Cheers, Randy

Hi, I was wondering if anyone might have a copy of Developer 5.5 or 6 for sale? I'm using version 7 but need to deliver a project with Windows 98 support. I've just missed out on a couple eBay auctions. My plan B is to higher another developer to crank out the runtime version for me. TIA, Randy

Thanks, makes sense. You're avatar reminds me that once my kids finish devouring the Abbott and Costello and The Three Stooges videos I rented for them, I can move also introuduce them to Laurel and Hardy. Cheers

Hi all, Thanks for your help so far, I'm learning lots from the forums here. I'm not a total dunce but I'm finding I really have to dig to find FM's power. Here is another item I'm trying to wrap my head around. Is it possible to pass the criteria for a find script via the ScriptParameter? Dynamically? As an example from an earlier question ... if I want to find all the companies that start with "A" I do a find with ==A* then create and store a find/restore script. Seems silly to do this for every letter of the alphabet so I was trying to pass the letter via the ScriptParameter. But when I do this it tries to find the text "ScriptParameter". Not what I need. TIA,

Hi, I have a database where we want users to select search criteria using checkboxes but to have those "checked" results displayed as a comma delimited string when browsing records. Seems to me that the older versions of FM used to store checked results as comma separated strings. Now that I'm using version 7 I see the checked results all show on a separate line in the field (When simply dragging the field to a new layout for browsing records). So the items are separated by vertical tabs. Am I crazy or did older versions use commas? Anyway, what to do ... Is there a setting somewhere for changing the delimiter between checked items? Or should I duplicate the field and write a calculation to convert the checked items from lines to comma sperated entries? (I could use a hint for that if that's the route I should take). TIA,

Ahhh ... thanks Transpower, that was the tidbit I was looking for. Cheers.

Hi all, I'm trying to create a clickable alphabet line such that clicking "A" will return all the company names that begin with "A", "B", "C" etc. What I can't figure out is how to perform such a search. According to the manual the =char* format does this but only for Japanese fields. Surely there is another way. Or do I have to develop my own function that loops through all records and flag the ones that begin with "A" using a text function, then perform a find on the flag? Thanks, RandyS

Thanks, just ordered FMP 7. Version 5 was looking pretty long in the tooth.

Hi All, I have a newbie-ish question about FM runtimes. I'm considering using FM for a project I would normally use Macromedia Director for because it is purely database material, nothing in the video, audio multimedia interface. Just the basics ... search, browse and print records. I've heard FM Developer has a "kiosk" mode but I would like the opposite. I was wondering if I can restrict the runtime window area to a specific size, say 800 X 600 that the user can't adjust TIA, Randy