I am serving out FileMaker 5.5 sessions from a Microsoft WIN2K Terminal Server. When a new user starts her first session and launches FileMaker, FileMaker displays the first-run dialog that asks the user if she would like to create a new database, open an existing file, open a template, etc.

At this point, the user can check the "no longer display this dialog" option so that she will no longer see this dialog in the future, but I would like to set FileMaker to default to never showing this first-run dialog in the first place, and instead take the new user directly to the normal Open dialog box.

Does anyone know how to do this?

TIA,

Brian

Yeah, make an empty file.

Make a script:

Open [ ]

Go to Edit/Preferences/Document. Select your Open script to perform at startup.

Ken

PS, if you want the opening file to close once the main file is opened, put the Close script step after the Open step and specify your opening file.

Thanks Ken, but FileMaker opens automatically when the user opens the terminal server connection, so it's not a matter of simply instructing them to open an empty database file that I've created instead of launching FileMaker from the Start Menu or Desktop icon.

Your suggestion could work if I were able to set FileMaker to automatically open a particular database file when launching, but so far I haven't found a way to do this---because while Terminal Server allows the admin to specify a *program* that opens automatically with each session, it does not allow the admin to specify a particular *file* to open automatically.

If you know a way to set FileMaker to open a particular file at program launch that doesn't require the user input, that would be much appreciated. The Application Preferences don't appear to offer a way to do this.

-Brian

Well, I've used FileOp to script the starting of a file, but since you unchecked the show this dialog at startup, you're talking about the difference of one button click. I hardly think that is something to script, unless it was a constantly repetitive process. If FM is open, you can just click the Open button. I don't know, maybe someone else has other ideas.

Ken