Example on record by record password?

[Anh_Tran]

Dear All

Is there an example that I could see about record-by-record protecting or any kind of example related to protecting by password since I read the book and have no idea how it works? ..Groups and password ??

I really need your help

Thanks All

[LiveOak]

The short answer is that passwords control access to the entire file. Groups control access to individual layouts and fields. A given password can be part of a group or not. If a password is part of a group, it gains the Groups privileges.

-bd

[Anh_Tran]

From a layout to another layout , can we set password to protect from a layout to another layout ? or just a password to

protect at the opening of database?

[Anh_Tran]

When I lock a record ...how can I unlock it since when I click that field ..it says non modifiable or something with password so that I could not change

Thanks

[LiveOak]

The idea of password protection is to prevent the user from unlocking the record and changing the data. If you want the user to be able to change the data, don't lock it. If you want to unlock a record, either go in with a higher level password or use a script to unlock the record.

-bd

[LiveOak]

FM's built-in password system requires that you close the file and re-open it with another password to change access privileges. You can, however, give a group access to different some layouts and not others or some fields and not others. To prevent modification of some fields on some layouts, you can attach a script to the field, remove the field from the tab order, and have the script check "Status(CurrentGroups)" to determine whether or not to execute a "Go to Field" step to enter a particular field.

-bd

[Anh_Tran]

May I know when I put file as a host ...why can I not see Access Priviledge-Passord?? ..it is disable.

I said u could write a script to unlock record ..May I knw your technique?

I am a junior member but it shows me as a stranger ..don't know why ihhihi

thanks ..u make my day