I'm trying to create a script that will take the user to a startup "message" screen for a few seconds while the four related files open in the background. I thought if I went to the layout and used freeze window that I wouldn't see the other files opening. It's not that big of a deal with four files, but in a solution with 20 or 30 related files, that could be quite annoying.

Right now, I never even see my "_Startup" layout, just a white screen with the "Opening..." boxes popping up one after the other. Is it possible to do what I'm trying to do?

Here's my script:

Allow User Abort [ Off ]

Go to Layout [ Main ]

Perform Script [

Go to Layout [ _Startup ]

Refresh screen, bring to front

--Freeze Window <-- delete that!

Set Field [ _gUserName, Status(CurrentUserName) ]

SetField(dummy_global;Related1:anyfield)

SetField(dummy_global;Related2:anyfield)

SetField(dummy_global;Related3:anyfield)

......

Go to Layout [ Main ]

Thanks, that does display the startup screen momentarily, but since I'm running things off of a FM server, I still get the "Opening blank.fp5 as a multi-user..." message popping up for each file. Any idea how to hide those?

Without hacking the FileMaker DLLs, there's no way to hide the server opening screens.