Can Username be scripted?

[EddyB]

Hi all,

Just a quick question

Rather than using the menu item Application Preferences to change the Username I was hoping to set up a global field which when scripted would set the current username to whatever was in the global field.

I cannot find the set CurrentUsername function anywhere, does anyone know a way to do this please?

I'm on FM 6 on Win2K

Thanks all

Ed.

[cjaeger]

you can.

write a batch file which changes the apropriate key in windows registry.

[EddyB]

OK Christian you have officially scared me now!

Any chance of a few pointers on this please, have never attempted writing a batch file before and registry scares me!

Thanks

Ed

[cjaeger]

open regedit, look for HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/FileMaker/preferences.

For instructions on how to implement this, search for registry in all forums.

see attachment for registry info (regedit.exe)

vbs-solution here

http://www.fmforums.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB15&Number=39227&Forum=All_Forums&Words=registry&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=1&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=39227&Search=true#Post39227

[cjaeger]

but: it's far easier to implement kind of a "lightweigt" login routine which requires the user to identify first, then put this into a global.

see custom login routine for this.

if you are using filemaker security, you can setup different passwords with same rights in different groups, then get the group name with status(currentgroup). This will also identify your users, but can be a pain to implement with many users.

Why not just trust them to select the right name from a popup list, and type a short password. no tight security necessary here.

[EddyB]

Many thanks for all your help Christian, will have a look at all of this now!

Regards

Ed