Automatic Password Entry

[Tom England]

I have a database that automatically opens a 2nd DB and the theory is that it would then run a script and shut the 2nd db down.

But I have a password on the 2nd database. Is there a way of automatically entering the password?

thanks in advance

[danjacoby]

You have a password on the 2nd DB but not on the first?

If you have the same password on the 1st DB, then when the 2nd DB opens automatically, the password will be auto-entered.

OR...

In the 2nd DB, go into Edit/Preferences/Document, and set the default password to the one you want.

[Tom England]

I can't use the 'same password for both' idea as the 1st database is being opened by a Scheduled Task so I would need to automatically enter the password for that one anyway.

If would prefer all my users to enter their individual passwords at startup so wouldn't setting the default password make this unusable??

[Tom England]

All sorted, please ignore my stupidity

[IdealData]

I have the same !

I use a 'low level' password (common to all files) and allow the 2nd DB to open using the default password - the 'low level' one.

This way every one else must use their correct passwords, otherwise they get no service.

Alternatively use AppleScript as folows:

tell application "FileMaker"

open "DATABASE" with "PASSWORD"

end tell