alitheg Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Is it possible to create a form that allows the user to enter a password, which will then be used as the password for the next page, rather than loading the page then entering the password? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoweredbyFm7 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 yes, you can make this using a global text field. When i user enter a passsword in that global field, filemaker uses it everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Not sure what you mean by "page". Do you mean layout, or file? The only really secure login comes from using the built-in FMP passwords. Anything else (like passwords in global fields) can easily be by-passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alitheg Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 I am building a system for use on school, so the level of security is not going to be an issue, I just need a way for users to put in thier password. When I say page, I could use layout or file. I am a fairly novice user, could you tell me how to set up a global text field to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 If it's a school, then security is a *real* issue if it's going to store student and family personal details. Learn about setting up passwords to limit access with FMP's Access Privileges. Security was greatly improved in FMP 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alitheg Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 No personal details are going to be held. Could you please tell me how to set up the global text field thing for passwords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoweredbyFm7 Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Not sure what you mean by "page". Do you mean layout, or file? ...Anything else (like passwords in global fields) can easily be by-passed. If you use in script "Allow user abort [Off]", a user can not by-pass it in no way. moreover, if a user has a password recovery software, he/she can grab all usernames and passwords!.. Therefore, controlling the users by global fields is more power than Filemaker's Security system... The user can not get values at global fields in no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Otter Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Making a field global is very simple. Go into File -> Define Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alitheg Posted February 13, 2005 Author Share Posted February 13, 2005 Thanks everyone, you've all helped a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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