janedoe Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Hi, We have a User privilege set, for whom we want to deny access to certain menu options, for example: Records, Duplicate Record. We also have an Admin privilege set, for whom we want to have access to all menu options. The default menu set in the file, and the default menu set for all layouts is the Standard FileMaker Menus. We have a script setup in a file, like so: If [Get ( PrivilegeSetName ) = "User"] Install Menu Set ["Custom Menu Set"] End If This works really well, until we use: Go to Layout [x] As this effectively brings back all the menu options... Doing it the other way around is not really an option either (by setting the default to be the Custom Menu Set, and setting up the script so that it installs the FileMaker Standard Menus for the Admin user) as this would mean that each time an Admin user wanted to use a particular menu function which was not available, they would need to run a script to restore the FileMaker Standard Menu... We used to use a plugin for all this, but thought that with the introduction of Custom Menu Sets in 7/8 we wouldn't need to anymore. Any thoughts at all please? Thanks very much, jd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janedoe Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 Hi, Well, we're thinking of going back to Secure FM to control the menus, unless someone else has a better idea??? Thanks, jd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Before you go to Secure FM, look at Menu Control from Dacons International. While the plugins have some overlap, they really are different animals and you may find Menu Control's features more useful. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janedoe Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Hi, Thanks, we'll evaluate that one before any purchases. Cheers, jd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaljunkie Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Why not create custom menus based on priviledge sets? Use FM Advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janedoe Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Hi, Please refer to the first post. This is possible, but Privilege Sets are Layout specific. Cheers, jd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H. Blackwell Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I recommend you do use SecureFM. It is [color:red] by far the best UI control plug in and UI control approach that there is. Depending on the privileges associated with a specific Privilege Set, users can destroy the Custom Menus with surprising ease. The problem you're seeing is caused by the fact that all navigation in the scenario your system runs under [color:red] must be scripted to include installation of the Custom Menu Set. These menu sets fall outside the granularity rules of the security schema, and that is one of their major shortcomings. Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlemmnapa Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 This isn't a problem just call your custom menu script from you main navigation script. There should be no unscripted navigation in your solution so this shouldn't be a problem. See my attached example. -Mark L Data_Entry_Script.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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