Runtime Solutin With Full Access Privileges Missing Layout Mode

[Tiger]

I searched earlier posts for help and found none so I thought I should cry out to the community for help.

I have developed a database with FMP 8v1 Advanced and defined a Guest account with a privilege set and Admin account with full access (FileMaker preassigned). In addition, I also defined a Developer account with custom privileges (full access) to do everything. Again, I created a Re-Login script for the Developer to go into the layouts in case the GUEST account user has problems that the developer needs to fix. When I tested it before binding into runtime, everything worked as expected: I logged in with Admin account and the four modes of Browse, Find, Preview and Layout were accessible; I logged in with Guest account and all the modes are grayed out; while still logged in as Guest I executed the Re-Login script and all the four modes were visibly activated which was what I wanted.

Here is the problem: After binding the database into a runtime solution and I logged in with Admin account and Guest accounts, respectively and also executed the Re-Login script in Guest account, the Layout mode was missing. Actually, only the Browse, Find and Preview modes were displayed in each login account in runtime solution.

I will greatly appreciate it if anyone can give me an idea on how to correct this situation so that the runtime behaves correctly by displaying the Layout mode when I log in with either Admin or Developer account?

[Søren Dyhr]

I might not understand you, but a user of a bound solution is definitively cut off from anything in the vicinity of developement, otherwise would the staff at filemaker have to try to make ends meet by relying on charities instead of selling full copies of filemaker.

--sd

[Tiger]

I found the answer to my 'problem' situation over the weekend. And this is it: After binding a runtime solution, the Layout Mode is not available even with an Admin full access account.

[IdealData]

It's not clear why you were trying to allow layout mode, but also be aware that your runtime files can still be opened in FMP and the privileges defined will then work.