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[mf]

If I launch FM by double-clicking on the fp7 file, I don't see the menu, the screen is displayed a bit wonky. If I open the file after having launched FM, it all works fine. What should I look at?

I have Login using guest account, guest is active and it has basic permissions to a table (to allow a re-login script). If I use an admin account instead of guest, no problem... If I let the re-login script run and login with an admin account, the menu eventually comes back and the display corrects itself.

I have used the same logic for another application without problem. I am obviously missing one small thing...

I've tried simplifying the splash screen, using the standard menu, no go. I've compared the guest account between the 2 applications: they all look the same. The problem shows up even before the re-login script kicks in.

Any ideas before I loose my mind? Thanks!

(this is with 8.5 adv, 9.0 adv, networked or not)

[Steven H. Blackwell]

This does not appear to be a standard FMP password dialog. Have you cooked up spme ersatz system?

What are you actually trying to do here?

Steven

[mf]

As it happens, I have removed the automatic login with guest and removed the initial script: login in (using FM) with any accounts but a full-access account shows me a wonky screen (black at bottom, and no menu).

An example of an account: create and edit all tables, all view of layouts, all view of values, and executes scripts, access via fmapp, available menu all.

Is there another place where privileges/permissions are set that would override how the account is setup? can menus or layouts be restricted?

[Steven H. Blackwell]

login in (using FM) with any accounts but a full-access account shows me a wonky screen (black at bottom, and no menu).

This is indicative that the flag has had its kiosk flag set in it. THis behavior will occur with any Account whose privileges do not allow modification of the UI, e.g. layouts. So far as I know, this is not reversible.

Steven

[mf]

I do not recall having created a kiosk version of the application (not even run-time) - and its not something that I could have tripped over without noticing.

I am facing having to recreate the application in a new file... yikes.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Actually it's fairly easy to trip over if you were running something else in the tool and accidentially checked it. It works on a copy however. Unfortunately you appear not to have caught it in time and continued development on the copy.

I am not 100% certain that this is what happened, but it certainly sounds that way.

Steven

[mf]

Thanks for the advice. I have spent quite a bit of time already trying to sort it out, might as well invest the effort in recreating the thing.

MF

More: I read post 231523 and now that I think back I may have run into the same issue: I converted a file that was in FM5 to get started with this new solution. My focus was in designing a prototype and clarifying the requirements, the access privileges weren't considered until later. Later is now... and that is when I realized the kiosk issue. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction (I never had a need for kiosk, so now I know what it looks like!).

Edited November 1, 2007 by Guest