Hi,

I have a script in Filemaker 12 and want to check for privilege before proceeding with rest of it.

It looks like this:

Set Variable [ $AccountPriv; Value: Get(AccountPrivilegeSetName) ]

If [ $AccountPriv ≠ "Accounting" or

"Order Entry & Invoicing Master" or

"Database Admin" or

"[Full Access]" ]

Show Custom Dialog [ message: "you do not have privileges to delete this..."; Default Button: "OK", Commit: "Yes" ]

Exit Script [ ]

End If

Can I not check against multiple privileges like this?

If [ $AccountPriv ≠ "Accounting" or

$AccountingPriv = "Order Entry & Invoicing Master" or

$AccountingPriv = "Database Admin" or

$AccountingPriv = "[Full Access]" ]

you gotta specify all the criteria for each evaluation of the contents of $AccountingPriv

Alternatively, test for =

IsEmpty ( FilterValues ( Get (AccountPrivilegeSetName) ; "Accounting¶Order Entry & Invoicing Master¶Database Admin¶[Full Access]" ) )

Alternatively, use a Custom Extended Privilege in the desired Privilege Sets to test eligibility for running the script. That's what custom Extended privileges were designed to do.

Steven

Thanks Steven,

Didn't even know about that. Found a good article explaining the technique in case anyone else wants to know more details.

http://www.supportgroup.com/explore/using-custom-extended-privileges/

Yes, they are very useful. Custom Extended Privileges are a way to extend the business logic of a solution across one or more Privilege Sets. They were intentionally designed specifically for that purpose.

Steven