OnFirstWindowOpen

[David Nelson]

In version 11, file options allows a script to run, such as a startup script. It is gone. I found, I think, that it has been replaced by OnFirstWindowOpen. I thought I would then go to the layout which I specify in file options and that layout would hold a script trigger (with all its other ones) but it is not there.

I read the help on it and it does not say where or how I attach it on file open. All it says is:

OnFirstWindowOpen

Triggers a script to run each time you open a window of a database file when no other windows for the file are open.

When the script runs

After the first window of a file is opened.

Modes in which the trigger can be used

OnFirstWindowOpen activates before FileMaker Pro enters a mode.

Result

None.

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 12.0

Notes

Although this is typically the first time you open a file, you can also trigger a script this way when you open a window for a hidden file previously opened via a script or relationship.

If I don't attach the trigger to a layout, how do I use it? The part in blue has me totally perplexed.

[Rick Whitelaw]

On First Window Open is the same as On File Open or whatever it used to be called.

[Rick Whitelaw]

On First Window Open script is set in File Options.

[David Nelson]

And again I feel like a dummy. I looked there first of course and then looked everywhere else. I did not notice that new tab. <sigh>

Thank you Rick.

[Rick Whitelaw]

I had to look it up myself. I just upgraded to 12.