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 I found, I think, that it has been replaced by OnFirstWindowOpen.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.

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

On First Window Open script is set in File Options.

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.

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