Custom Menus Revert to File Default Menu

[John Kamm]

Working in FileMaker 12, Win. We have set up custom menus with limited choices and made it the default for all files. There are 9 files in the solution, hundreds of layouts and there are two accounts that I want to use the full menu set.

I have created a script that checks the account name and runs a script with the install menu step as needed. Each file has a copy of this script.

I have set the script to trigger on OnFirstWindowOpen and OnWindowOpen in the File Options menu.

The change seems to stick for awhile. Entering find mode and performing a search seems to be one event that will cause it to switch back to the file default limited custom menu. I don't know all of the events that cause the menu set to revert.

Is there any way to establish the menu set at login and make it persist throughout the session?

Thanks,

John Kamm

[Rick Whitelaw]

I do it on a Layout level. In Layout Setup you can specify a menu set for the particular layout. Then you don't need the Install Menu step. Tedious if you have many layouts, but for me anyway, foolproof.