Read once script

[mhudd]

I would like to have my license agreement open the first time someone opens my DB and once they agree to it the DB opens without the license agreement from that point on.

[kenneth2k1]

Try this:

Make a layout that will be your license agreement. On it, you should have a button that says "I Agree." Make a field called lic_agree.

Make a script that goes like this:

Set Field [lic_agree, "Agree"]

Go to Layout [main layout]

attach this to the "I Agree" button.

Do a similar script for the Decline button

Then make a script that will run at start up. It goes:

If [lic_agree = "Agree"]

Go to layout [main layout]

Else

Go to layout [license agreement layout]

Then go to Edit/Preferences/Document, check Perform script and select this script

You should be able to figure out the rest.

Let me know how it works

Ken

[mhudd]

Ken,

I'm still a little fuzzy about this...

Once the user agrees to the license I don't want it opening again in the startup...

One time deal...

Is it possible?

[andygaunt]

Michael,

From what ken has written this is a once only deal.

The field lic_agree starts empty (or with disagree)

With the script set to perform on startup, it checks the lic_agree. If this doesn't contain agree the user is taken to the license where they agree or disagree.

If they agree then lic_agree now has agree in it.

The next time they open the file, the script runs to check if they did agree. As they did they are taken to a different layout.

They will never see the license again.

Is this any clearer?

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Originally posted by Michael Huddleston:

Ken,

I'm still a little fuzzy about this...

Once the user agrees to the license I don't want it opening again in the startup...

One time deal...

Is it possible?

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[mhudd]

Thank you Andy!

That helped a lot!

[andygaunt]

No worries michael,

always happy to help.

[danjacoby]

One more thing:

Make the "lic_agree" field a global field that returns text.