One major drawback to this approach is that when a user encounters an issue, you may want to work with them at their machine to recreate the problem. The file contains various required data, such as a generic user name, license key, organization name, and installation options.įigure 5: The assisted install file with the new disable option Assisted Install Drawbacks All you need to do is configure a text file, called “Assisted Install.txt”, and include it with the FileMaker Pro installation software. This comes in handy when performing identical installations on multiple computers.

What’s an Assisted Install?Īn assisted install file allows you to automate the setup of FileMaker Pro Advanced during the installation process. Fortunately, you can address this by using a new option as part of an assisted install. In each of these cases, the user might not understand why they can’t use these features effectively and possibly start to resent it. Figure 4: Empty “Available files” box if user does not have full access privileges to currently open files. If no such files exist, the box will be empty as shown in Figure 4. It shows a list of “available files.” These are currently open files to which the user has full access privileges. Database Design ReportĪlong the same lines, any user can open Database Design Report dialog box. Figure 3: Message that appears for Data View if user doesn’t have full access privileges.

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