Re: Filemaker Pro 3.0, - Preventing data changes while in Browse? a Newbbie

It's been a while (12 years?) since I used FileMaker Pro 3.0 so I am not
sure what facilities exist for controlling access to the fields like you
want. I think they were pretty limited back then.

In contemporary versions, you could control this fairly easily. For one,
there is the ability to prevent the user to enter a field in Browse mode
altogether. Second, you could set up "user accounts" -- one enabled to
Browse records, the other enabled to Modify records. A button on the layout
could switch between the two under script control.

The capabilities in FileMaker 8 are so vastly improved relative to what you
are using, I'd encourage you to find a way to upgrade if you can.

If you can't upgrade, one method that would definitely work is to "mirror"
the fields you have with calculation fields. These cannot be
entered/modified in Browse mode. Again, a button could be used to switch to
a layout which uses the actual, editable fields when needed.

Bill

"Ed" <edandroy@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1133310404.173351.256660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Nov 29th 2005
>
> Hello,
> I've been using a program Ultraplus, a rational database. It has
> functions like Browse, Find and Modify and so on. While in Browse mode,
> thats all you are allowed to do. You can look but when you try to
> change and data or click into a data area your are presented a message
> to ineter Modify mode first. In FileMaker Pro 3.0 I have been unable to
> find out how to do the same thing to prevent any data changes by
> mistake.
>
> Also you can click into a FileMaker Pro 3.0 layout and even change that
> by moveing it, changing a fields size by mistake etc. It seems that
> while in Browse mode you can change data layout, the data, etc. I would
> like to prevent that. I guess there must be a way using scripts but
> thats seems like alot of work.
>
> Thanks for any input or suggestions.
>
> Ed...
>


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