Re: Opening multiple files at once, interface and flicker issues
- From: Sean Walsh <walshsr@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:08:22 -0500
I would remove the script steps that open the other files. FileMaker will open each file -- hidden I might add -- as it needs access to it. This would greatly reduce the flicker. Unless there are routines that need to be run in a particular file there really is no reason to open all the files at start up.
If you want to limit the ability of users to actual go into these files then there are two options. The first is to have opening scripts which should be triggered if the user navigates to them using the Window >> Show Window menu option. The second is to use FileMaker Advanced to actually remove the Window menu option thus preventing the user from opening those files. (Well unless they use the File >> Open menu option.)
On 2007-06-30 23:57:53 -0500, robdsteward@xxxxxxxxx said:
Hello,
Thanks again to those here who've given helpful suggestions in the
past.
I'm in the finishing/cleaning up stage of converting a multi-file
database from FM6 to FM8.5... a database solution I did not originally
develop. I made an honest attempt at combining the files into a single
file, but there were too many peculiarities in the way the solution
was originally programmed and I ultimately had to stay with the multi-
file arrangement.
I've learned that the original solution was doing two unexpected and
undesireable (and related) things which I'd like to fix.
The first involves the scripts that run automatically when a file is
opened. The original developer had set these scripts to disable the
status bar, go to the initial layout, set the zoom to 100%, resize the
window to fit, then hide the window, etc. However, since only the main
file is actually opened by the user (the rest are opened by scripts
and/or relationships), those startup scripts were being bypassed... so
the users had access to the status bar and could get to inappropriate
layouts, etc. in every file except the "main" file.
Since most of these files have many different entry points from the
rest of the database, I wanted to try to do all these interface
settings from the main file's startup script. A second, different
problem happens in this case. Each of the windows flickers/flashes
onto the screen for a split second before being hidden. (For 9-10
windows, this looks pretty bad.) I have tried all sorts of Freeze
Window/Hide Window combinations, but it seems unavoidable. Please tell
me there's a good way to initialize all these windows and hide them
without the flicker. ?
Barring that, is there a solution-wide way to lock toolbars, status
bars, etc.?
Thanks for any tips!
-Rob Steward
P.S. Is it just me, or does it seem like there are a lot of
"undocumented features" in FileMaker... like the fact that when a file
opens another file, the password is "inherited" and the second file's
startup script is completely ignored?
.
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