I would like to launch a Filemaker Program as part of starting up Mac OS X
3. (Panther)

What happens is that it gets so far and then tells me that FM needs my
assistance and the launch needs to be completed manually.

Is there a way around this?

Lee.

Lee Kennedy <leek2@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>I would like to launch a Filemaker Program as part of starting up Mac OS X
>3. (Panther)
>
>What happens is that it gets so far and then tells me that FM needs my
>assistance and the launch needs to be completed manually.
>
>Is there a way around this?

If there is a way around it, I would like to know also.  I have never
been able to get around this problem.

Jeff

-- 
Jeff Grossman (jeff@stikman.com)

I'm guessing that you've chosen to open a solution by adding a file within
your solution to be one of the Startup Items for the user that is
auto-logging in. I'm also guessing that you have chosen to 'Hide' the item
you're opening a startup. If you choose the option to 'Hide' and you are
sharing the files over the network, then the modal dialog that appears to
show that the files are being opened for sharing is what causes OS X to stop
and 'bounce' the icon in the dock. I launch a FileMaker database on one of
my Macs running Panther and don't choose to hide it by checking the 'Hide'
box in the list of Startup Items. All files in the solution are set to hide
by a script step when they're opened. If you're worried this will happen to
a user who chooses to open a file from the Host then you can use the
Status(CurrentMultiUserStatus) function to determine if the files are being
opened on the Host (1) or on the Guest (2). If it's opened on the Guest then
you don't hide the file.

Dave Herman


"Lee Kennedy" <leek2@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:BC147A1F.4B992%leek2@optusnet.com.au...
> I would like to launch a Filemaker Program as part of starting up Mac OS X
> 3. (Panther)
>
> What happens is that it gets so far and then tells me that FM needs my
> assistance and the launch needs to be completed manually.
>
> Is there a way around this?
>
> Lee.
>

Thanks.

On 29/12/03 5:39 AM, "David Herman" <dpherman@NOSPAMmac.com> wrote:

> I'm guessing that you've chosen to open a solution by adding a file within
> your solution to be one of the Startup Items for the user that is
> auto-logging in. I'm also guessing that you have chosen to 'Hide' the item
> you're opening a startup. If you choose the option to 'Hide' and you are
> sharing the files over the network, then the modal dialog that appears to
> show that the files are being opened for sharing is what causes OS X to stop
> and 'bounce' the icon in the dock. I launch a FileMaker database on one of
> my Macs running Panther and don't choose to hide it by checking the 'Hide'
> box in the list of Startup Items. All files in the solution are set to hide
> by a script step when they're opened. If you're worried this will happen to
> a user who chooses to open a file from the Host then you can use the
> Status(CurrentMultiUserStatus) function to determine if the files are being
> opened on the Host (1) or on the Guest (2). If it's opened on the Guest then
> you don't hide the file.
> 
> Dave Herman
> 
> 
> "Lee Kennedy" <leek2@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:BC147A1F.4B992%leek2@optusnet.com.au...
>> I would like to launch a Filemaker Program as part of starting up Mac OS X
>> 3. (Panther)
>> 
>> What happens is that it gets so far and then tells me that FM needs my
>> assistance and the launch needs to be completed manually.
>> 
>> Is there a way around this?
>> 
>> Lee.
>> 
> 
>