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To automate installation on dozens of computers, you could do this by script when solution launches to define the file to open for next start. MBS( "Registry.SetValue" "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\FileMaker\FileMaker Pro\19.0\Preferences" "Initialfile" "filewin:/C:/Users/Christian/Desktop/JavaScript.fmp12" "text") MBS( "Registry.SetValue" "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\FileMaker\FileMaker Pro\19.0\Preferences" "UseInitialfile" 1 "DWORD") & The file path to the file is provided as a FileMaker path with filewin: prefix. There we set UseInitialfile with 1 or 0 to enable or disable with data type DWORD. MBS( "Preferences.SetValue" "12" "Preferences:Initialfile" "filemac:/Mac/Users/cs/Documents/Test.fmp12" "text")įor Windows the preferences are stored in the registry, so you need to know the right key. MBS( "Preferences.SetValue" "12" "Preferences:UseInitialfile" 1 "integer") & Here are the two MBS calls to setup a new path: The preference value "Preferences:Initialfile" uses a Mac specific FileMaker path to the file to open.

You can set this by script with MBS FileMaker Plugin by using Preferences.SetValue or Registry.SetValue functions as you see below.įor MacOS you can use our Preferences.SetValue function to set the preferences value for "Preferences:UseInitialfile" to 1 to enable or 0 to disable. Set initial file for FileMaker 19 by script Did you see the new feature in FileMaker Pro version 19 about setting an initial file to open when you launch FileMaker?