Binding files into a runtime solution (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
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4. Click Add to locate the files that you want to customize.
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8. In the Specify Solution Options dialog box, select Create Runtime solution application(s).
9. For Runtime Name, type a name for your runtime application.
10. For Extension, type a one- to five-character filename extension or use the default extension .fmpur.The extension is used to associate the solution files with the runtime applications. See Naming runtime solutions (FileMaker Pro Advanced).
11. For Bindkey, type a key between 1 and 24 characters long.Important The binding keys are case-sensitive.Important Binding installs system files pertaining to each platform. See Preparing files for a runtime solution (FileMaker Pro Advanced) for more information.
12. To add a company logo or other custom image to the closing splash screen, click Specify, select the closing image, and click Select.
13. For Delay, set the number of seconds that you want the splash screen to display.
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15. Click OK.
16. To be able to quickly repeat the process, click Save Settings, and choose a folder and location for your settings file. See Saving solution settings (FileMaker Pro Advanced).
17. Click Create.
• Use a binding key you’ll remember and record it in a safe place. (You can do this by saving the Developer Utilities settings file. See Saving solution settings (FileMaker Pro Advanced)) If you forget your binding key and want to change a runtime database solution, you’ll need to rebind all of the database files using a new binding key and then redistribute the entire solution, including a new runtime application.
• You can open a bound runtime file in FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced to make modifications to it. However, if you selected the Remove admin access from files permanently option when you bound the files, then you can’t regain access to some features. See Removing Admin access to databases (FileMaker Pro Advanced). In this case, you’ll have to open the original database files in order to make design changes in FileMaker Pro Advanced and then rebind them using the binding key that you assigned to that runtime database solution.