Add Account
Purpose 
Adds a new account name, password, and privilege set.
Format 
Add Account [Account Name: <account name>; Password: <password>;
Privilege Set: “<privilege set>”; Expire password]
Options 
Click Specify to display the “Add Account” Options dialog box, where you can set the following options.
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Account Name is the name for the new account. You can enter literal text or click Specify to create a new account name from a calculation.
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Password is the password for the new account. You can enter literal text or click Specify to create a new password from a calculation.
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Privilege Set lets you assign a predefined privilege set for this user or create a new privilege set.
The Full Access privilege set cannot be assigned via this script step. Accounts with Full Access privilege sets must be created manually.
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User must change password on next login When selected, this option forces users to change their password the next time they log in to the database.
Compatibility 
 
Where the script step runs 
Supported 
FileMaker Pro 
Yes 
FileMaker Server scheduled script 
Yes 
FileMaker Go 
Yes 
Custom Web Publishing 
Yes 
FileMaker WebDirect 
Yes 
Runtime solution 
Yes 
Originated in 
FileMaker Pro 7.0
Description 
The account name and password can be literals stored with this script step, or generated at runtime based on calculations that you set up.
Notes
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Account names must be unique.
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You must be assigned the Full Access privilege set to perform this script step. Select Run script with full access privileges to enable users with less than full access privileges to perform this script step.
Example 1 
Adds a new user account with data entry only privileges. Requires you to change the password the next time you log into the account.
Add Account [Account Name: "User"; Password: "1234"; Privilege Set: "[Data Entry Only]"; Expire password]
Example 2 
Adds a new account with read-only privileges using the name and password in the custom dialog.
Show Custom Dialog ["Do you want to add a new account?"; Accounts::Name; Accounts::Password]
If [Get ( LastMessageChoice ) = 1]
Add Account [Account Name: Accounts::Name; Password: Accounts::Password; Privilege Set: "[Read-Only Access]"]
End If
Example 3 
Adds a new data entry only account unless the current user has read-only privileges. Uses the current user's name for the new account name.
If [Get ( AccountPrivilegeSetName ) ≠ "[Read-Only Access]"]
Add Account [Account Name: Get ( UserName ); Password: "1234"; Privilege Set: "[Data Entry Only]"; Expire password]
Else
Show Custom Dialog ["You do not have enough privileges to add an account."]
End If
Related topics 
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Script steps reference (category list)
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