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Add Account

Adds a new account name, password, and privilege set.

Options

•Account Name is the name for the new account.

•Password is the password for the new account.

•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.

•User must change password on next login forces users to change their password the next time they log in to the database.

Compatibility

Product	Supported
FileMaker Pro Advanced	Yes
FileMaker Go	Yes
FileMaker WebDirect	Yes
FileMaker Server	Yes
FileMaker Cloud products	Yes
FileMaker Data API	Yes
Custom Web Publishing	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

•This script step works only with FileMaker file accounts.

•Account names must be unique.

•You must be assigned the Full Access privilege set to perform this script step. To enable users with less than full access privileges to perform this script step, right-click the current script in the scripts pane and choose Grant Full Access Privileges.

Example 1

Adds a new user account with data entry only privileges. Requires you to change the password the next time you log in to 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 box.

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