Preventing users from creating custom apps

You can set a property, AI_NONEWDATABASES, that prevents users from creating FileMaker Pro custom apps. If the option is set, FileMaker Pro displays an alert message when users:

  • choose File menu > Create New

  • create a file in the Create window

  • export to a FileMaker Pro file

  • choose File menu > Save a Copy As

  • open the New File dialog box

  • recover a FileMaker Pro file

  • convert a file (like tab-delimited or FileMaker Pro .fp7) to a new FileMaker Pro file

  • execute an Apple event to open a file in another format

  • execute the Apple events do menu command to create a file

  • perform a script that does any of the above

  • choose a custom menu item that does any of the above

To create custom apps, users must reinstall FileMaker Pro with the AI_NONEWDATABASES property set to 0.