Setting personalization properties in Assisted Install.txt
Note Property names (AI_*) must be in all-uppercase letters. Variable settings aren't case sensitive.
To | Do this |
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Accept or don't accept the End User License Agreement (EULA) |
Type one of the following after AI_LICENSE_ACCEPTED=
If you keep the default of 0 (zero), the installation completes, but users will be asked to accept the EULA terms the first time they start FileMaker Pro. See Setting up silent assisted installations (Windows) and Creating a customized FileMaker Pro .pkg file (macOS). |
Enter a user name |
Type a name after AI_USERNAME= If you leave this variable blank, the installer defaults to the name that was used to register Windows (Windows) or the account user name (macOS). |
Windows: Specify the language version of FileMaker Pro |
Type the name of the language after AI_LANGUAGE= Valid entries are:
This setting works only when users perform a silent assisted installation. See Setting up silent assisted installations (Windows). macOS: There is no AI_LANGUAGE property. The FileMaker Pro installer uses the current language setting from the user's operating system. |
Windows: Specify whether FileMaker Pro is available to all users or to the current user only |
Type one of the following after AI_APPLICATIONUSERS=
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Prevent or allow users to create new custom apps |
Type one of the following after AI_NONEWDATABASES=
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Windows: Create a shortcut for FileMaker Pro on the desktop and in the Quick Launch toolbar |
Type one of the following after AI_SHORTCUTS=
See the note at the end of this table for more information. |
Suppress or display the personalization dialog box during installation |
Type one of the following after AI_SKIPDIALOG=
See the note after this table for more information. |
Disable or enable the Software Update dialog box |
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEUPDATENOTIFY=
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Disable or enable the New Version Notification dialog box |
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEVERSIONNOTIFY=
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Disable or enable option for plug-ins to be installed by files |
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEPLUGINS=
Note Some files may require plug-ins to work properly. Contact the solution developer. For more information about installing and updating plug-ins, see FileMaker Pro Help. |
Hide or show the Enable ODBC/JDBC command |
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEXDBC=
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Hide or show the Configure for FileMaker WebDirect command |
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEIWP=
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Disable or enable the FileMaker Pro development and deployment features |
Type one of the following after AI_DISABLEADVANCEDTOOLS=
See Using advanced tools in FileMaker Pro Help. |
Open a custom app when FileMaker Pro starts |
Type the path of the file after AI_LAUNCH_CUSTOMAPP= The path must be in the special FileMaker format for a full path to a local file or to a hosted file:
The To change the path in FileMaker Pro, see Changing general settings in FileMaker Pro Help. |
Enable or disable the warning for opening apps using an fmp URL |
Type one of the following after AI_WARN_FMP_URL=
See Changing permitted hosts and plug-ins settings in FileMaker Pro Help. |
Enable or disable communication with a FileMaker host using port 443 instead of 5003 (HTTPS tunneling) |
Type one of the following after AI_USE_HTTP_PROTOCOL_NETWORK=
See Changing general settings in FileMaker Pro Help. |
Set the file cache size |
Type the file cache size in MB after AI_SET_FILE_CACHE= Example: AI_SET_FILE_CACHE=512 If not specified, the default is 128 MB. See Changing memory settings in FileMaker Pro Help. |
Note In Windows, the AI_SHORTCUTS and AI_SKIPDIALOG properties determine whether the installer prompts the user to create a shortcut.
AI_SHORTCUTS= | AI_SKIPDIALOG= | Result |
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1 |
1 |
No prompt. Creates a shortcut. |
0 |
1 |
No prompt. Doesn't create a shortcut. |
1 |
0 |
A dialog box is displayed. The options for creating shortcuts are selected in the dialog box. |
0 |
0 |
A dialog box is displayed. The options for creating shortcuts aren't selected in the dialog box. |