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 > 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.