I've been trying to implement a script that runs when a file is
opened, which will navigate to different layouts depending on the
privilege set of the user. I can't get it to work, FM doesn't seem to
recognize my use of the get(PrivilegeSetName) function as a boolean
condition. What am I doing wrong? or is there another way to branch a
script depending on privilege set... (Data viewer shows that the
privilege set is updating correctly, it's just not being recognized in
the script, I guess?)

thanks
Lanse
FM8 Advanced, Mac

On Mar 26, 10:00 am, "lansingoogle" <filema... (AT) jillo (DOT) com> wrote:
Get(PrivilegeSetName) returns the text name of the privilege set, so
unless you've got numbers in your privilege set name, an
If[Get(PrivilegeSetName)] always returns false. Try
If[Get(PrivilegeSetName) = YourPrivilegeSetName]

G

On 03/26/2007 12:00:01 "lansingoogle" <filemaker (AT) jillo (DOT) com> wrote:

Just one thing. Well, maybe two.

1. Get ( PrivilegeSetName ) is the actual name of the Privilege Set, not a Boolean 1 or 0.

2. Note in the Data Viewer that the name of the set is encased in square brackets, as below.

The process works fine for me.

Create as many evaluations as necessary, and you should achieve your goal.

Brute force method :

If [ Get ( PrivilegeSetName ) = "[Full Access]"
Go To Layout [ Whatever ]
End If

or, a bit more elegantly:

Go To Layout [ either name or number based on calculation ] in which you could then create a calc using a single Case statement to handle branching instead of multiple Ifs.

Matt

On Mar 26, 1:54 pm, Matt Wills <I... (AT) witz (DOT) end> wrote:
Thanks Matt and Grip for your advice on this issue. For the record, I
did have boolean expressions built into my If( ) statements, i.e.: If
( GetPrivilegeSetName) = "name of a privilege set".

What I discovered was that if I used Get(AccountName) instead of
PrivilegeSet it worked perfectly. Then I realized that I had "Run
script with Full Access privileges" checked for my opening script, and
that this was over-riding the signed-on privilege set, so that set-
dependant conditions were never getting called. I felt a bit foolish
to have ignored that possibility, but I'm wiser now and happy that it
works.
Thanks again,
Lanse