Charlie
Until Filemaker 6, there was no account name -- only a password. This
was true for both Mac and Windows. I suspect you are converting to
8.5 and then attempting to open the file? If so, I IIRC the account
field should be left empty and the original password used. I could be
wrong on that detail, but the answer is very clear in the
documentation. If this is your situation, I suggest reading the
sections of the documentation that refer to upgrading from Filemaker 6.
Steve
On 22 Oct 2008, at 16:44, Charlie Weber wrote:
I have a project to develop an 8.5 database and move the data from
a 6.0 file. The old database was developed on and is maintained on
a Mac system The database is password protected and ordinarily
allows only data updates. They have the password to access layout
view and I assume other functions that are normally grayed out
without the password. She says that when she opens the database
using the CMD key, it asks for the password but does not display an
account name as it does on a PC. She has the password but it does
not work on my PC because my account does not match. The client
cannot tell me what the account name is on the Mac and I have no
Mac experience and can’t tell her how to find it. I won’t be able
to visit the client’s site for several weeks but would like to be
able to access the database beforehand. Can anyone tell me how to
find the account or user name on a Mac?
Thanks.
Charlie
