Some settings behave like global field default values and cannot be modified once a file is uploaded to a host. Of course you can always download it and re-upload later on, but it is always a good idea to know what to expect.
So here is a checklist of the things you might want to pay attention to before uploading your files. This checklist is an addition, not a replacement, to the security measures you should take.
File Options
- enable/disable spell check
Layout mode
- Check that the layout mode tools do not have unwanted default settings
- Share the guides that need to be shared
- Define the desired setting for guide magnetism (on/off)
- Define the desired grid setting (magnetism, display, main/secondary grid pitch)
- Set the unit of measure to pt
- Set the display options in the View/Show/ submenu (image: recommended settings)
- With these settings, save the layout
Other
- Path of external data sources (several files) relative and pointing to the same folder
- Check the sort order (alphabetical) of the following items:
- Tables
- Fields
- Value lists
- Custom functions
- Privilege sets
- Within the custom privilege sets: layouts, scripts, tables, fields
The following items will potentially be included in a closing script
- Make sure global fields do not contain unintended defaults values. Our recommendation is to empty globals in the closing script (onLastWindowClose)
- Go to a table layout with few or no records, regardless of the startup layout selected in the file options before closing the file (improve the loading time)
- Move the window to the top left of the screen before closing the file