Note

This article describes a feature that is only available in Pagico v4.2 r1028 or later.

When you set a password for a database, a Sign-In screen will show up every time that database is being opened up. Starting from Pagico v4.2 r1028, you can customize the background image of the Sign-In screen very easily. Here’s an example of a Sign-In screen with custom background image.

How to

First of all, you need to go to the Sign-In screen, by using either the “Lock database” menu command, or simply closing the database and re-opening it up.

Note: You can only do this with databases with password protection. To set password for a database, please go to the database preference panel.

Then, drag an image file (jpeg, gif, png supported) into the Pagico window. The new image will take place momentarily.

Here are a few things you should know…

• Avoid using images that are too large. Using large images will greatly increase the time the Sign-In screen takes to load
• Avoid using BMP images, which are generally 10 times larger than the same images in JPEG format.
• Use wallpaper-sized images when possible. The background image will be scaled up (or down) to fit your window size.
• Background images are database-specific. That means you can have different backgrounds for different databases.

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