Hi Is this a Mac file? There used to be an issue with zip files not protecting the resource fork. Try using StuffIt. -pm
Sent from my iPad > On 14 Nov 2016, at 07:29, Robert Livingston <rlivings...@me.com> wrote: > > I have a compiled 4D app > > 1. I zip compress it. > > 2. I uncompress it. It works fine. > > 3. I send the compressed file to an on-line storage (AWS - Amazon Web > services) > > 4. I bring back the compressed file. > > 5. I uncompress it. It will not work. > > a. I get a message: Are you sure you want to open the structure file in > read only mode? > > b. If you say OK a second message will appear: "toy cannot open this > database because the data file (or one of its segments) is locked. > > c. Then you get an error message. > > > > It "knows" that the file was downloaded. You get the usual thing about "are > you sure you want to open his file downloaded from the Internet". If you say > yes that you are sure, you will move forward and run into this problem. > > > What is this all about? How do you get around it? If I back-up an app to AWS > how can I get it back in a working form? > > > > The compressed file that you kept on your computer and the compressed file > that you send to AWS seem to be the same. But the one you bring back must > have some kind of metadata attached to it that cause this problem. > > I did not have this problem a few months ago. I do not know if it is related > to Sierra or 4D or what. > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************