Stan I think you are on the right track. I have 10 conversions from 11 to 12 and issues = 0. "Drop the folder".
Stephen --- ##################################################################################### HASH NOTE: The lines above and below this note are comprised of strings of the glyph "#" (Unicode as U+0023). It is also known as a hex, an octothorp (originally a joke term) and is sometimes confused with the Chinese character for a "water well" - δΊ•. If you are not the intended recipient of this message then I have messed up. Sorry. ##################################################################################### On Oct 11, 2012, at 5:53 PM, Stan Millar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave > > Did you convert the files one at a time? > > You are probably already aware that you can drop the folder containing the > files on to the FM12 application icon and FM will convert the files for you > and fix the problems you are seeing. > > I have not had a problem like you describe for many years, nor have I heard > of others with the problem. > > Stan > Stan Millar > Managing Director > Bromac Business Services Pty Ltd > Loan Administration > w: http://www.bromac.com.au/ > e: <[email protected]> > P: +61 7 3397 9998 > F: +61 7 3910 1092 > > > National Secretary > Finance Brokers Association of Australia > Secretary > TFP Co-operative Limited > > > > On 11/10/2012, at 11:23 PM, Dave Cousins wrote: > >> After converting a large 45 file solution I noticed that many of the >> External Data Sources were missing so I corrected them in each file using >> Manage External Data Sources. >> >> I then noticed that with my files open, many of them had truncated Window >> Tittles. >> >> My naming Standard is S.A. Attendance ect, now many have been truncated to >> just S.A >> >> The HUGE problem is that many of the Relationships are broken. When I open >> some files they bring up the password dialog to open related files that are >> already open. If I enter the password and hit OK it says the file is in use >> (because it is already open) If I cancel the open box and look at the >> relationships the Table Occurrence for that file is there but it is grayed >> out and say's file missing. >> >> To make this even weirder, I can go to another user workstation and look at >> the same Table Occurrence in the same file on the network and it is >> perfectly fine. What the heck is going on? >> >> So far the only thing that fixes it is to completely delete the External >> Data Reference and Table Occurrence and then recreate them. That is >> virtually impossible in a solution as large as mine as each one is >> referenced in hundreds of scripts so they would need to be repaired. I have >> 2 or 3 broken relationships in each of the 45 files so this is a daunting >> problem. >> >> FYI, I read in the conversion manual that file names should no longer >> contain periods so I removed them and reconverted but it made no difference. >> >> Any help would be hugely appreciated as I can find nothing in google.. >
