Thank you. I tried to check related files, and it said none of them needed
to be done. Yet when I go into this one particular record that it says is
damaged, here is what comes up after it is open and I go into data entry
screen " This field cannot be modified until 'record number' is given a
valid value." Then a display comes up that says I must create a related
record, which I choose yes to, but then right after that, a display comes up
that says the file is damaged and I have to exit filemaker and perform a
recover. I did the recover before, which completed, but some of the files
were missing, one of them was the 'damaged file'- though others looked to be
randomly missing, and I don't know how many or which ones, because the
number did not change of how many files there are. I just saw a couple that
as I was scrolling through the files, were blank. We have over 5,000 so I
didn't go through them all. Is there any way to find out how many are
gone? What I wnat to know is if I should jsut revert to our backup from
earlier this month, which would cause us to lose about 80 files, or if most
of it is probably still in tact from the recover?
Many thanks,
Matthew Albracht
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gobal Renaissance Alliance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [SUPPORT] names file damaged
> >Seem to have a big problem. Every time I try to open ebase with
filemaker
> >5, it keeps saying my names_.102 file is damaged and cannot be opened. I
> >tried to use the recover command, but that did not work either.
>
> What happened when you tried the recover command. Did FileMaker stop
> in the middle of the recover process, or did it complete the process
> and still leave you with a damaged file?
>
> >I had the
> >names file saved on zip, but it seems to do the same thing. There is one
> >file I was trying to get into, which for some reason did not have all the
> >info it should have, and when I tried ot get into it, it said it had a
> >problem and didn't have a file number.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here. What file were you trying to get
> into? How did it tell you it didn't have all the info it needed?
>
> >
> >Have I lost all my database?? We are using two computers, and because we
> >don't have a network set up yet, are copying the names file to share back
> >and forth as work is done on different computers.
>
> If you are copying only the names file back and forth, that could be
> one reasone for "didn't have all the info it should have". When you
> enter a new names record, much more happens "behind the curtain" than
> an entry in the names file.
>
> >We of course are only
> >using one computer at a time as not to erase any information. I still
have
> >the info on the other computer, but what can I do to safely retrive from
> >that? Is there a better way to backup and copy? Please help with this.
> >
>
> If you really do have a good version on the other computer, All you
> have lost is the work you have done since you shifted to the current
> machine. If you have been copying only the names file back and forth,
> you should run the script Check for Related Records to allow
> FileMaker to do the work it normally does when you enter a new name.
> Then you should set up a procedure to copy the entire ebase file set
> back and forth when you switch machines.
> --
> Dave Shaw Northwest Classics, Inc
> tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
>
