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I would like my fields to be locked when browsing records, then allow entry when a button 'edit' is clicked. What I have in mind is to switch to identical layout with allow-entry permission upon clicking 'edit' button then use 'OnObjectSave' trigger script to switch back to original layout. Do you have a better solution?

how to change it on the fly or via script?

Hi, We are using an EPSON TM-U210PD receipt printer to print receipt. We found it slow when using a windows font and the quality is not that clear coz' it's only 9 pin. Is it possible to print the receipt with the same speed & quality of a DOS print-out? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Garry S.

RE: 1.) I got 5 terminals (Win98) on different locations. Similar set of files are installed locally on each terminal which function is to store the sales for the day for that terminal. (Note: These are the files that usually get corrupted after the Illegal Operation.) (A) Put All files to server

quote: Originally posted by Anatoli: One user has similar problem, because people where trying open databases on server directly through Mac OS and the Mac OS allowed that. Failed FileLocking and OS sharing of databases folder. I believe this is not the case. But how you get corruption of files on server? I have seen hundred of crashes in v. 4 and I never managed to corrupt data on server. V 5 is more stabile so far here. In this case I think the printer driver and OS and printer are causing this. What printer driver and printer are you using? Is that postscript? With postscript printers is much less problems. To be fair to techsupp people, how they can help if they cannot see it? Description of faults is sooo vague.... The file on the server never get corrupted. Let me give you a picture of what we have here: 1.) I got 5 terminals (Win98) on different locations. Similar set of files are installed locally on each terminal which function is to store the sales for the day for that terminal. (Note: These are the files that usually get corrupted after the Illegal Operation.) 2.) I have the Stock file hosted by FM Server 5 on NT Server 4.0 SP4 Terminals will only communicate with FMServer once they scan an item with a barcode to get the info of that item from the Stock file. (Note: this process intermittently takes too long to retrieve the info from the stock file.) There is an EPSON TM-U200D receipt printer on each terminal. In addition, a Network printer (HP LaserJet 4000T) located somewhere else in the office is shared for these terminals. As i've said before, the illegal operation mostly happened when printing a receipt but it also happened sometimes even we don't print. What is the best way to do to determine if it is a printer driver problem?

- What about a combination of scripts (procedure) in a particular order causing the error. Ans. The problem doesn't only occur when executing a combination of a particular procedure. We are encountering it regardless of which part of the system we are in, but mostly during printing. - What about record usage or something along that line of thought? ie: Is one of the other users tying to access a record another user is currently using or just used and changed some sort of value? Ans. Absolutely not.

The reason why we upgrade to FMP5 is because we're experiencing that problem on an older version (FMP4). Unexpectedly, it came even worse than before. On FMP4, we only encounter the error for at least twice a week, but after the upgrade we encounter it at least 2 to 3 times on different locations. Error message: "FileMaker Pro caused an invalid page fault in module FMCOR10.dll"

It works! thanks for your help. Garry S.

I have a report displaying summary of sales for different sections. I am using a sub-summary when sorted by "sectionid". My client's requirement is to export the summary results into an excel file. Any idea how to do this? Thanks in advance, Garry S.

I have posted this questions many times but i don't get any answer at all. We have 40-50 FMP5 databases on our POS System that are hosted on FM5 Server. We have 5 counters/cashiers to access the database simultaneously. At various times, (2 to 3 times a day) FMP5 performs an illegal operation and damages some files. This problem is randomly encountered on all of the counters. I am tired of recovering damaged files and backtracking damaged records. I tried a fresh installation of our Windows NT Server dedicated to FM Server. I have also tried reformatting our counter's PCs with only win98 and FMP 5 installed but it doesn't help. I have tried everything i could think of and i didn't get any luck and end-up scratching my head. Please help me. Thanks in advance, Garry S.

quote: Originally posted by steveusa: Can scrip change password for many files at the same time. let said I have 75 files. Hi steveusa, You can try New Millenium's "Dialog Magic" Plug-in. It doesn't support FM5 at the moment but if you are using FM4, here is the link: http://www.newmillennium.com/ Garry