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Can FileMaker Pro 7 files that have been edited in FileMaker 8 Advanced still be run with Filemaker Pro 7 if none of the FileMaker Pro 8 features have been used?

I've built a bug tracking system using FM7. It runs on Windows XP and uses a server to host one copy of FM7 to host 3 programmers, a tester (me) and one other user. This morning one of the programmers asked me to add an attachment field so that he can drop Word .doc files containing images (screen shots) and text into the database. That part is working fine except the time to insert the images is too long. What I want to do is allow the user to double click on the object (or press a button) and have the object open in the appropriate application. Can anyone point me towards an example of how this can be done?

After moving the fonts as suggested I'm still getting the error. I haven't tried any variations. Tomorrow....

Hmm, can't move or rename the "C:WINNTFonts" folder. I have administrative privileges so that shouldn't be an issue.

Would this be "C:WINNTFonts" that I should move?

I'm sorry I gave incomplete information. After using "Start:Settings:Control Panel:Add/Remove Programs" to remove FileMaker, I also removed the "C:Program FilesFileMaker" directory. The only thing that I haven't done is search the registry for a cause.

Thanks for the reply kenneth2k1. What puzzles is that the problem occurs even when starting FileMaker without a database. The error occurs right at the splash screen without having selected a database file. Is there anything that would be left behind after doing an uninstall that could cause it to try to load a file? I thought that the startup scripts were associated with database documents. I wasn't aware that FileMaker could be configured to automatically start a database when it was run from the "Start:Programs:FileMaker Pro".

I am seeing this same error message on three of our Windows 2000 Professional machines running 5.5 and 6.0. The problem has started in the past week. It occurs immediately after starting FM after the Splash screen is displayed. There are no error messages in the log after this occurs. All machines have unique, valid licenses. I have performed clean installs with removal of the FileMaker folder from "C:Program Files" on one of the machines of both versions 5.5 and 6.0 and the problem continues to occur. I get the same error even if networking is turned off and the machines are physically disconnected from the network.

Thank you John Works like a charm. Hope that I can return the favor someday.

I am having difficulty extracting text from the fields in a portal that I need to include in an e-mail. Each portal row contains two text fields and the portal can have 1 to many rows. I want to include the contents of each of the portal rows in an e-mail and therefor I am trying to create a script that loops through the portal rows and concatenates each of the row's field contents into a text field in the front database record. I think that the process should be as follows: 1) Identify the portal 2) Got to the portal's first row Loop 3) get first text field in portal row into front record field 1 4) get second text field in portal row into front record field 2 5) concatenate front record field 1 and front record field 2 into front record field 3 to build e-mail contents End Loop after last portal row is processed Platform is Windows 2000, FileMaker Developer 6