FileMaker not saving changes

[fbugeja]

Hello

In the last hour I have found out that changes that I have made to a number of FM files are not being saved. If I make a change in a file, quit, then re-open the file, the screen is the same as it was when I opened that file. This has come all of a sudden!

 

What is the cause of this please? Should I re-install FMP19? I attach a file that is not updating. The Reset | Show All button shows all records and sorts them in order.

AUSGEO2024.fmp12

[comment]

17 minutes ago, fbugeja said:

I attach a file that is not updating.

I modified the first record in your found set, and it is saved.

Check that the OS permits writing to the file.

AUSGEO2024.fmp12

[fbugeja]

I tried it and you are right!

A question: I do a search and, say 10 records are found. I then quit. If I re-open the file, I would expect to see the search results. But I am not. Is this normal? (Or is this something I have never noticed?)

[comment]

I experience the same behavior. I believe you need to modify something in the file for the stored found set to be updated. 

 

[fbugeja]

Again, comment, thank you for your quick response! The fact that you experience the same behaviour seems to indicate that all is ok then. I am interested in your comment that I might need to modify something for the found set to be updated. As I have uploaded the file with my post, are you able to advise what possibly that could be? (Approaching midnight in Sydney Australia).

Frank

[comment]

A record. A layout. Or even a global field's value.

I assume we are talking about a local file? IIRC a hosted file will always open with the last found set it had when it was opened locally.

 

[comment]

I just tried this and it seems to work too: a script that opens a record and commits it, without modifying anything.