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

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

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?)

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

 

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

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.

 

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