i have a databse that has a relational databse that includes a portal. what would be the best way to rename it so it works the way it should.

If you purchase FileMaker Developer edition, it comes with a tool that allows you to rename a set of files and automatically resolves the needed references. FM Developer lists for $499.

This is by far the "best" way to do this as nothing gets missed.

-bd

thanks for the info. i am getting developer right now.

will developer 6 work with 5.5 files?

Yes

Hi Bd,

This is the third time in a few weeks that someone is asking for this feature.

I renamed a bunch of files until now without Developper and didn't encounter problems.

Of course, I had to handle about a 100 messages "Could not find the file", but it took me...maybe one hour to reset the whole database and relationships telling FM which files to use, in which folder.

Is there any other reason I would need to pay 499,00 $ for Developper...

thanks guys once again for the help.

A point to Dilucaugo68: Going thorugh that manual renaming process is OK, but does not really repoint every occurance of the file reference. There is a process that you can do, but it involves making all files single user, repointing all references and then making them multi-user again. In the olden days, I spent countless hours going through this exercise.

This alone is worth the price of the Developer Tool. In fact this is all that I use it for, it has saved me mucho time!

Thanks,

Actually I only used FM as a single user database, but I planned to set a multi-user within the months to come. I wasn't aware of that. Thanks.

Is there any other reason I would need to pay 499,00 $ for Developper...

Of course, it also gives you the ability to make runtimes, which, if you develop single-user solutions for customers, will be well worth it after three projects (for you or the customer, depending on how you pass along the cost savings of not having to purchase FileMaker).