Keep getting this error that the date and time of the associated file dont match up to the computer...

I dont quite get it. The time and date on the computer are accurate. it also seems to be the same with the database file. What causes this? Keeps messing up some automation scripts I run for launching my database. when it encounters this message...the whole automatic process stops becuase FileMaker is waiting for user interaction with this warning.

Since I have multiple users accessing the database over the local network, would this be caused by if one of their machines is drastically off on the time or date?

LR

It means that the file came from a computer where the time/date format was set differently than yours. If you save the file as a clone and then import the records back in, it should stop pestering you.

BOB,

from time to time I get this, on one of my machines, I click on use system prefes ( or what ever the option says) I have checked the date format in system settings on windows on different computers but do not see the problem. What paramenters is FM checking on startup?

Charles

Two computers are set up for, say, English US system formats (date = mm/dd/yy) and somebody uses one computer to create a db. If one person changes the date format on the other computer to mm/dd/yyyy then opens the file, FMP will notice the date format has changed from that of the computer that made it, and post the warning.

The "Use System Formats []" script step can be used to automatically stop this message from appearing when used in a startup script.