i have run in to two problems

1- when compressing a file the relationships are severed and have to be rebuilt by hand. is ther any way around this?

2- i recovered a dmaged file and rebuilt all the relationships. in a related file i ahve a portal with a field from the master file, that one imported correctly. i also have a calulation [sum] of the imported field. when i go to rebuild the calculation in field definitions i am told the related field cannto be found - even though it is in the portal

TIA

dan

On 2:

In the relationship: if Sort related records is checked, make sure the specified fields exist and are valid.

1) You were probably compressing an opened file

2) Don't use recovered files for purposes other than retrieving stored data and then importing them in fresh copy of your DB

Dj

dan shaw said:

i have run in to two problems

1- when compressing a file the relationships are severed and have to be rebuilt by hand. is ther any way around this?

You must be leaving something out. Compressing a file doesn't do anything to relatonships. Are you compressing the file, then re-opening the solution using (for example) Contacts Copy.fp5? Of course that won't work.

After compressing a file, if it is saved as Filename Copy.fp5, you woud normally close the solution, trash Filename.fp5, Rename FileName Copy.fp5 to Filename.fp5 and start the solution again.