whatever happened to run script on open of db?

[mattlight]

I can't seem to phathom why, in db preferences, there isn't the option to open with layout or run an opening script! Am I missing something? has it been moved? The reason why this is so dumb is because I have multiple windows and it seems to open with the last window that was at the front when the app was closed. This means I have to go to layout mode, open status area, select the right layout, adjust the window size, etc - all because on load I couldn't get it to simply run a script to take me to a certain window of a certain size.

Surely I'm missing something here?

thanks for your help

[LaRetta]

Hi Matt,

They did indeed move it. It's now in File > File Options.

LaRetta

[mattlight]

thank you - you're a star!

[mattlight]

recommended! DO NOT Create a Startup script which closes a window - big mistake. It might end up closing the only window open and quit the database.

I am completely stuck! I have no idea what to do - I've even tried opening my database under Wordpad in the hope I might see the name of the script so that I could ruin it and make the database loose the reference to it. I'm blazing mad, I don't know what to do

If it was a calcuation, there would be a warning saying CIRCULAR DEFINITION - there was no warning as to what the script would do to my database!!!

How the hell do I get it back? Any ideas? I have lost a valuable bit of work - and okay, backups, backups, backups - don't I know. Thing is, you can't backup after every little thing you do. Oh how I wish i had!

Please suggest ideas other than "You won't do that again now will you?" because knowing me I probably would. I just wish script editor in Pro would have a script analyser or something that would tell you what the script would mean if executed.

Thanks for any and all your help

[smorr]

Have you tried

stopping the script as soon as the database starts up (command-. on mac, esc on win)

or creating a relationship to the db in question so that it will open in the Background and you can access it that way.

Or execute a script in the db from another database via the external script call?

[mattlight]

lovely thatnks for your help - tried the ESC trick - multiple times thinking maybe it was "fastest finger on the button" round but, nay - no cigar.

But, the external script way in is awesome!!! Thanks for your help. This was recommended to me earlier and I couldn't believe what an amazing solution that is - it twisted my head off. It's great - thanks for the thought process.