I've been having server crashing issues (related to Apple Remote Desktop crashing, but that's another topic) that have left me with a big corrupted file.

This file would crash FM7 using the "Recover" command.

However, under FM8 the recover command worked successfully.

So, if you have a corrupted data file that can't be recovered FM7, you may want to try FM8.

Update: my recovered file seems healthy after much testing. The only weird thing is that a couple of text fields had their Time format change to something seemingly random. This could be a FM7/FM8 issue?

Do not continue to use a file once it has been Recovered, other than to export your data to a text file (Tab, Comma, etc. Delimited) for import into your pristine back up copy of your file.

Lee

Lee is right, I've had some very strange issues when working from a recovered file. Its best to re-import it into a clean file.

Re: using a recovered file. I think everyone agrees its a bad idea in FM6. Some folks think so in FM7, I wonder what the consensus will be in FM8?

Also, FM7 introduced the new "Optimize" and "Compact" features in FM Developer. I wonder what the "best practices" are for using these features...