Quit loop

[wowmom]

I live in fear of closing my data base.

I have two related files. The relationships go both ways. When I try to close the files, without quitting FM 4, I end up in a loop where closing one file launches the other in the background. Eventually I have to quit FM.

Yesterday the files became corrupt. I was able to recover, but it wasn't pretty. I suspect that the corruption had something to do with the way I closed the data base.

What is the best way to close a related data base?

[dspires]

Create a script in the 'main' database that closes the others and have it run on closing (check the block and pick the script under preferences/document/)

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by wowmom:

I live in fear of closing my data base.

I have two related files. The relationships go both ways. When I try to close the files, without quitting FM 4, I end up in a loop where closing one file launches the other in the background. Eventually I have to quit FM.

Yesterday the files became corrupt. I was able to recover, but it wasn't pretty. I suspect that the corruption had something to do with the way I closed the data base.

What is the best way to close a related data base?

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What is wrong with quitting FMP?

You can also control how the files close by running a script which makes sure that the files goto a blank layout (no related fields), and/or hides the window, then issues the close command.

However I just quit Filemaker, most of the time.

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[yafreax]

just a thought, capt. . .

maybe he doesn't want to close FM b/c he's still going to work in it. . . hmmmm

yafreax