I am using a FMP file created on a German Mac OS with my Win XP.

I could change the number and date format, but not the content of a field.

Example: calculation = MonthName(Date).

The result is still in German.

Did anybody ran across a problem like this?

Thanks everybody for advice!

Have you tried the script step, "User System Formats On"?

Do you mean "Use System Format"-On ?

Yes, I tried.

This file is already set to always use the current system setting.

But still...thank you!

If you CLONE the file, then import the records, I believe the clone will inherit your current OS settings.

You were right!

Cloning and importing did the job.

Thank you so much!

I assume the reason is, since the Name(Month) field is a calculation, the import forced a re-calculation, which cleared the "memory".

I think the reason is that the lists of MonthNames and DayNames are stored in the file itself. I don't know why this is so, and why "Use system formats" doesn't override, as one would expect.

Date format (i.e. dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy) also work (s, ed) this way in version prior to v7. I haven't tested in the newer versions, so I can't speak for sure. However, since it did this with the names... nothing seems to have changed.

Lee