I wrote a script in my contacts database that closes the window, when I open the database. Now I can't get into the database to fix it! What do I do?

Hi olinder, and Welcome to the Forum.

You can open a file through a relationship.

Steps are:

Create a new file

Create one Field

Go to the [color:blue]Relationship Button in the Define Fields (where you created your Field) You will see the TO you have

Go to the bottom of the [color:blue]Relationship Box, and select the [color:blue]First Button on the left. A dialog box will open

Select the [color:blue]Pop Up button It is defaulted to your current file

Choose the [color:blue]Add A File Reference from the list This will open up a view of your Finder

[color:blue]Find and select you file with the [color:blue]Bad Script

Select any field in [color:blue]Bad Script

Now, go to the

[color:blue]Main Menu >> [color:blue]Window >> [color:blue]Show Window Your file should show there as an option

Select the file [color:blue]Bad Script it will be open.

Now go into your file preferences and remove it from your start up, or correct it so it doesn't close your file.

Once this is done, you can close the files and toss or remove the relationship form the new file you created.

HTH

Lee

p.s.

Open the Online Help with FileMaker open and search and read these references

Working with the relationships graph

Adding tables to the relationships graph

Defining file references

Edited January 14, 200719 yr by Guest
p.s.