Hi Forum, hope this is the right board for this. So my database is finished after 4months thanks to all who helped me and it is amazing. now my problem i have just gone to Developer Utilities a

Hi Forum, hope this is the right board for this.

So my database is finished after 4months thanks to all who helped me and it is amazing.

now my problem i have just gone to Developer Utilities and compacted the file all is well, so then i went to Developer Utilities/optimize file. i lose layouts they are still listed but blank header body footer (no fields). i then close the file reopen it will not let me i have to use File/recover then the layouts reappear with fields.

1.how can i fix this please.

2.will the database get any worse if i do not optimize the file

current DB size is 700kb and will never grow beyond 50MB i guess.

thanks

RT