Closed file will not open

[RobinReumers]

Hi,

I have a file called RZSetup that comes from a conversion from FM6 to FM8. Opening it with FM Pro Advanced or FM Pro works fine but if, in FM Server 8.5, I tell it to open the database, it stays closed and it doesn't do anything. Is there a way I can check why this happens?

Robin

[AudioFreak]

It may be seeing it as corrupt. Try opening it with advanced and save a compacted copy and try hosting the newly saved one.

HTH

Michael

[RobinReumers]

Thanks, I tried to use the recover-tool but that didn't work. Saving a different version didn't work either. Any other ideas maybe?

[AudioFreak]

You should never use Recover on a file unless your main purpose is to get the data out of it. I would suggest using a saved backip at this point if you have one.

I was reffering to saving it as a compacted copy. Which will sometimes remove any corruption.

Edited November 28, 2007 by Guest

[RobinReumers]

Hmm how could I save it compact, I've never seen this anywhere. I do not have any FM8 backups as I just converted it from FM6 but I get the same thing every time I try it again!

[RobinReumers]

Now this is weird, the file I'm mentioning is called RZSetup.fp7. When I take my file Task.fp7, duplicate it and rename it to RZSetup.fp7, I still can't get it to open. Isn't that strange?

[AudioFreak]

Hi I'm on FM 9 but I believe it's in the same spot in 8.5

File>Save a copy as> select compacted and save

[RobinReumers]

Oh my goodness, I just found out that I'm at my limit of files to share (50), I didn't know I can't serve more than 50 files in FM8.5 Server?

[AudioFreak]

Glad you figured out what it was. Hope your file survived the recovery also. Sounds like it may be time to combine some of the files and make less files with more tables. I would probably start with the one you recovered.

Michael

[RobinReumers]

Yes, I agree! The problem is that I recently combined 3 databases into one big one, now it's time to organize things better! Luckily I made a backup before I did the recovery so everything is still alright!

Thanks for your help!

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Something else is happening here.

1. There is no FileMaker Server 8.5

2. FileMaker Server 7, FileMaker Server 8, and FileMaker Server 9 can all host up to [color:red]125 files.

3. Look in the SAT Tool (7/8) or in the Admin Console (9) and be sure that you have allocated enough files for hosting.

I strongly recommend that you take a look at the Server Tech Brief on the FMI web site.

HTH

Steven

[RobinReumers]

Ok thanks, will do that. It's indeed Filemaker Server 8 that I have, I was confusing it with Filemaker Pro Advanced 8.5.