odd window behavior

[Neuronal Nerd]

I had 3 windows open looking at different tables from the same solution. One of the windows sort of froze...that is to say I could not close that window and I could not quit filemaker (had to eventually Force Quit). Within the frozen window, I could switch layouts, go to different records, run scripts, and enter data. I could not switch to the other 2 windows, which remained in the background regardless of where I clicked. Any ideas on what causes that behavior?

Sorry if this is the wrong forum. I wasn't sure where to start.

[jamesducker]

Do you have any scripts in this file?

It sounds like you might have been stuck in some sort of script loop. I say that because when we write software and want users to stay in a particular window, we will write a script with 'allow user abort off' at the top and then a loop that only exits when the user does something useful. They cannot then switch to any of the other windows... in other words, exactly what you describe.

Cheers

James

[Neuronal Nerd]

Thanks. I do have a lot of scripts, including a couple that navigate to different windows based on window titles. I'll go through the possible culprits.

[jamesducker]

Good plan. Look in particular for anything with "allow user abort off" and "loop" in the same script.

As you are using FM Advanced I'd suggest you do a Database Design Report, which will produce a big HTML file... open it in Safari and do a text search for "Allow user abort". Might save you a little while -)

Cheers

James