When working in layout mode I occasionally get the message “This layout cannot be modified because it is already being modified in a different window”. What causes this?

Do you have more than one window open? In layout mode? On the same layout?

Layout changes are not saved until you exit layout mode. Imagine making changes in two windows to the same layout: which window's changes should "win?" FileMaker avoids this problem by not allowing that scenario in the first place.

No I do not have two windows open. This seems to happen when I switch between layouts in the layout mode. I'm using FM 11 Adv in Win 7.

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Hi John,

No I do not have two windows open. This seems to happen when I switch between layouts in the layout mode. I'm using FM 11 Adv in Win 7.

This is really strange, the only time I've seen this message is as Tom Fitch describes. However, the New Window, which is in actuality a duplicate of your layout you opened it up from, is hard to distinguish from the original, because, the only difference between them is the tag on the duplicate layout name of -2 it other words, LayoutName becomes LayoutName-2

I don't recall the message appearing when moving between layouts, but if it had, I would have dismissed and put the focus back on the original layout.

HTH

Lee

Does anyone else have access to layout mode? Another User will throw same error if they are modifying the layout, ie, they can be the 'other window'.

Hmmm. . . . Are we sure the message isn't "this RECORD cannot be modified . . . . .?

RW