Tuesday, September 9, 2008

FAQ: Database Not Modifiable

From Dwayne Wright - Certified FileMaker 9 Developer
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QUESTION: A popup keeps getting me saying it is not modifiable, even when I try to scroll through the tutorial. How do I fix that? Same thing if I go to clients and try to email you, I get a series of those pop ups.

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ANSWER: It sounds like your computer locked the file when it downloaded it. To unlock the file ...

ON A MACINTOSH: Quit FileMaker if is is running, navigate to the InBizness file and single click it. Then hit cmnd-I to launch the inspector and un-check the "locked" checkbox for the offending file. I know this is slow but that's the purpose of locking a file...to prevent it from being casually deleted.


ON A WINDOWS MACHINE: Quit FileMaker if is is running, navigate to the InBizness file and right click it. In the general area, you should be able to see if the attributes are selected as “Read Only”. If it is, uncheck that option.
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