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  Strange file opening problem Nigel James <crewedcharter@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 03:04 -0700
    Re: Strange file opening problem Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2013-09-03 09:13 +1200
    Re: Strange file opening problem John G <greentest@ozemail.com.au> - 2013-09-03 09:31 +1000
      Re: Strange file opening problem Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2013-09-03 13:21 +1200

#1346 — Strange file opening problem

Hi, I have a baffling little file-opening problem I'd appreciate any wisdom for.

I've been using Filemaker since v3, now using v12 on a Mac running OS X 10.8.4 Mountain Lion. I have always started Filemaker by opening whichever database I want to work in (rather than starting Filemaker first, then opening the file I want).

Suddenly and for no reason I can fathom, whichever database I want to open Filemaker with, it fails to open. Filemaker starts and immediately presents an "Open new or existing file" to choose a database or other file.

Very strange. Does anyone have experience of this?

Grateful for any wisdom. Thanks in advance.

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#1351

In article <feb6f596-5d85-440d-95cb-b50f38dcd37b@googlegroups.com>,
Nigel James <crewedcharter@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I have a baffling little file-opening problem I'd appreciate any wisdom
> for.
> 
> I've been using Filemaker since v3, now using v12 on a Mac running OS X
> 10.8.4 Mountain Lion. I have always started Filemaker by opening whichever
> database I want to work in (rather than starting Filemaker first, then
> opening the file I want).
> 
> Suddenly and for no reason I can fathom, whichever database I want to open
> Filemaker with, it fails to open. Filemaker starts and immediately presents
> an "Open new or existing file" to choose a database or other file.
> 
> Very strange. Does anyone have experience of this?
> 
> Grateful for any wisdom. Thanks in advance.

I have no idea whay that would happen, but a few things to try ...

Does the database file open properly if you then use the application's
open command?

Are they "updated" database fiels from older versions of FileMaker or
does it happen with newly created FileMaker 12 files as well?

Is there something in a startup script for the database file that could
be making it close again or show the Open dialog window?


I don't know if it's related, but FileMaker 3 and 4 have a similar
behaviour on my Mac (Mac OS X 10.1 and now 10.2. Since they're both
applications that require the Classic environment to load, I have
noticed that if I double-click a database file and then go back to
doing something else while Classic loads, then the FileMaker
application opens, but then it stops and bounces the Dock icon and if
I'm not "quick enough" going back to it, it doesn't actually open the
file (no Open dialog window either). Double-clicking the file again
does open it.

Helpful Harry  :o)

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#1353

After serious thinking Nigel James wrote :
> Hi, I have a baffling little file-opening problem I'd appreciate any wisdom 
> for.
>
> I've been using Filemaker since v3, now using v12 on a Mac running OS X 
> 10.8.4 Mountain Lion. I have always started Filemaker by opening whichever 
> database I want to work in (rather than starting Filemaker first, then 
> opening the file I want).
>
> Suddenly and for no reason I can fathom, whichever database I want to open 
> Filemaker with, it fails to open. Filemaker starts and immediately presents 
> an "Open new or existing file" to choose a database or other file.
>
> Very strange. Does anyone have experience of this?
>
> Grateful for any wisdom. Thanks in advance.

If this was WinDoze I would say the file association has been changed 
and it easy to change back from the control Panel and other places.
But I have no idea how Mac handles file associations.

-- 
John G

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#1354

In article <NsudnU2SpudygrjPnZ2dnUVZ_sKdnZ2d@westnet.com.au>, John G
<greentest@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> After serious thinking Nigel James wrote :
> > Hi, I have a baffling little file-opening problem I'd appreciate any wisdom 
> > for.
> >
> > I've been using Filemaker since v3, now using v12 on a Mac running OS X 
> > 10.8.4 Mountain Lion. I have always started Filemaker by opening whichever 
> > database I want to work in (rather than starting Filemaker first, then 
> > opening the file I want).
> >
> > Suddenly and for no reason I can fathom, whichever database I want to open 
> > Filemaker with, it fails to open. Filemaker starts and immediately presents 
> > an "Open new or existing file" to choose a database or other file.
> >
> > Very strange. Does anyone have experience of this?
> >
> > Grateful for any wisdom. Thanks in advance.
> 
> If this was WinDoze I would say the file association has been changed 
> and it easy to change back from the control Panel and other places.
> But I have no idea how Mac handles file associations.

That was my first thought too, but FileMaker does open (so the system
does know it is a FileMaker document), it just doesn't the actual
database file that was double-clicked.

BUT it might still be worth double-checking by clicking on a file that
doesn't open properly and looking in the Get Info window to see which
application it is using as the default to open it.

It might also be worth running the Repair Permissions options in the
Disk Utility application (in the Applications -> Utilities folder).

Helpful Harry  :o)

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