I posted the question after I had given up the struggle. As soon as I had posted the question - and therefore I thought that I would not have to struggle anymore - I thought I would take one more look anyway.
That was was when I noticed that the ‘Locked’ checkbox in the Info panel was ticked. How? Dunno. Why? Dunno. Was it me? No (perhaps that should be Dunno as well, on the basis that with so much these days I dunno. And you can’t say if you don’t know.) But to get to the point, I unticked the Locked box. Problem gone, sorry for wasting your time folks. Regards David Hudson > On 2 May 2017, at 18:19, Pierre Coulombe via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This happens to me when I try to edit databases from a different computer. > Generally its a license thing. So, here I guess the question would be do you > have the license enter in your system for v16 R2? R series require a Partners > license. > > > >> On 2 May 2017, at 1:09 PM, David Hudson via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Just downloaded v16 R2, trying to upgrade a structure currently in v.15.5 >> (Mac, Sierra 10.12.4) >> >> From the v16 R2 app, I select the older structure, get the message ‘Are you >> sure you want to open the structure file in read only mode?’ - I don’t of >> course so I can’t continue. Error is then -10509. >> >> In the Info pane for this file the icon shows as locked. I am the only user >> of this machine, logged in with the only account that has ever been on it >> which is an administrator account. >> >> The info panel shows the selected app to open the file is v.15.5. If I try >> to change that to the 16 R2 (from the info panel ‘Open with’) drop-down >> where 16 R2 is at the top and labelled as the default) I get a message to >> the effect that I do not have permissions to change the application for this >> document only; do I want to change all similar documents with extension >> .4DB? >> >> Not likely. >> >> I don’t know if this is 4D, MacOS or both giving me all this pain. How has >> it all got so difficult to do the simple things? >> >> Any suggestions to solve this please? >> >> Regards >> >> David Hudson >> >> East Yorkshire >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> ********************************************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
