Question, so is it possible to "clean" a file (make a new, clean, copy
of) with MDM? Like the "recover" we've always wantes? Or just read in
data and analyze? This would make a big difference in deciding whether
to spring for the product ad I move from FM6 to 8.5.
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On Jul 20, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Geoff Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
James from New Millenium (makers of MetaData Magic) contacted me
offering to help troubleshoot problems that MDM may have caused in
the file I mentioned. (How's that for responsive?)
I want to clarify that I don't think that MDM caused any damage to
our file, rather it may have exposed corruption that was already
there, or it may be a complete coincidence. Judging their product on
a file that has been recovered several times in the last 10 years
and is certain to have structure corruption is hardly fair.
geoff
On Jul 19, 2007, at 7:28 AM, Geoff Graham wrote:
I can corroborate this a bit. After cleaning an FM6 file with MDM,
it no longer recovers cleanly, restoring many long-ago deleted
fields. I can't say for sure that MDM did it but I've been doing
this for 10 years and haven't seen it before. Circumstances have
postponed conversion to FM7 format, so for now we have to live with
it.
I wrote an applescript to automate the cleaning of these references
in the FM7 define file references dialog; setting them all to
simple relative paths. Much less tedious that way.
geoff
On Jul 19, 2007, at 6:12 AM, Winfried Huslik
