I am SO SORRY, Albert. I just remembered you asked me the very question that gave me the answer to my problem, and I told you I had checked. I HAD checked my desktop Explorer link, just had not remembered that I was now in a new R:Base at a different director.
So THANK YOU for your suggestion. I should have been more careful to check from that where the problem was. Cathy From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Grimes Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2018 3:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible P.S. to Jan Thanks, Albert, but I’m sure I’m checking the right directory. I placed the shortcut on my desktop and double-checked then (and re-checked now just to make sure). Cathy From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Albert Berry Sent: Monday, January 01, 2018 9:32 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible P.S. to Jan Check the header and make sure you are inspecting the database you are actually connected to. It sounds as if in file explorer you are looking at the wrong directory. Albert. [——————————————————————————————] On Jan 1, 2018, at 3:58 AM, Cathy Grimes <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: P.S. I forgot to add… I also have Explorer show File size, which is another reason for my concern since none of the 4 files has changed size for months now. Cathy From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jan johansen Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 11:23 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible Open the folder and check thusly -----Original Message----- From: "jan johansen" < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:18:16 -0800 Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible Are you using Windows 10? You may need to change the file attributes that you wish to see in the folder. There are several dates available. -----Original Message----- From: "Cathy Grimes" < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> To: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 09:52:49 -0800 Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible Thank you, Albert. The date and time does not change no matter what I do, or when I make any changes. The file sizes not changing is what concerns me most. I have not been creating new databases or tables, but regularly edit the data and create and/or edit reports….but still no file size change (or date change) at all. Hopefully, since I don’t seem to be losing my changed data, the static file sizes are not affecting the integrity of the database. But it would really ease my mind if I could find out how to fix it. Cathy From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Albert Berry Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 9:33 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible The date/time is last connection time, not the time you disconnected, I think. I don’t think you need to change the dates. When you disconnect and reconnect, the date/time will be updated to the time of connection. File sizes, on the other hand, should change as you manipulate the data and the database files are saved. Albert On Dec 31, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Cathy Grimes < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: Thank you, Buddy, for taking the time to respond. I am the only user so no one else in the database ever. I’m not sure what you mean by R:Base possibly considering the database as being out of sync, but I’ve had no problems accessing the database, making changes, etc., then having the changes (ones I’ve checked) still there after I’ve exited, updated the dates, then re-accessed. I do check my back-up drive periodically to make sure that all 4 of the data files are copied after I’ve forced a date change. Because I do manually update the dates and copy the files every couple of days, that should accomplish the same end result as your schedule task suggestion – it just takes me a few seconds each time (even if it is annoying to have to do this). That is a good thing, because I would have no idea how to create a schedule task. My tech guy set up Acronic True Image in the separate back-up hard drive, and I have periodically have problems with that working properly. I guess I just wanted to be assured that my database is still ok with my manual updating, especially since the file sizes do not change at all when I update them. Cathy From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Buddy Walker Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 7:56 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible Cathy I believe the date will change when everyone is disconnected from the database. Also I would be careful about forcing a new date because R:Base may see this as the database being out of SYNC. The auto backup looking at dates may not backup up all 4 database rx files. I would suggest using something like a schedule task that would start R:Base and then copy all 4 files to a backup area. I did this in the past. I would copy the database files at noon (limited activity) and then at 5:00pm and then the normal daily backup at 11:00pm Buddy From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Grimes Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 10:10 AM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible I hope it’s ok if I ask one more question that has been driving me crazy (as an end user, also the buyer of R:Base). I was so happy to have my only other main R:Base problem fixed by Razzak so quickly and easily. When I last upgraded to R:Base Extreme 9.5(32), the file Attributes suddenly stopped changing, i.e., the date modified never changes, and RB1 through RB4 never changes size (no matter how many rows I add or changes I make). Because I have auto back-up drive that backs up changes only, it will not back-up my R:Base data files unless I do it manually. 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