Duh, you're right Mike. I forgot we were talking about reports (hint for next time: look at the email subject). Since both forms and reports are stored in the .rb4 file, I wonder why reports are different? I'm assuming reports are stored "compressed" like the option we have in forms? Boy, I would sure love to have the same option for reports
Karen > Except it won't work on Reports... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:00 AM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Report will not open > > > >Tom: Glad my suggestion prompted your solution! But I just tried > >something > >else here. I created a temp table, created a form based on it, and in > >the > >"on > >before design eep", I dropped the temp table then put the temp table > >definition > >in there. Saved the form. Then I went into the "on before design" and > >purposely > >made a change to the table definition that would make the table not work > >(left off a datatype). Tried to bring up the form and of course it > >wouldn't come up. > >I did an "edit all from sys_forms3", edited sys_data and easily found the > >code > >at the beginning. Changed the code to make it correct, saved it, and now > >the > >form comes up. So in your case you didn't need to bother adding in the > >old > >names; > >you could have gone into sys_forms3 and just modify the code. > > > >Karen > > > >
