>I've asked this question before, and someone asked for more detail.
>
>We have been unable to use the "delete" button on the home layout of
>the names.102 file to delete records.
Walt's suggestion of looking at the scripts which control the
deletion is what I would try first. If they all look the same as a
fresh copy, the next thing to look at is whether the required related
files are open. The delete scripts call functions and scripts in the
files deleted_.102 (to post brief info on the deleted record) and
groups_.102 (to check if the deleted record is a head of household).
Make sure your server is making all 29 ebase files available to the
clients.
>
>We were originally running with three copies of FM 4, one of them
>hosting the files and the other two acting as clients. From a
>client, I would press "delete" on the home or data entry layout of
>names.102. It's a blue button at the lower right corner of the
>screen.
>
>Upon pressing delete, the "Delete name" layout appears, and asks for
>a reason. I select the reason from the drop down box (for instance,
>"duplicate" or "entered by mistake").
>
>I press "Current Record." A dialog box warns me that this is
>irreversible and I press "OK."
>
>Now the Home or Data Entry layout reappears, and my record has not
>been deleted. Nothing at all has been accomplished, it seems.
>
>
>
>
>If I moved to the computer where FM4 was hosting the files, the
>deletion process would look just as above, except that the record
>ends up actually deleted.
>
>
>We have recently upgraded -- we are now hosting the files on FM5
>Server, and accessing from two clients running FM5. We are still
>unable to delete from the clients. And because there is no user
>interface on the FM Server, we have no work around.
>
>We are able to use all other kinds of delete in ebase -- to delete
>payments, notes, pledges, etc.
>
>As an experiment, just now I created a found set containing a single
>name, then tried to delete it by pressing delete and choosing found
>set. It showed me the clock hands. It spent 10 minutes showing the
>clock hands before I forcibly quit FM5 at the client. FM Server was
>still running just fine. The record was not deleted.
>
>
>Cheryl
>Cheryl Chase
>Intersex Society of North America
>Building a world free of shame, secrecy, and mutilating surgery for
>intersex children
>http://www.isna.org
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