Step one TURN OFF THE STUPIDITY OF MICROSOFT THAT SUPPRESSES THE FILE EXTENSIONS. Your files have extension, you are just not showing them. Where this is located is under My Compter menus, but depends on OS version. Look for Folder Options. Then tell us what files you really have in your directory.
The instructions for changing the next serial number are in the message archives of this list. > -----Original Message----- > From: Marion Hogan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:05 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] RE: Naming the "names" file > > > > You need to go back to the beginning and tell us how you first > started using > > ebase. In principle ...103CONVERTED files are not possible > because theh 103 > > files are already in FMP5 format. The CONVERTED files result from the > > conversion of FMP4 files to FMP5 format. > > I've been learning and using Ebase since March. I followed the > instructions for setting up legacy files and imported that way. I didn't > notice that I had the files with the 103CONVERTED on the until I started > getting the delete record errors. I've successfully deleted plenty (well, > under 100) of records before. > > Unfortunately, I DID follow the recover procedure when I first ran into > the recommendation to do so. Naughty ebase! > > > > If you are getting corrupted scripts it means that your files > and at least > > recent backups are all corrupted. You need to go back until you > find a set > > that are not corrupted. Since deletion is presumably a rare > option that you > > may not have used until recently, it may be that you have no > backups that > > are not corrupted as the corruption occured during your import process. > > > > I would export all your data from every file; delete all files > with .10x on > > your machine. Start with a virgin set of .103 files and import > your backed > > up data. When the imports are done you must reset the last serial number > > used in each file before you do anything that might attempt to > add a record. > > (Details are in the archives). > > Let me see if I understand your recommendation - > 1. I use the Export command to export every file in ebase. > 2. I have NO .103 files listed in my ebase files. For example, my names > file is listed as names_ -- and the oddities are all listed as > names_103converted. The file that has my data is the names_ one. > QUESTION: So, do I just eliminate all the files in the ebase files folder? > 3. I download empty ebase .103 files from the web site. > 4. I import all the files I exported. > 5. I reset the last serial number used in each file > QUESTION: How do I reset the serial numbers? Never heard of them. You said > details are in the archives. Do you mean the message archives. > > thanks, > marion > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Marion Hogan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:53 PM > > > To: TechRocks Support > > > Subject: [support] Naming the "names" file > > > > > > > > > Since I've been having a problem with ebase (corrupted > script), I found > > > out that the file it wants to load at startup is called > > > names_103CONVERTED. This is not the name of my NAMES file. It's just > > > called names_. > > > > > > Before the corruption problem, now that I need to actually > open my names > > > file and then run the HOME script to get Ebase going, I've > actually read > > > the file names in the list of EBASE FILES. > > > > > > I have 52 files in the list. > > > > > > They seem to be dupes - all with the _103CONVERTED append. Do > I need those > > > files? Is it ok to delete them? They are dated in March, the > month I began > > > using ebase. > > > > > > Do I need to rename my names_ file to names_103? > > > > > > > > > ------------------ > > > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account > preferences, go to > > > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and > > > enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > > > support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and > enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
