>RE:  More Import Script Problems Detailed
>Carl:  Thanks again for your speedy response.  What do you mean by "this file
>set?"
>I have been using ebase for over a year now, and have previously entered over
>1500 names & payments already in ebase.  Is this the file set you are
>referring to?  How do I transfer 1500 names to a new set if the names file is
>damaged as you indicated?  Will I have to re-enter all my customizations?

Yes, ebase consists of 29 FileMaker files, and that's the file set I 
refer to. Basically, everything within the ebase directory with file 
names like names_.102. The data is very likely intact, it's the 
structure of the file that is damaged, either the script of an 
internal reference to it. If you can open the file, you can use it as 
the source of an import from another FileMaker file to transfer the 
data. You can import the data from each of the files in your file set 
to the corresponding file in another file set, either a backup that 
you have determined to be undamaged, or a new download. There are a 
couple of important procedures in this process. Check the archives 
for a couple of posts about how to do this.

The file structure is not transferred, so you will have to re-do any 
customizations that are not in the target file set. If you find a 
backup that is not damaged, you won't have to do all of them.

>
>>>One of the suggestions made when you initially reported this problem was
>
>to abandon this file set and transfer your data to a new set, either
>
>a good backup or a new set of ebase files. This is still my
>
>recommendation.>>
>
>Maryl Kacir,  Director of Development
>Detroit Repertory Theatre
>
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