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Creating a database
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FileMaker Pro transfers the data from all selected fields to their destinations.
To stop the transfer process, click Stop in the Container Data Transfer dialog box. Stopping the
transfer doesn’t roll back the data already transferred. You can restart the process at any time
by following the steps above.
5. When the transfer is completed, the Transfer Summary dialog box appears, showing you
the status, number of files transferred, and number of files skipped. Click OK.
6. To see a log of the transfer, click Open Log File.
For information about reading this file, see the next section.
Reading the Transfer.log file
The Transfer.log file displays information about container data that failed to transfer.
The most recent data is added to any existing Transfer.log file information, so you may need to scroll
to the end of the file to see the results of the latest data transfer session.
From left to right the columns show the date, time, and time zone in which the transfer took place,
the filename or error number, and a description of the transfer event.
The following are examples of warnings and errors:
Example 1: Warning
2011-07-20 16:27:58.676 +0800 Warning [Record ID 3, field
Animals::Picture] Skipped non-transferrable data: File reference or text.
Problem: File references and text cannot be transferred.
Solution: For file references, create a script that embeds the referenced files, then transfer data.
Example 2: Error
2011-07-31 11:39:45.265 +0800 Error 301 [Record ID 1] Opening record
resulted in error (301): Record cannot be changed, because another user is
modifying it.
Problem: A record was being edited when the transfer occurred.
Solution: Turn off file sharing before transferring data.
Example 3: Error
2011-07-31 11:43:06.916 +0800 Error 852 [Record ID 6, field
Animals::Picture] Saving container data resulted in error (852): Cannot
write file to the external storage.
Problem: The destination path could not be written to.
Solution: Change the operating system permissions for the destination folder.
Changing field definitions
After you define a field, you can change it. To change the definitions of related fields, make the
changes in the related table or file.
Important Changing a field definition can change or delete data already stored in the field. For
example, changing a field to a calculation field replaces existing data with a calculated value.
Deleting a field definition erases any data stored in the field.