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B-4 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
3. Choose File menu > Recover.
4. In the Open Damaged File dialog box, select the file you wish to
recover.
5. Click Open.
6. Name the recovered file, and make sure that it is being saved to
the desired location.
FileMaker Pro inserts <filename> Recovered as the default name.
7. Click Save.
FileMaker Pro will attempt to recover the file. For large files, this
may take some time, as each record, field, layout, and script must be
tested and copied to the new file.
A status message tells you about the recovery process. A second
message reports the success of the recovery—how many bytes were
salvaged, the number of records and values skipped, and the number
of lost field definitions that were rebuilt.
8. Click OK.
If the recovery process was successful, you should be able to open
the newly recovered file. If the file opens successfully, you should
close it and rename it to match the name of the original file (to
preserve any predefined relationships and external scripts).
Keep these points in mind:
1 To ensure you always have a file that’s up to date, make frequent
backup copies of your files, and don’t write over the most recent copies.
1 A file can grow or shrink in size. A file can grow if the indexes are
damaged and repaired. A file can shrink when data deleted by the
user, like a paragraph, has finally been deleted from the file.
1 If a file is severely damaged, you might not be able to recover it. If you
are unable to recover a file using the Recover feature, you will need to
contact FileMaker Technical Support. Go to
Help menu > FileMaker on
the Web, or point your browser to www.filemaker.com for the most
current information on contacting FileMaker Technical Support.