Thank you in advance for any response.....

I have used FileMaker since 1988, in those days on a MAC. I am now on
a PC, and have a folder with many FileMaker 4 and FileMaker 5 files.
All of these open fine, indicating that the program software is
operating O.K.

On Sunday, in the middle of using my personal PIM (which I developed in
FileMaker 4) it all of a sudden collapesed, and I got the Error Code
-39 message. Every time I go to try to open it, I get the same
message. Properities on the PC says that it is a 384 MB file, which is
about right. I contains about 32,700 records, with upto 400 fields
each. It is a flat file. I tried to recover, but only got 400
records, all blank, i.e., no fields or data.

Apple fritter says that the issue is a 'end of file' marker, but does
not give any method of recovery.

Is there any method of recovery, other than to go to the last back up,
which in my case is about one month old?

NOTE - I have stayed with older FileMaker, as it searchs easier and
better, in the application in which I am using it.

Again, thank you in advance for your response......

R. D. Ochs

RD wrote:

You may get this message when you are attempting to open a file.
If you select Resume and the same resume/quit option reappears, select
Resume again. (If you select Quit, FileMaker Pro quits without properly
closing all open files, thus damaging them.)
If necessary, click the Resume button 30 to 50 times while attempting to
open the file. Many times, this will work.
When you click Resume, FileMaker Pro ignores the error found in the
file. If the dialog box reappears, FileMaker Pro has encountered another
error in the file. In some cases, after clicking Resume enough times,
FileMaker Pro will read enough of the file to open it.

To quit without damaging open files: Hold down Alt+F4 while clicking the
Resume button (do not click Quit). Often, pressing Alt+F4 while
reattempting to open the file causes FileMaker Pro to quit normally.

Michael Myett

By the way, just how does FileMaker 4 search "easier and better" than
contemporary versions?

"RD" <RDOchs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote