Hello,

Yes, I update continuously my FileMaker Db (add new Databases, add
fields, modify the layout, ...). And I would like to easily track my
versions depending on what I have done (e. g. : get back an older version).
So I need to save the Db itself and a few comments to explain what I
have done since the last version.
Did you do that ? if yes could you give some tips (I currently use FMPro
on an Apple OS X )
Thanks
Tof

nufin <nufin> wrote:

In the main file or menu file, I always have a "Last revised" date on
the screen, which I change every time I work in the files. (any of the
files) This is so the users are aware of changes taking place.

On the developer layout of each file I also have a revised date that
only I see.

I usually email my users a summary of the changes I make, so a log of
those emails are a good review of changes I made on what date.

During development I may backup and zip/stuff my file sets several
times, so I date them ProjectName072405.2.sit and save them for several
weeks before deletion. This is so if I discover some awful corruption, I
have a hope of finding a file set without that corruption, even if I
have to re-create all subsequent work.

Lynn Allen
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Hi Lynn,

Many thanks for your answer, will do that too.
Best Regards,
Tof

Lynn allen wrote:

In addition to this please remember NEVER EVER to have two files (or more)
that share the same name.
Never mind if they are in different folders, or even on a different drive.
As long as Filemaker might be able to find them it probably will. And mix up
your results, especialy with relations.

Ursus


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ursus.kirk <secret (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote:

Absolutely, which is why my backup routine includes closing the files
and stuffing the whole folder. For most of my solutions this process
takes less than a minute. I keep a special opener file with each project
that opens with the master password to make re-opening easy.

Lynn Allen
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ursus.kirk wrote:
I guess as long if you have separate relation files, this can be a big
problem. But within FM 7.03 related tables are within the basic file itself.


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I can easily think of something going wrong. Like postcodes. One file,
shared between multiple solutions, but the file is still called Codes.fp7.
Now I am going to store something else, that needs codes and I call my new
file codes.fp7 again. accidents now may occur.

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Minor suggestion: If you name the file with the date in yymmdd format
(ProjectName052407 or 052407_1330_ProjectName (with military time)), the
file names will sort sequentially in Finder/Explorer.

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