Hey C.J.,

FileMaker is going through each of your layouts, looking for any copies of the field that need to be removed.

When you hit the Skip button, you are saying you don't want it to do that, so any copies of the field that remain on the layout will just say "Field Missing" on them.

In pre-11, you didn't see this dialog as often -- I'm not sure why that is -- but if you hit the Skip button, it would just cancel you leaving Manage Database. Usually when you're deleting a field, you know whether this process needs to run or not, so you can decide if you should Skip. However, when in doubt, just let it run.

Paul




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On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:37 AM, C. J. Weigand wrote:

> Whenever I change field definitions, as I leave the manage database display I get a dialog "Applying change to layout xxxx", where "xxxx" indicates numerous layouts that have no relevance. For example, you can duplicate a field and exit with no dialogs. When you then go back and delete the field, you get the dialogs and have to wait. You can click a "Skip" button, but I don't know if this affects the program long term.
> 
> I can find nothing that discusses this in the help windows or the knowledge base, although I've searched on various things. Exactly what is this dialog (new in FileMaker Pro 11) and what happens long term to the database if I click the "Skip" button?
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> Regards,
> 
> C. J.
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