Dan
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Stephen
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On Sep 10, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Dan Kelly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It's hard to believe others have not experienced this problem and knows a
> quick fix or why it happens, all the time for me
>
> Best Regards,
> Dan Kelly
> Yachtlink Engineering Inc.
> 1 954 663 1630
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: FileMaker Pro Discussions [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of BEVERLY VOTH
> Sent: September 03, 2012 13:09
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Moving tables
>
> Dan, You can "repoint" an occurrence on the Relationship Graph. Do so, by
> double clicking the image on the graph. Keep in mind that other things may
> or may not work after doing that... :)
>
> Beverly
>
> On 03 Sep 2012, at 12:51 PM, Dan Kelly wrote:
>
>> I have a maintenance database file with many tables, some of them
>> tables have a relationship to another file which is also another type
>> of maintenance, I imported the table into the file with multiple
>> occurrences, after which when I go to the field definitions and view
>> one of the fields that have a lookup, that lookup has been lost, when
>> I try to reset it and choose the starting table I only get the earlier
>> references that were in the file, I do not get the table I just
>> imported, which is the table I am editing, I've run into this at time
>> and can't recall if I figured out why or want I did wrong, but
>> deleting the prior relationships will allow the new table to show as a
>> starting table, then I can recreate the old relationship, FMP 11
>> Advanced
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Dan Kelly
>> Yachtlink Engineering Inc.
>> 1 954 663 1630
>>
>> From: FileMaker Pro Discussions
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard S.
>> Russell
>> Sent: September 03, 2012 12:17
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Moving tables
>>
>>
>> On 2012 Sep 3, at 9:52, Dan Kelly wrote:
>>
>>
>> When I migrate a table from one file to another the default tables
>> occurrence changes and the lookups change it there is already a
>> relationship to that table with the new current file, when I go to
>> reset the lookups then the current table which I had imported is not
>> one of the options for default, can anyone tell me the best way to
>> prevent this error when doing this?
>>
>>
>> A request to Dan - and anybody in the future who asks a question - is to
> please mention which version of FileMaker Pro you're using, whether it's
> regular FMP or FMP Advanced, and what platform (Mac or Windows) you're
> operating on. The answers to your questions may differ depending on the
> context.
>>
>> Also, in order to aid in communication, it helps if you can be as specific
> as possible. For example, not merely "I'm trying to migrate a table from one
> file to another" but rather "I'm trying to import the 'Addresses' table from
> the 'Programs' file to the 'Members' file." This too enables the response to
> be in terms most likely to be useful to you.
>
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