Hi, A client of mine has just called to say he has a message 'file has been damaged use the recovery command' This is from a runtime solution I created 12 years ago in filemaker pro 5.5. Now, my memory is not what it used to be, however, I do remember there was a key to hold down when the damaged file was opened from the runtime solution that would recover and rename the damaged file. I can't test my thoughts as I don't have a computer that will run 5 anymore. Any old timers remember that option please Lee