Re: Three simple FMP questions
Re: Three simple FMP questions
- Subject: Re: Three simple FMP questions
- From: kim <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:59:29 +1000
G'day Paul
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1) Is there any way to get the file path of an open FMP document, so that
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you can close it, then re-open it later? Or any other way to do the same
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thing?
I haven't done this but I believe there are examples that do. It's a
fairly standard request for closing before a (typically Retrospect)
backup.
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2) Is 'database' _really_ an element of 'document', in the usual meaning?
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Can you have more than database belonging to the same document? How?
Database refers to the current found set - document refers to the entire
db so, in theory, you can have an (almost) unlimited number of databases
attached to a document depending on the found set. Personally I always
hated the way this worked - I'd much rather say Tell found set
<shrug>
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Does anyone have any idea why such a nutty object model was concocted? Is
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there some advantage?
no