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    Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?

    I was sitting here working on some stuff, had a new form (saved it several times) and I restarted Alpha Five after saving everything (I made a change to AutoExec that made it load a different form on start). When I opened it back up, it deleted the new form, and a report I made last week. Has anyone else experienced this?
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    #2
    Re: Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?

    I reproduced the form, saved everything, closed alpha 5 and reopened my program. This time, it messed up the form so that I get an error "Cannot load form "xaTest". Using a default form instead" ??? Why is it doing this?

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      #3
      Re: Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?

      Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?
      No. It sounds as if something overwrote the support files for your database with an earlier version or it became corrupted.

      See Alpha Five File Types in the webhelp for information on what is stored where.

      You can't delete just one report by deleting one of the files Alpha uses.
      There can be only one.

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        #4
        Re: Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?

        Ok well here is in detail what happens (everytime). I have a form (we'll call it Test) that is loaded on startup via AutoExec. This form has a browse linked to one table. The table gets imported/updated via AutoExec BEFORE the form is loaded. The first time I load the application, the form becomes corrupt and alpha uses a default form. The second time I load the application, the form "does not exist".

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          Re: Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?

          loaded on startup via AutoExec.
          Why not just designate it as the startup form in the database properties?

          The table gets imported/updated via AutoExec BEFORE the form is loaded.
          What is the import/update process. The symptoms say that the import/update is overwriting the support files for the table.
          There can be only one.

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            #6
            Re: Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?

            Stan is the master of succinctness, but in case his last didn't make the point let me continue his last paragraph:

            The symptoms say that the import/update is overwriting the support files for the table.
            The support files include the dictionaries for the table where your custom layout is saved. Since the form is disappearing it's likely that your operation is overwriting it.

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              #7
              Re: Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?

              Spoken like a lawyer making his case and leaving nothing unsaid, negative ambiguity.

              Noli nothi permittere te terere.. There are several operations that have the option to preserve, or not, the table dictionaries. Not knowing what process is used to import/update the existing table makes it difficult to pinpoint the culprit but it is self apparent that the same is indeed the case.
              There can be only one.

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                #8
                Re: Alpha Randomly Deletes Files?

                Agreed. Law school ruined my once upon a time ability to write a simple declarative sentence. Illegitimi non carborundum...

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