Form "lost"

[Richard Froncek]

A5V5, build 1491-1048, on Windows 2000 Professional.
My "primary" form has somehow become disfunctional. Primary in that it is the form used for order input ("frmMaster"). In Design, the form is there. In View, all the fields are missing; however, I can move through records via the vcr controls, but there are no fields on the form. At the bottom it shows both the Control Panel and frmmaster open.
I have restored all the applicable files with the same result.
(Alpha4 had it's advantages in that the forms, reports,etc were separately identified. Not so here, they're all lumped in the *.d files. Bummer)
With the modifications I was making to the OnChange items yesterday, things should not have gone south, but they did. Is there a way to verify the set upon which the form is based? I tried duplicating the form; however, it does not provide the opportunity to select the table/set upon which the form is based. It would appear that this would be a most handy feature.
Guess I'll have to keep going back on restoring the backups until I get it back - although that means losing all the work done since the successful restore.
Anyone else have a similar situation? If so, how was it resolved (other than keep going back in the backups)?
Dick

[AaronBBrown]

RE: Form

Have you tried compacting the database?

[Richard Froncek]

RE: Form

Yes, I compact it on a regular basis. Just went back again and to compact it after reading your comment. It compacts fine, but the problem remains. Is there a way to reidentify, the set upon which the form is based? As I said, the design view does contain all the fields, the view none. I checked out the folder and all seems well. The answer must lie in the link to the set, but how to reestablish it?
Thanks Aaron for your interest.
Dick

[Richard Froncek]

RE: Form

I did a 'copy' to provide an opportunity to select the set. Did so; however, the view is still without fields, though the design has 'em all.
Dick

[Richard Froncek]

RE: Form

FYI: Not the preferred solution, but I restored an older version. Have the form back in view with its fields. Now to get back to Baltic Ave, or wherever I was.

[CALocklin]

RE: Form

Are there any tabbed sub-forms on your form? If so, the fields might be 'behind' the tabbed form.

To check, lengthen the main form and drag the tabbed form down lower. Then, even if you can't see anything, try to 'lasso' objects in the blank area where the tabbed form used to be. If you see a bunch of object handles, this is where your fields went. Unfortunately, the only solution I found was to delete them and add them back to the form again.

[Richard Froncek]

RE: Form

Cal, no, there are no tabbed subforms.
Dick