FM2 C6 App - no version number on a file

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I have a C6 application that uses FM2 to update changes to file structures.

I’m not that familiar with FM2 and I need to update the definition of a file in the dct and I have just found that it doesn’t have a version number.

If I add a version number should this trigger the FM2 application to update the file structure of this file? I have done this and it is not updating the file.

This process has worked OK in the past for other files which do have a version number, I’m looking for reasons why it isn’t working.

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Yes, just add the version field and set it to 1.
The default is version 0 when the file option doesn’t exist.

3

Thanks Rick, I’ll have to try again to see why it’s not working.

4

I dont remember any specifics of c6, but feel free to run the “SupportABC” utility template.

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Me neither!

I restored from backup and changed the dct again, this time I set the version as a string, previously I chose numeric as the option type, and I set the value as 1. It seems to have worked!

I suspect there were other factors involved because I also edited another file yesterday and it didn’t update either even though I incremented the version number. Today it also updated without any issues.