Follow these steps when renaming files
Overview.
SeedCode Complete is a multi-file solution (there are several xxx.fmp12 files that make up the solution) and each file looks for its sibling files based on their file name. So if all you do is rename the files, you'll break these links.
If you're using FileMaker Advanced, you can use it to easily rename these files without introducing errors. Fortunately, renaming is easy even if you don't have Advanced, providing you follow these steps:
Renaming Your Files
2. Rename each of the files following the rules below.
3. Open the interface file, the one that was named "SeedCodeComplete.fmp12". It will show a dialog telling you it can't find the data file. Click OK and then find the data file for it (this is the file you renamed above). Be SURE you pick the file that was named "SeedCodeModel.fmp12". You'll be asked the same thing for the media file. Again, click OK and then find the media file in the dialog that follows.
4. You're almost done. Starting with the file that was "SeedCodeComplete.fmp12" select "Manage / External Data Sources" from FileMaker's File menu. You'll see an entry for the data file. Double click on the entry for the data file and change the reference that is there...
...to use the new name you've give the file. So your new reference might look like:
5. Click OK and do the same thing with the entry for the media file and the control file. When you're done, click OK to close the "Manage External Data Sources" window.
6. From FileMaker's Window menu, select "Show Window" and select your data file (it now has its new name). Repeat step 5 for the data file, changing the name of the reference for the interface file (the one that was named "SeedCodeComplete").
7. Quit FileMaker, then repeat steps 1 through 6 with the other interface file, SeedCodeCompleteCalendar.fmp12. Open it and address any files it can't find as you did in step 3 the moving on to change its external data sources as you did on step 4.
8. That's it! Quit FileMaker and start the solution again and you'll be up and running.
Rules for FileNames
FileMaker is pretty forgiving about files names, but we like to exclude weird characters and spaces from our names. Maybe that is just habit. Bit there is one rule you have to follow or portions of the calendar will break: your file name may not have a period as one of the last 5 characters of the file name. So "My.Software.fmp12" is ok. "My.Software.com.fmp12" is not ok.
