File Database Open - Find Options Greyed-Out

bhalpin

Hi.

My first time running the 2013 Development Environment and a bit of a shock ...

Did the usual (2009) File Database Open, F6 on Database Name, and Ctrl-F to find the database I want. (There are over a hundred on the server.) I type in a fragment of the name, Enter, and WHAM! - "The search item 'whatever' was not found."

Oh, right, 1st time in this client so I have to click "Any Part of Field" and make sure "Match Case" is Off.

F6 again and SURPRISE! Of the three Match options, only "Whole Field" is available; "Beginning of Field" and "Any Part of Field" are greyed-out.

So, I consider the situation and grow meditative ...

Unless there is someway of re-enabling these options, the user-experience is this:

You can use Find to find and select the database name, as long as you type in the entire name. Which begs the question: What good is Find at all? If I have to type the whole name in to "find" it I might as well just type it into the Database Name field. If I can remember the entire name that is ...

Does anyone know if those two greyed-out options can somehow be enabled?

Thanks!

bhalpin

So, I guess this is some sort of 'enhancement' in 2013 ... it must have been a slow day when they did this.