If a FileMaker Pro database file hangs or crashes when you switch to a particular layout, the layout may contain a damaged or corrupted
object. If this happens, try deleting the corrupted object. This may be difficult, however, as the corruption may not be visible. Corruption may also cause FileMaker Pro to crash or hang when it tries to display the object, making the object hard to isolate and delete. In many instances, the simplest and sometimes only solution is to delete the entire layout, which also deletes the corrupted object.
If a file hangs or crashes as it opens and begins to display the first layout, you won't be able to open the file into a different layout and do the above steps. You can select the
Bypass on open script checkbox in the Advanced Recovery Options dialog box to create a new blank layout for the file to open with instead of the damaged one. (For more information, see
Setting advanced file recovery options.)