On opening my Dataease 4.53 for DOS database as usual I got the following in FORM status

**ERROR** FORM FILE CANNOT BE OPENED, STATUS CODE 1

I cannot open the form or another form that has a relationship with it.

1. Is there any way to repair it?
or

2. How can I copy these two forms from an older backup which does work?

Incidentally I have used the free vDOS which works just fine .

If you have any experience or ideas I would be glad to know.

Thanks

Status code means the file is unavailable. Most likely corrupt or missing altogether.

Your image is a little to small to give any useful information on how to help you.

If its the DBA files that is missing/corrupt and these forms hasn't changed from the old backup you can just copy the .DBA files in question over to a COPY of the corrupt application and test if it works.

If the Form has changed it is a more arduous task. You will even have to patch them in or delete the corrupt/missing forms (which can't be done if they are missing...brilliant). 

This is like removing an appendix for a trained surgeon - routine for someone in the know - but maybe not something one should try on oneself without prior training....