Upgrading & Migration

I am currently considering updating to Filemaker 7 and want to benefit from all the excellent improvements but our current system on Filemaker 7 is enormous containing 127 files. We have just spent a lot of time ensuring that the system is as efficient as possible, renewing many of the procedures. Is there a way on Filemaker 7 to convert a file from V6 in to a table?? I think that I know the answer but I have to ask. I also wanted to check can I define a field in a table when the file is being shared and other users are accessing tables within the file I want to define fields in?? FileMaker Version: 6 Platform: Windows 2000

I am trying to convert an existing FM 5.5/6.0 solution that contains standard Apple CE fonts (East European languages) to FM 7.0, but the fonts (characters) get all messed up even though they worked fine with FM 5.5/6.0 in OS X. Has anyone come across this issue? Arnis

hi all, can some one help me fix about this problem? When I'm using V6 is no problem but convert to V7 I find that very slow and sometimes hang over there...any advise to me? File Case Ticket.fp7: (Select-->Kategery(A)=Reponse(Only Show Kategery A Value) File Categary Utility.fp7: Relation File Categary Value.fp7: My Kategery and Value Pop-UpList.zip

I have a membership Database in which I a Main File feed by three other files. State is the main file. The three other files are: At Large Tidwater Lifetime in FileMaker5 I do calculations for : Associate normal - AN Associate Teacher - AT Associate Student - AS Associate Vendor - AV Assoc Vendor Employee - AVE Full - F Local Life - LL Life Voting - LV Life Non Voting - LNV all the life categories pay no dues The AVE pay $50 The AV pay $100 The Full $48.00 all the other associate catergories pay 24.00 when I converted the multiple files from FM 5 files on a separate Drive containing FM5 using OS9 to another dr…

Can I run FMP Server 5 and FMP Server 7 on the same server at the same time? It would make the conversions so much better. Please let me know. Thanks in advance.

When opening one of my files with a script I get the hour glass for 20 seconds or more. When I try to edit a script in this bugged file, the same thing happens. Even when trying to create a new script in this file, I get a long delay before the new script window opens. Anyone encounter this problem or have an insight as to what gremlins I'm dealing with? Thanks. Gordon

I'm getting ready to upgrade from FM 5.5 to 7, what kind of problems should I expect? ie. Layouts, scripts, relationships, etc.. Version: v5.x Platform: Windows XP

i downloaded a trial version of filemaker pro 7 and it doesn't install...after the installation shield comes up, an error message comes up saying "Error 1324. The path Bedrijf - Financi? contains an invalid character." i downloaded version 6 but that seems to work fine... any help would be much appreciated... j

I've been developing some solutions in a swedish version of filemaker developer 7. Is it possible to continue the work with these solutions in an english version of the same program?

We just migrated a fairly big db system over the weekend. Most things went pretty well. We did a sandbox test a couple weeks before, so we had a pretty good handle on what to expect. First surprise was that there were a ton of bad file refs that needed cleaning up. But we've come across a couple bugs too. One is with popup lists that refer to a value list formed by a related field in another db. In FM6 this is fast, in FM7 very slow. Temporary fix has been to change them to popup menus, but this is not as elegant. Another thing we are seeing is with sub-scripts running from a master script in related dbs. In FM6 only the master script window stays visible, but in FM7 ev…

First time posting, I'm a long time Filemaker Pro user and can't wait to tap the knowledge on this board. My problem; I have converted from FM6 to FM7 and during the process I have fields that the information has just disappeared, gone. 250 or so records with missing data in different fields. Any ideas on why it happened or how to fix it. THANKS

I am intending to upgrade my entire company to FM7. However, I initially bought one version to test the migration. I was horrified to immediately see that my layouts all became blurry. I have now learned that I am not alone. I trust that FileMaker will fix this immediately or risk losing their Windows based users. I will end any attempts at migration until this problem is resolved or a workaround is available. In 24 hours, I have gone from an avid FileMaker backer to wondering if I should have switched to Access long ago. FileMaker Version: 7 Platform: Windows XP

I had posted a thread about upgrading runtimes last week. It received no comments until this morning because, I suspect most developers don't make runtimes. I purchased FM7 last week and began thinking about upgrading a 20+ file runtime. Guess what? Those idiots require that you upgrade the previous runtime to FM7 before you can import the data. For those of you who don't understand the implications, runtimes are equivalent to EXEs. You can't go back to runtimes and add anything. My imports have always been from one FP5 file to another FP5 file, which when converted to a runtime is now unmodifiable. So, net, I have no clear way of getting data out of my clients' ex…

Not that it really matters for me now since I decided to just remake my whole database solution from scratch to fully utilize FM7, but, Something I ran across when doing a FM6 -> FM7 conversion of my existing solution. In all my scripts, especially my loading script, the Minimize step was reinterpreted as a new FM7 function called Hide. Really caused some weird behavior in navigation. Basically made it impossible until I fixed all the scripts. Not sure if anyone else has seen this.

I just wanted to mention in addition to my last posting about Get(LastError) = 500 not working that Get(LastError) = 401 is not working either.

After converting 20 files to FM7V2 from FM5.5V2 without any errors (no problems in the log), I am pulling my hair out trying to close/hide windows that I don't think are open trying to get a simple script to work in V7. Following is the script from 5.5 which is run from my "Visits" file. The purpose is to pass values in a "Global" file for reference in a yet to be opened file. (I have read that V7 can do some passing of values somehow, but I haven't played with that yet.) Set Field ["Global Link", "1"] Set Field ["Global::Client ID", "Client ID"] Set Field ["Global::STR1",""""] Set Field ["Global::STR2",""""] etc. The V7 converted script (that doesn't work)…

I'm having a problem upgrading from 6 to 7. How does one add an account name to a password that exists in 6 and add it to 7.

i do not have FM 7, so perhaps one of you could give me some insight on this. i understand that the file format has changed and 5.x and 6.x files need to be converted. i'm distributing a solution (both runtime and documents only) created with FMD 6. the solution has a special startup script that only runs once when the solution is being opened for the very first time. three questions: 1. what happens if the user didn't convert the file first, but simply tried opening if with FM7? 2. if the user converts the files, does that mess up (bypass) the script that is supposed to only run once? 3. if the user uses the v6 runtime but also has FM7 on his drive, will they …

system reboots required. As the title states we are having major problems with FM7 after upgrading from 5. Everything seemed fine, however when the find feature is used to autofill or customers information the computer will lock up. We have been on the phone with techsupport multiple tiems (12 people work at FM Tech support) and they help us fix the files or something. It will work at then 2 hours later or so everything will crash again. HAs anyone had this experience? Have you had to basically make your databases over again? Is there an easy way to export all your data and reimport it? I am no database guru, but it seems like upgrading shouldnt' have caused us all of the…

trying hard to find a way to transport fields from one table(dbase) to another. Importing fielddata is no problem but can't find a way to export the entire field containg it's calculations

Hello Everyone I have just received FMD7 and after reading all the relevant migration docs and many posts here I have a couple of questions the "masters" might assist a "grasshopper" with I have a small solution in FMD6, five files, potentially 2000 records not particularly complex but some interesting text manipulation. I have decided to do a straight convert and fix up before going to a rewrite using 7's new capabilities. Change of focus, the solution moves from one file to others and back and the scripts fail "cannot change record as it is being used in another table/ file" or words to this effect. I think this is the issue of commit record - Do…

Filemaker, (any version before 7) was a programe that i could understand. 7 to me is a complete mystery. 1) I'm using FM Server on a windows 2000 2) i want to edit my databases but when i talked to filemaker support they said that FM7 will not run and is not supported on windows 2000??? Can i edit the databases from my mac running through my network to the PC Do i have to copy the databases across the network to my mac to edit them??? The concept of file referenecs to me has made filemaker almost unuasable. I have all of my 11 databases in one folder on the w2000 machine and filemaker server seems to be serving them ok, but filemaker can't find anyt…

I'm about to start upgrading to V7 Dev. Has anyone imported data from runtimes made with 5.5 or 6 into V7? I assume that if I use the same binding key and master password it should work, but has anyone done it? Also, I have loads of phone # calcs sitting on top of the entry fields. Should I remove them prior to conversion? What about opener scripts. Mine cause the main file to open, so that the user can't bypass the main startup script. Also, should the passwords be removed until I get the converted files working? Thanks, Steve

Did anyone else have their Updater fail? Mine failed in the last half of updating, with a message something like "Updater could not complete", and even a re-install of the full FMP 7 and re-run of the Updater had no effect. So imagine my surprise to find that a restart and opening of FMP (not from the .old archive) works, and shows it's version number as 7v2? Is there any way to tell that the installation did actually complete? E.g. a noticeable feature in 7.0v2? Thanks for any confidence you can give me. Cheers, Justin

Hello, all: I am trying to figure out how to print out the field definitions in FMP 7. It was a print dialog option in pre-7 versions. Did this feature get deleted or did it get moved somewhere else where I'm not looking? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ... Philip Sommers Huntsville, AL

First of all, excuse myself for my bad english...I'll try to explain my problem the best I can. I am presently converting a database from FM6 to FM7. There is on relation that doesn't work at all in FM7, but used to work fine in FM6. Here's the situation I have a Company table and an Employee table. 1 company has many employees. There are 500 company and 3000 enmployees. When the user is in the company list, he has the possibility to consult all the employees related to the "current found" companies. For example, if there are 15 found companies and you press on the "Consult employees" button, you will be taken in the employee table and will see the employees…

Hi, I've converted/migrated about 60% of my solution to the new FileMaker Pro 7 formats. I am stuck on the elegance of one command in my database, the duplicate button, a technique that I learnt from the excellent John Mark Osbornes databaspros website. You can see in my example the, the freeze window command works quite effectively in my FM 5 files, however in my converted files the Freeze window script doesn't perform terribly well, as it opens the related file and then closes (its only a second-but its really irritating!). ANyone, know how I can force the screen to Freeze while the "related" records are being duplicated? Any help would be kindly app…

When you change the name of the file to the which one other you're opening is related, it will show you the classic window that FM couldn't find the file "x". So you can browse and point FM to the new named file. But in FM7 he won't remember the new named and will ask you again about the old one, FM7 doesn't update the relationship, unless you don't enter the File references as administrator and point it from the inside to the new named. This is that good, it lacks you some how the possibility of renaiming the files. I have one database in the which the person that works with always renames the files after the month. Now he can't do it anymore since he doesn't have admini…

Hi everyone! Here is my problem I have a database working in FMP 4.1, and in this one I have to files with a relationship. I use a portal to view the records on the other one, and below the portal i put the fields to resume the results of the portal. For this fields I use a lookup of the subsummary fields of the records beeing displayed on the portal. In FileMaker 4.1 this works fine. I mean you can make a lookup on the subsummary fields of another file, if you sort the records found correctly. When I changed in FM7, something strange happened, the lookup was working again but instead of showing the subsummary of the records beeing browsed, it showed me the total sub…

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Last evening, under "FM Pro-General Discussions",I made a request for a Coin Collection DB. A fine person lead me to this...http://www.fmforums.com/threads/download.php?Number=53165 My Question- (Running FM7), When I try to open the this DB: 1st-FM says it must convert this (FM 5 DB)- OK, no problem, it does it's thing. 2nd- says time and date incorrect use File or System Settings ?- I tried both ways- seems to start. Then a snag...#3- Says I must use FM 6.0v3 or later and only offers a close button....well I'm using 7.01, is that not good enough ? In short, I can't see the DB cuz it closes up. Anyone have Ideas on how I can get this DangBurn DB to open ? Thanks in A…

I've got a bunch of old (but still important to me) databases set up on Microsoft Works (for Mac) v.4 and so far, haven't found a simple way to import or convert them to FM 6. Is there any program or plug-in that will do the conversion without my having to manually cut and paste each database? Thanks for the help.

I've got Server 5.5 running on an OS9 server currently, but would like to move it to a PC environment. Is it as simple as installing Server 5.5 on the PC and moving the files? What should I prepare for?

Hi, I am trying to convert FileMaker 5 files to FIleMaker 7. I have about 30 related files and all of them are converted just fine except one. This file has lots of scripts and when converting scripts FileMaker 7 simply quits. When I open up the conversion log - it ends on "Converting Page Setup Settings...." for particular script - if I delete Page Setups and Print() from all scripts, FileMaker still quits and in the conversion log the last phrase is "Converting layouts finished" I am so desperate - I just don;t know what to do. DO I have to delete all my scripts? I even don't know where is the problem.. I will appreciate any help Thank you

I have converted 14 relational databases to FM7. I went through the conversion with few frustrations but now... To open these databases in FM7 it is really slow. Does anyone else have this problem or a solution to make the initial opening of the data base more efficient?