Hooklahoma Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I have a small database that id like to migrate from FM 3 MAC to FM 7 for windows. I didnt find anything about cross-platform migrations searching the forums. Any suggestions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanley Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Hooklahoma: Welcome to the Forums. I can't remember if FM 3 was available for Windows, so don't know if the file format will open in FMP7 in Windows. However, if the old FMP 6 demo is still available on the FMI site (or elsewhere), you could just download that, open the FM 3 file on your Mac on that, then save it as an .fp5 file, and that file should convert fine on the Windows box. Just remember that any AppleScripts in your solution will no longer work. -Stanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Cross Platform since FileMaker Pro 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooklahoma Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 I cant find a FM Pro 6 at the FMI site or elsewhere. When I google FM Pro 6 I get links for downloads, but the actualy lead to FM 7 or to broken links. Does anyone have link or an old file to upload? Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanley Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 In relation to what Lee said, I think you shouldn't need FMP 6 on the Mac. You *should* be able to open (i.e., convert) your old files from FMP 7 directly. Perhaps I'm wrong, and I know there's a huge document regarding the conversion process on FMI's site (which I've read, but without paying attention to anything regarding cross-platform 3 to 7 conversions), but have you tried to simply open the files from FMP 7 in Windows, to see if the conversion process begins? -Stanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooklahoma Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 Well, the conversion went well. All i had to do was add the .fm3 extention to the original mac file. The only problem is that the new converted file is asking for a username and password. The original file is password protected but it never asked me for a username. I used the name the original software was registered to and the password usergroup and it didnt accept either. Im going to try to remove passwords from the database on the original software and try the migration again. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I'm glad that the migration went okay. You need to go to this URL: http://www.filemaker.com/support/whitepapers.html and download the PDFs about Migration. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanley Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Hooklahoma: In a newly converted file, I believe that you enter the old password into both the username and password fields. Previous versions didn't have a username in the password protection scheme. -Stanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooklahoma Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 Shoot, I'm allready done. That took about 1/10 the time i thought it would. Thank you all for the help. I'm glad I stuck w/ Filemaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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