FM Pro II template conversion to FM7

[yaqui]

I am updating from OS 9 to OS X yes I am in from the dark side. Okay here is the deal, I have a billing and accounting progam on Pro II that I love. Is there a way to convert the old template to the new FM7P? I really don't want to pay to have a new invoicing progam done. Thanks in advance.

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[BrentHedden]

Yea, it should work. Just open up the Pro2 file(s) with FileMaker 7, and it'll automatically go into the 'conversion' process. Just follow the prompts.

From experience - make sure you remove any passwords out before you do this. It can become quite a headache trying to open the files, since V7 has passwords AND usernames now.

[stanley]

Yaqui:

Welcome to the Forums.

FileMaker 7 will only convert files from FMP 3 and up. To convert a FileMaker II file (and you're going way way back into prehistory there) you'll have to open the files in a later version of FMP (3 through 6). Then you can convert the subsequent files to FMP 7.

-Stanley

[BobWeaver]

You can download a demo version of FM6 from the Filemaker website which will do the conversion from 2 to 6.

[stanley]

And if the demo of FMP6 won't do the conversion (the FMP 7 demo won't do conversions, but I can't say for the FMP6 demo, as I never had call to use it) you can post up your files, and I'll do a raw conversion for you gratis.

-Stanley

[BobWeaver]

The FMI website actually suggests using the FM6 demo to do conversions from versions earlier than 3.0. I think that's the only reason they still keep it there.

[yaqui]

Thanks for your replies, I looked on the FM web site and don't see a download for 6. What is FMI? Is that a different site than the FM site? Sorry for my ignorance.

[BobWeaver]

FMI = Filemaker Inc.

Yes, it's the same site

See this link:

http://www.filemaker.com/ti/108851.html