I have been looking at the program MetaDataMagic that fixes file reference in filemaker files prior to fm7. My question is, is there anyway to do this without a program?

I haven't heard of any other way to edit or consolidate file references in FM5/6. You could edit them post-conversion, but in my opinion, it's worth it to use MetadataMagic's File Reference fixer, especially for large or complex solutions.

Thats what I thought the answer would be. Its just that the way my mind works, I think that if a 3rd party program can get into the file and change file references, I should be able to do it too..