Tiger and FMPro 5.5 Compatibility

[macwino]

I use FMPro 5.5 and will be upgrading to Tiger any day now. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if FMPro 5.5 databases of this type will work with Tiger or whether I will have to redo it in FMPro 7. It is a one machine database with no server or web access involved.

I have FMPro 7, but my database was too complex to transfer from 5.5 to 7 without lots of reprogramming, so I've not bothered. However, if I can no longer run it with Tiger, then I'll have to bite the bullet and redo the database from scratch.

Thanks, Robert

[rkane]

Robert-

I'm in the same prediciment. Did you go ahead with the Tiger upgrade? Did FMPro 5.5 work with it?

Thanks very much,

Richard

[Matthew F]

I haven't had trouble running .fp5 databases on Tiger. However I have used FM v.6 to run them I haven't tried v.5.5.

[rkane]

Thanks.

(Do you know if it's possible to still get FM v.6?)

[Vaughan]

Yes. You buy a volume license of FMP 7 and "downgrade" to FMP 6. Or any other older version I guess...

[LwoodPDowd]

I've had no problem with FMPro 5.5 on Tiger.

I haven't used it alot, we only have tiger on a new iMac that is a lab-wide computer. A nice little test bed for all of our software before we make any upgrades. The databases I've accessed have been very basic files, so your milage may vary.

[harp]

Anyone have the link to downgrade volume licenses? Filemaker support sent me the retail one and incomplete phone number for volume support.