importing

[wdisneymom]

I am trying to import an access file (I exported the access database to excel)

I am using fmp7

When I'm almost done importing it says Filemaker has generated errors and must shut down

Any suggestions

[stanley]

Sounds like the Excel file may be corrupt. Can you open the file in Excel? If so, does it appear that the data is correct?

-Stanley

[wdisneymom]

yes and yes

I can open it in excel and the data appears to be correct

[Lee Smith]

Your file has to be a Work Sheet, not a Work Book. Also, I found using an older file format in Excel to save it in works best.

HTH

Lee

[dondawg]

I was having a similar issue in version 6 but I think it had more to do with the size of the excel file so what I did was just save the excel file as a tab seperated text file. It worked great.