Important recover from an old FM database made witn Mac

[awero]

sorry I have an important archive made with an old version of FM,probably 1.0 or 2.0 with a Macintosh very old...it does not have no extension..And when a try to open it with a FM 7 or 8,it doesn`t work..It shows me a message,inviting me to open it with a 2.0 viewer...could you help me?thanks a lot

[Ender]

You'd need to convert it to FM3, 4, 5, 5.5, or 6 before you can convert it to FM7 or 8.

[awero]

thanks for answering me..but how can I convert it?with which program can I open the database FM?because the MAC with the FM plus is too old..

thanks

[Ender]

I suppose you could try to find someone with one of those versions and see if they'll convert it for you. Or call FileMaker, and see if they will.

[gdurniak]

go to the FileMaker Tech Info Knowledgebase, and find Article 750 "Conversion & Migration: Things To Think About Before Converting You Files"

you will find links to download demos of FM6, just for the purpose of converting old files

greg

[awero]

I have the FileMaker Pro 8(Win),but the convertion doesn`t work..I have 2 databases one made with Filemaker II (Mac) and the other with Filemaker Plus,but when I try to open it,and the program try to convert it,it shows me one of the following message,depending on the database I try to open:

-This is version 8.0 "clinichist" was created by version 2.00 of FileMaker and cannot be opened by this version.Please use version 2.00 to view this file.

-This is version 8.0 "clinich2" was created by version 4.01 of FileMaker and cannot be opened by this version.Please use version 4.01 to view this file.

[awero]

thanks greg,i have read the document anda I have downloaded the trial version,but I still have the same problem..I'm thinking I could never recover the database..

alberto

[gdurniak]

The Tech Info article says it should work. Call FileMaker Tech support