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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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