Hi,

I have a Contact.fp5 file that I need to convert into FileMaker 9 Pro. The file opens ok and works in FM5, but it won't open/convert in FM9. The error message when opening in FM9 is:

Contact.fp5 was not created by FileMaker or is severely damaged and cannot be opened.

Yet as above, it opens and works ok in FM5. I get the same error message when trying to recover this file in FM5.

So, the only option I have left is exporting the records, but this file has scripts and layouts that NEED to be carried across.

Is there any way I can get these scripts/layouts exported with the data, or get around the above error message?

Thanks very much/...

OK, managed to get the file converted, but it keeps prompting for a username and password.

Can I remove this from the file ?

Login to the converted file with the username the same as the password. Note that passwords are now case-sensitive in FMP 7 and later.

Do read the migration white paper. It's all in there.