Upgrade FMD6 runtime?

[DesksideGuru]

I have avoided upgrading my FMD6 runtime app for a long time because I have a number of users on older operating systems, but now I must upgrade.

Does anyone have hints about how to script a solution so that it makes it simple to import the FM6 data?

Right now the only thing I can think of doing is creation a FM6 runtime that will go through each file, export the data to an Excel or TXT file and then import the data into the newer application but the data is extremely sensitive and I don't want to risk having unsecured data.

Thanks,

JEAG

[Søren Dyhr]

Have you thought about applescript in this case? The runtime would very likely share layouts with the newer version ... Switching between the two would then be:

tell application "MyRuntime"

	tell layout 1

		set sourceRec to (get current record)

	end tell

end tell

tell application "FileMaker Pro Advanced"

	tell layout 1

		create new record with data sourceRec

	end tell

end tell

This will work even with a large samples of data stashed away in portals....

--sd

[DesksideGuru]

Søren,

This is very encouraging. I haven't done Applescript, but I think your clues are going to get me there.

Do you, or anyone else, have suggestions for the Windows platform?

All the best,

JEAG

Edited November 9, 2009 by Guest