Exporting records to Excel; 'requires Rosetta' error

[labyrinthian]

I am trying to export a found set in an Excel format (.xls). Sounds simple enough, but once I get through the dialogue boxes setting a destination file, I get an error that says, "This operation requires Rosetta, which is not available on this version of OSX." I am using Lion 10.7.3. Does 'export records' to excel really not work with Lion? It seems crazy. Has anyone had this problem, and does anyone know a workaround?

Reinstalling the software did not fix the problem.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

[Chong-Yee]

Export to Excel does work in Lion (we use it daily), but you have to export to the newer .xlsx format. As the dialog box says, FileMaker cannot export to .xls format as that would require Rosetta (amazing but true - I don't understand how the fact Excel 2008 needs Rosetta should influence FileMaker's exporting capabilities, but there must be a technical reason for this).

[comment]

I don't understand how the fact Excel 2008 needs Rosetta should influence FileMaker's exporting capabilities

Most likely it's required by the third-party code library that FMI is using for this purpose.

[Chong-Yee]

Most likely it's required by the third-party code library that FMI is using for this purpose.

It might even be a code library licensed from Microsoft, which would explain the Rosetta dependence.