stock1lj@cmich.edu Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I had a professor in my office yesterday with a FileMaker 4 file he had on a Mac but I could not open it. I first reinstalled FM 4.0 on my iMac and it said that the file was a FM 4.01 file and my FM 4.0 could not open it. I then reinstalled fm version 5 and that also said it could not open this FM 4.01 file. I thought that Classic might be the problem so I installed FM 4 and 5 on an old PowerPC Mac to eliminate Classic but got the same error. It is funny because the icon on my screen says it is a Unix.exe file??????? Weird!!!!!!! How do I open this corrupt???? file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 You sure it's a FileMaker PRO 4.x file (ends in .fp3 usually) and not, perchance, a FileMaker 4 (Nashoba Systems, ancient, predates FileMaker Pro 1.0) file? EDIT: more questions. a) does it, in fact, have a file extension at all, and if so what is it? b) how did profession "come in with" it? On a CD, a Mac floppy, as an email attachment to you etc? c) Do you know how to obtain the file type and file creator? If not, http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9383/type-and-creator-changer Set the file type and the creator both to "FMP3". See if it opens now. d) If no joy, if you wish, upload it somewhere (sendspace, rapidshare, your own FTP space, etc) and give me the link and I'll see if it's something really really old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rodgers Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Second question based on the .exe. Are you sure you are opening a Filemaker file and not the application? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRexQ Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Heya! Just found this Forum after hours of research. I also have such a File here. It was probably created with Filemaker 4 from Nashoba Systems. Is there a possibility to read the data or extract it? GreetZ, TRexQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Send it to me at my email address and I'll send you back a modernized version (an .fp7 created from the Nashoba 4). Be sure to mention "filemaker" in the subject line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Yep, it was indeed a Nashoba 4 file. Way cool, don't see very many of those floating around any more! You should have mail, with attachments. EDIT: I just noticed that for "version" you listed "None" — does that mean you don't OWN any version of FileMaker? Would a tab-delimited text file, or an Excel spreadsheet, perhaps, be more useful to you then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRexQ Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 THX, ur the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 So .fp7 format is OK then? good deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRexQ Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Well, 5.5 would be better, cuz my friend, the owner of the file, has only 5.5. But I didn't want to impose on you too much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Not a problem. Check your email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRexQ Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 thx again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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