newsouthoffice Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I just upgraded to the new filemaker Pro 9. I need to convert my old databases to 9 but I cannot figure out how to do that. Can someone point me in the right direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Unless it's positively ancient (like FileMaker Pro 2.1 format or even earlier), you just go File, Open, navigate to your old files and open them and it converts them. EDIT: Your profile says you have FmPro 5; the above will work fine for you. Doing that just converts the format without optimizing them for ideal deployment in the new version's environment. If it's a single-file flat-file solution, no biggie, but if it's a complex multi-file solution you might need to do things ranging from fixing the file references (under Manage --> Manage External Data Sources) to rebuilding the whole thing from scratch in a single file, using the converted old files as a guide & partial template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsouthoffice Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Thank you! I don't know why I couldn't figure that out! lol Stephanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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