User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Defining database fields
- Using supplemental fields
- Setting options for fields
- Defining database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Chapter 8 Security measures
- Index
Chapter 7
Converting databases from
FileMaker
Pro 6 and earlier
Because FileMaker Pro 7, FileMaker Pro 8.x, FileMaker Pro 9, and
FileMaker Pro 10 share the same file format, FileMaker Pro 10 can open
FileMaker
Pro 7, FileMaker Pro 8.x, and FileMaker Pro 9 files without
converting them. You can even use FileMaker
Pro 10 files with FileMaker Pro
7, FileMaker
Pro 8.x, or FileMaker Pro 9. However, new features might not
work as expected when you open the file in a previous version.
For example:
1 Tab control: A layout containing tab panels will open, but the objects that
were on the tab panels will appear on top of each other.
1 Importing data: FileMaker Pro files from pre-7.0 versions of FileMaker Pro
need to be converted to the .fp7 format before importing.
1 Web viewers: If a file containing a web viewer is opened in a version of
FileMaker
Pro prior to version 8.5, the web viewer is not displayed in Layout
mode. In FileMaker
Pro 8, web viewers appear as empty images. In versions
of FileMaker
Pro prior to version 8, no image appears in place of the web
viewer.
1 External data sources: If you open a file connected to an ODBC data source
in a version of FileMaker Pro prior to version 9, the ODBC table in the
relationships graph is labeled <File Missing>. The data source feature also
causes some menu items to appear differently. For example, in custom menus
(FileMaker
Pro Advanced only), changes occur with regard to how menu
items are organized and how new and changed menu items are represented.
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