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
Solving basic conversion problems | 195
Solving basic conversion problems
Here are some suggestions for correcting problems that could occur during
conversion.
My file didn’t convert properly
1 If you are converting a copy of a file, make sure that the original file was closed
before you copied it. Otherwise, the copy will not convert correctly.
1 Check the Conversion.log file located in the folder with the database you are
attempting to convert. For more information, see Help.
1 Try recovering the file first using a previous version of FileMaker Pro and then
convert the file again.
I received a consistency check or auto-repair message when I opened my original
file using my previous version of FileMaker
Pro
Try recovering the original file using your previous version of FileMaker Pro. Then
open the recovered file using the same version of FileMaker
Pro, close the file, and
then try converting it with FileMaker
Pro 10.
Converting passwords
During conversion, passwords are converted into accounts in
FileMaker
Pro 10. There are two common password conversion issues:
1 For each converted account, both the account name and the password in the
converted file are initially set to the password from the original file, which
makes all passwords visible to anyone who has Full Access privileges. For
security reasons, you should either change each account name so that it no
longer matches its password, or change each password so that it no longer
matches its account name. (You could also set an option for each account
to require a password change by the user upon the next login.)
1 Passwords are case-sensitive in FileMaker Pro 7, 8.x, 9, and 10. Make sure
you enter your password exactly as it was created in a previous version of
FileMaker Pro. If you are the owner of the original file or the database
administrator, open the original file using a previous version of
FileMaker
Pro and look at the password in the Define Passwords dialog
box. If you are not the owner of the file or the database administrator,
consult your database administrator for password information.
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