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FileMaker Pro basics
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2. If you see the Open Multiple Files dialog box, choose whether to convert files, and then click
Open.
The Open Multiple Files dialog box only appears if one or more of the files you open are in a
format that FileMaker
Pro can convert, such as Microsoft Excel, tab-delimited text, or
FileMaker
Pro 6. You can choose to do one of the following in the Open Multiple Files dialog
box:
• Open current FileMaker Pro files only. Do not convert any files.
• Open current FileMaker Pro files and convert any compatible files into FileMaker Pro
files. FileMaker
Pro saves the converted files into a folder you specify, automatically
naming each file based on the name of the source file.
Notes
• To display recently opened filenames in the File menu and Quick Start Screen, choose Edit
menu (Windows) or FileMaker
Pro menu (OS X) > Preferences and select Show recently
opened files. To remove the list of recently opened files, choose File menu
> Open
Recent
> Clear Recent Files.
• When you open a file saved with date, time, and number formats that are different from the
system formats set on your computer, you might see an alert message. See
Opening files
with different system formats.
• If a file opens with a default password, you can specify a different password by pressing the
Shift key (Windows) or the Option key (OS
X) when opening the file.
• You can open a FileMaker Pro for Windows file on the OS X, and vice versa. If you intend to
move files across platforms, it’s best to include the .fmp12 extension in the filename. If you
add or remove filename extensions, you must re-specify the
data source (formerly known as
file references) for related files and files with external scripts.
• For information on displaying a specific layout when a file opens, see Setting file options.
• If you have FileMaker Pro Advanced, you can:
• rename a set of database files and automatically update references to related files or
scripts. See
Setting up files for developer solutions (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
To open multiple files Do this
From within FileMaker Pro Choose File menu > Open, and select all the files that you want
to open in the Open File dialog box:
• To select multiple files, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-
click (OS
X) each file.
• To select a range of adjacent files, click the first file, then
Shift-click the last file in the range.
Then click Open.
In a Windows Explorer window or
an OS X Finder window
Select the files you want to open, then drag them onto the
FileMaker
Pro application icon.
That are in a folder Drag the folder onto the FileMaker Pro application icon.
Note FileMaker Pro only opens files located directly in the
folder. Any files that exist in any enclosed folders are not opened.