Installation and New Features Guide (Windows)

1-8 FileMaker Pro Installation and New Features Guide
To convert and open a FileMaker Pro 2.x file:
1. Start FileMaker Pro 4.1.
2. Choose Open from the File menu and select the file you want to
convert in the Open dialog box.
You see the Conversion dialog box.
3. Click OK to append “Old” to the name of the original FileMaker Pro
2.x file.
4. After you click OK, you see another dialog box where you can name
the new, converted file.
By default, this converted file will have the original file’s name.
Preserving this name is important if you have existing lookups or
scripts, which might not function correctly if it is changed.
5. Click Save to start the conversion.
FileMaker Pro converts the file and opens it.
FileMaker Pro 1.x databases
To use a database created by FileMaker Pro 1.0, you must first convert
it on a Mac OS computer using FileMaker Pro 2.x or later. Afterwards,
refer to the instructions in either of the two preceding sections, as
appropriate, to convert your file to FileMaker Pro 4.1.
Cross-platform considerations
If you want to use a FileMaker Pro 2.x or later file on a Windows-based
system, and that file was originally created using a version of
FileMaker Pro for the Mac OS, you must add the appropriate extension
to the file’s name. For files that are still in the FileMaker Pro 2.x format,
add .fm to the file’s name. For files that are in either the FileMaker Pro
3.x or FileMaker Pro 4.x format, add .fp3 to the file’s name.