Installation and New Features Guide (Windows)

Installing FileMaker Pro 1-21
Opening files from previous versions
FileMaker Pro 4.0 can open both Windows and Mac OS-compatible
files created by FileMaker Pro 2.0 or later.
Important You do not need to convert 3.x files. In FileMaker Pro 4.0,
you can open files created with FileMaker Pro 3.x; in FileMaker 3.x, you
can open files created with FileMaker Pro 4.0. However, new 4.0
features aren’t supported when you open files in 3.x. For example,
rotated fields will appear as horizontal (left to right) fields in 3.x.
FileMaker Pro 1.0 databases To use a database created by FileMaker Pro
1.0, you must first convert it on a Mac OS computer with version 2.0 or
later and then open it in FileMaker Pro for Windows.
To use files created with FileMaker Pro 2.x, you must convert them to
FileMaker Pro 4.0.
To convert and open a FileMaker Pro 2.x file:
1. Start FileMaker Pro 4.0.
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. Type a name to rename the original file, or deselect the Rename old file
checkbox to retain the name of the file.
If you use the default settings, original file remains in the older format.
After you click OK, you see another dialog box where you can name
the file that will be created and saved in the new format. You cannot
use the converted file with versions of FileMaker Pro earlier than 3.0.
4. Click Save to start the conversion.
FileMaker Pro converts the file and opens it.