Re: FileMaker Pro and FileMaker II formats-- confusion

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From: Geoff Bronner
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 14:28

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In <DDL683.92Aug10230338@esther.albany.edu> ddl683@csc.albany.edu (Dreaming) writes:

>A co-worker of mine received a disk with a membership database in
>FileMaker Pro format on it.  I have an old copy of FileMaker II which
>I never use, but I figured I might be able to translate her file with
>it. 

[The rest deleted.]

Filemaker II can't read Filemaker Pro files, period, end of story. I have
noticed in the past that older versions of Filemaker have been able to
identify which later version created a file that it cannot read. Filemaker
seems to include version information in each file for this purpose. This
is really a nice little feature since file creator can sometimes cause
confusion for inexperienced users.

If you want to read a Filemaker Pro file, get Filemaker Pro.

As an aside, who wants to bet that FM Pro 2.0 will have yet another
format?

-Geoff
--
geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU - Computing Support Consultant, Tuck School of Business

   First rule of assassination: "Kill the assassins."

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