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In article <o7j0rbtmfakqsq3ovjev976a30qhl0gn0g@4ax.com>, Mitchell199
<NoSpamAtAll@JunksvilleNo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello and begging the group's indulgence.  Been away from ngs in
> general for a few years as access difficult.  New PC with Win10 now
> (and a working DVD writer again <g>), and glad to see this ng still
> around! <g>  But I've found other FMP resources less plentiful than
> before.  Since I can't justify upgrading my old FMP bought years ago,
> which saves to old FP5 format, if any kind soul here knows a source of
> old templates, that would be grand - i.e., there used to be solutions
> examples in a couple of forums I used to access but I've not been able
> to find any FMP website from before that I recognize.
> 
> The dozen or so files I still have after the old PC crash, my own
> files included, are pretty much just simple or resource ones that
> aren't full-fledged solutions.  But since I'm not finding an
> application for an old problem, would be grand to just build it myself
> and FMP is always the best for that (vs. MS or Lotus, the latter to
> which I don't even have access to anymore <g>).
> 
> TIA for any help!  Much appreciated.
> 
> Cheers.

FileMaker Pro always comes with a pile of example files / templates ...
but the quality (and bugginess!) of some of them leaves a bit to be
desired, so they aren't a great advert for what FileMaker Pro can do.

There's quite a few web-based forums / websites, some of which will
still have old messages with FileMaker Pro 5 links, but whether those
links still work or not is a completely different question. Some of the
main ones include:

   - Worldwide Filemaker Community
     http://fmforums.com

   - FileMaker Community
     https://community.filemaker.com

   - FileMaker Today
     http://www.filemakertoday.com

   - Planet FileMaker
     http://planetfilemaker.com

Plus of course in here. I'm still using FileMaker Pro 4 and 5. I did
recently install FileMaker Pro 7 too, so will probably start moving
into that when I can since it doesn't require the Mac's Classic
environment. (But I will still need FileMaker Pro 4 for some databases
since that's the only version I have with the Binder / standalone
creation option.)

Helpful Harry  :o)