Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Helpful Harry Newsgroups: comp.databases.filemaker Subject: Re: MacWorld.com: FileMaker 13 Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:52:14 +1300 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 27 Message-ID: <251220131352143015%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> References: <101220131831598218%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> <1ldxdnp.cxhfa8xtc96cN%yapu@invivo.edu> <221220131505184919%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> <231220130936192326%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> <231220131625503104%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> <241220131830570633%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> <251220130852534961%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> <1lefnf9.12rq50j1eejcaiN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: CsuqRpI08k5gG5qyUVuWfg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Thoth/1.5.4 (Carbon/OS X) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.databases.filemaker:1636 In article <1lefnf9.12rq50j1eejcaiN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson wrote: > Helpful Harry wrote: > > In article , Martin > > ºßrautmann wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 18:30:57 +1300, Helpful Harry wrote: > > > > The exmaple file I have is called "Function Junction" from Brian > > > > Dunning's website > > > > It uses a Text field with 300 repetitions. I don't know whether or not > > > > it will still work (or has been updated) for the "fixed" versions of > > > > FileMaker Pro. > > > > > > It's a .fp5 file. Since Rosetta is no longer supported I'll have to dig > > > for a former system. > > > > It should open (and auto-convert) okay in newer versions of FileMaker, > > but the charting abilitiy itself may not work in "fixed" versions. > > FileMaker Pro 12 and later can't open .fp5 (or .fp3) databases. A > two-stage conversion via FileMaker Pro 7-11 is needed. Rats! I'd forgotten about the changeover. It will be a pain in the sit-upon when I eventually upgrade since I'll be skipping over all those versions. :o( FileMaker Inc should include a small convertor application on the install disc or as a free download on the website. Helpful Harry :o)