Migration Topics

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Contents 1 Links about converting files to FileMaker 7/8/8.5 from earlier versions 2 Tools for Migration 3 Analysis Tools For FM7/8/8.5 4 Analysis Tools For FM5/6 5 Conversion Tools

[edit] Links about converting files to FileMaker 7/8/8.5 from earlier versions

• FileMaker Inc's white papers, including migration topics

[edit] Tools for Migration

• New Millennium - a provider of conversion and analysis tools
• MetadataMagic from New Millennium
  • Includes:
    • Comprehensive solution analyis capability
    • File Reference Fixer - radically improves the performance and reliability of solutions in preparation for conversion
    • Conversion Issues Report - identifies instances of conversion issues in .fp5 solutions prior to conversion and provides guidance for how to fix the issues either pre-conversion or post-conversion
      
• FMrobot from New Millennium
  • FMrobot is a tool which automates the transfer of tables, fields, custom functions, value lists and privilege sets from one file to another.

[edit] Analysis Tools For FM7/8/8.5

• Inspector from beezwax datatools

[edit] Analysis Tools For FM5/6

• MetadataMagic from New Millennium
• Analyzer from WorqSmart (previously Waves in Motion)
• Brushfire from Chaparral Software

[edit] Conversion Tools

When moving to another database system from FileMaker Pro you often need a tool that will create the right SQL syntax.

• FMPRO Migrator from .com Solutions Inc.