Database Reference
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▪ If your file's name contains a period, except the one before the file extension, remove it.
The .fmp12 file extension can't be added to a file that has a period in its name.
▪ If conversion doesn't start, make sure the file isn't open in a previous version of
FileMaker. Open files can't be converted.
▪ If a file you've converted won't open in FileMaker Pro 13, go back to the old version of
the file and run the conversion again.
▪ If your password doesn't work, it may be because the file was converted from a pre-7
format. Passwords weren't case sensitive in the olden days, but they are in all .fp7 and
.fmp12 formats.
Converting Multiple Files
If your solution contains more than one related database, you should convert them all at the
same time to avoid disturbing the files' relationships to one another. As with single file con-
version, make sure you close all the databases you need to convert.
Start the conversion by dragging all the files at once onto the FileMaker Pro 13 application's
icon. If all your database's files are in a single folder, you can select them all and then drag
them to FileMaker Pro. Or you can drag the folder itself onto the FileMaker Pro icon. If
they're in different folders, you'll need to create a new folder and move all the databases into
this folder first.
As with a single file conversion, you'll have the choice to rename the old files and choose a
location for the converted files. In a multiple file conversion, the converted databases are all
saved in the same location. If you want to recreate a set of subfolders for the converted files,
you can do that after all the files have been converted.
When you convert multiple files at once, FileMaker puts information for all files in a single
conversion log. After the conversion, the process is just like the single file conversion. Read
the conversion log, identify and fix problems and then test your files thoroughly.
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