[Hidden-tech] converting Filemaker Pro when you just have the file, not the app

[chrisho at bio.umass.edu]

I thought this was going to be much easier. I have a Filemaker Pro 11 database file. I need to convert it to Access for a small non-profit whose
board members have changed, and the previous simply left the data files. They need to get a mailing out.

I've looked at a couple of applications that purport to convert Filemaker (and other databases) to Access (or other databases), but I can't simply
open the file (I went so far as to download their demo versions). I have to be running Filemaker Pro and access it through a shared odbc connection.
This was true of two I looked at. But, if I had Filemaker Pro, it seems I could simply export the table to a tab or comma delimited text file and be
done with it.

I've tried looking at the file with TextWrangler, but no, it's a proprietary binary format.

Does anyone know of a solution other than buying Filemaker Pro? Or, would someone be willing to open the file and export the data?


Thank you,




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