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

[Mathew Jacobson]

There should be a free trial on the FileMaker site. 

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> On Feb 15, 2016, at 5:57 PM, chrisho at bio.umass.edu wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I've tried looking at the file with TextWrangler, but no, it's a proprietary binary format.
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> Does anyone know of a solution other than buying Filemaker Pro? Or, would someone be willing to open the file and export the data?
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> Thank you,
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