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

[Daniel Gronwald]

Hi Chris,

If you still need assistance I can open FileMaker 11 files and get exports
out of it (CSV, Tab, XLS, etc.). I work with FileMaker every day so I'm
quite familiar with it.

Kind regards,

Dan



<http://www.danielmgronwald.com/>
Dan Gronwald, MA
*techno-shaman*
www.danielmgronwald.com

On Mon, 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.
>
> 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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