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On Mar 14, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Angus Gilmour wrote:
> What I am a little concerned with, however, is why you are stuck in
> the dark
> ages with an obsolete version of filemaker when you want to use a more
> sophisticated method of hosting and sharing filemaker databases.
> Why not at
> least upgrade it to version 10 to take advantage of the many advanced
> features.
Angus
The upgrade from FMP6 (or FMS5) to FMP7+ is not trivial. Changes in
Filemaker were so great between those versions that, in the case of a
complicated solution, it is often more effective to start again (ie
rewrite the solution) than to convert. This might mean a huge amount
of work and cost.
A former client of mine is just now going through the process. They've
been at it for a year or more. Big job. But in the end it has to be
done because the hardware to run FMP6/FMS5 just won't be available.
Anyway, I imagine this is the reason why the original poster is keen
to find hardware that will run such an old version.
Steve
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