'Downloading' the file actually just downloads it to Mail's file space (on iOS devices there is no common file system that could be considered similar to the Mac Finder, and certainly there is no Desktop as per the Mac.)

To open the file in another app you need to tap the "Open In" button, which looks like a rectangle with an arrow emerging, then tap the FileMaker Go icon. The file is then copied to FMGo's file space.

Alternatively you can transfer the file via iTunes but I find this even more tedious...

HTH.

- Tim.


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On 08/02/2013, at 8:55, "Richard S. Russell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Please bear with me if this is a hopelessly naive question. I've owned an iPad for 3 days now and have been fiddling with an existing database for 2 days, and today's the day I got to try moving it off of my Mac and onto the iPad. The documentation suggested that I close the file and e-mail it to myself. I did that, and the e-mail duly arrived on my iPad, I pressed the download icon, and the progress bar dutifully reported that all 8.0 MB had been downloaded. So now I go to my desktop and try to find the file. Nada. I fire up FileMaker Go and look for a File > Open command. Nada. The "Working with Files" section of the help screen says "Tap the filename in the Files on Device list." I go there and see the stock FMI-supplied starter solutions: Assets, Contacts, Content Management, Getting Started, and Tasks. My own file? Nowhere to be seen.

 

Where is it? Where did it go? How can I get at it?

 

For 2 companies normally as user-friendly as Apple and FileMaker, this is a hugely user-hostile experience.