Re: [libreoffice-users] Import Filemaker .db_ file to LibreOffice Base WITHOUT using Filemaker to export first ??

Good idea, Tom. 

Once and done....  thanks. -A 


On Jul 2, 2011, at 3:47 PM, TomW wrote:

> On 2011-07-02 15:14, Angus McCallum wrote:
> > Hello All.
> >
> > I have a database in Filemaker Pro .db5 format.  It was created many years ago created in 
> > Filemaker Pro 5, which was a Mac OS 9 release that doesn't run on the computers I have now.  So 
> > I cannot use Filemaker to export the old .db5 file into an intermediate format that LibreOffice 
> > Base can read.
> >
> > Is there a way to import Filemaker files directly into LibreOffice Base?  Or some cheap, 
> > relatively painless work-around?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   
>
>
> Angus:
>
> Found this on the FileMaker website.
>
> It is from a pdf of an older version, but still may applicable for your needs.
>
> "If you don’t have a previous FileMaker Pro application with which to do the conversion, you can 
> download a trial version of FileMaker Pro 6 from www.filemaker.com and use it to convert files."
>
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> TomW
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