Chapter 18. Converting Systems from Previous Versions of FileMaker Pro

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Migration Choices

If you’ve never touched FileMaker Pro prior to version 7 or 8, the material in this chapter might not be of much use to you. On the other hand, anyone who has ever built or currently maintains systems in previous versions of FileMaker Pro faces a significant set of decisions regarding whether and how to migrate those systems to FileMaker Pro 8.

You’ve likely heard, read, or discovered on your own that the 2004 release of FileMaker Pro 7 brought tremendous changes to the FileMaker product ...

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