Peter,
Unfortunately I couldn't read the original question since I've just
subscribed, but what you see is typical for a file converted form FM6
(and earlier). Back then you were unable to modify or delete a file
reference. Once it was defined it lived in the file forever.
The MetaDataMagic File Reference Fixer claims to easily remove
unwanted file references in .fp5 files. Nevertheless I suggest NOT TO
USE it. For a rationale please read <http://www.fmchecker.com/
filereferencefix.html>.
The clean but tedious method is to go through all your converted
files and set the file references manually (to a relative path (where
appropriate)).
This is a daring statement from FMI:
"Furthermore, the conversion process does not propagate corruption
that may have existed in a prior version."
which only can mean that the structure of the converted file is OK.
It can by no means guarantee that the content (which are definitions
as well as the data) is complete.
Winfried
www.fmdiff.com/fm/filecorruption.html
On 19.07.2007, at 05:07, Peter Payne wrote:
Hi, thanks for the reply.
But first, I wanted to quote some good news for you, from
FileMaker's "techbrief_fm7_migration.pdf" document, page 8:
"Furthermore, the conversion process does not propagate corruption
that may have existed in a prior version."
Now, I don't know if you can trust that 100%, but it should give
you a better start (unless the conversion fails, and then you'll
know the worst).
Roger. I wish there were a known reason why this happened in the
first place. I'm not the first Filemaker guy to think that, methinks.
I've done a conversion, and I ended up with some weird stuff, like,
I have only one invoices database, but it's reporting links to
invoices8.fp7, invoices7.fp7, invoices6.fp6, which don't/shouldn't
exist. Can I ask what MetaDataMagic does? Are there any, er,
consultants out there who are proficient in its use in converting
files?
