Container fields don't import with .mer format. I always like to export to FileMaker and *then* convert those data-only files to the newer version. You're more likely to get the containers and any calculations-that-are-now-auto-enter.
Beverly On 8/24/07 3:04 PM, "Geoff Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in whole or in part: > I think you're trying to import .fp5 files into FileMaker 7/8/9. As > you have found out, that's a no-go. You must either convert the .fp5 > files by opening (not importing) and re-saving them with FM8, or > export from FileMaker 5 using another format (I like merge). > > geoff > > On Aug 24, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Randy Siler wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm a little baffled by File import in Filemaker 8.5. >> I'm building a new system in 8.5 to replace a number of databases >> built in FM 5. >> I've built a number of tables in 8.5 from scratch and I'd like to >> start importing the data from the FM 5 databases into the new >> tables in FM 8.5. >> >> But when I try to File import...file and select the file with the >> exported data the FM 8.5 dialog has all my tables grayed out. >> >> I can create a new table but I want to import into the tables >> already created. >> >> What am I missing???
