Yes, this is true. Filemaker 12 has a new format and a new file ending. Once you convert the v9 database to v12 it can't be opened anymore in v9.
On 29.12.2012, at 12:04, Emma Glaisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I double-check something with you guys? > > I'm writing my first commercial database (! after 15 years of doing my own > stuff). I have to buy Filemaker for the client. However I'm still on 9, the > new version will be 12. Is it true that having been opened in 12, my database > will no longer run on my version 9? I use a work copy, but if this is true I > will have to buy my own, which will cost more than I'm being paid for the job! > Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards Trixi Willius http://www.mothsoftware.com Mail Archiver X: The email archiving solution for professionals
