I have some invoices and accounts dating back some time in Filemaker [11 I think] files.
Is there anything that will read them?
It's now far too expensive to think of buying the current version of Filemaker.

Thanks,

David Kennedy

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On 22 Jan 2023, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

I have some invoices and accounts dating back some time in Filemaker [11 I think] files.
Is there anything that will read them?
It's now far too expensive to think of buying the current version of Filemaker.

Thanks,

David Kennedy

I use FileMaker. If they're not confidential, send them to me and I'll
convert them for you.

MST

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Martin S Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

On 22 Jan 2023, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

I have some invoices and accounts dating back some time in Filemaker [11 I think] files.
Is there anything that will read them?
It's now far too expensive to think of buying the current version of Filemaker.

Thanks,

David Kennedy

I use FileMaker. If they're not confidential, send them to me and I'll convert them for you.

I stil have some very old files, in what I think is FMPR4.
I gave up on them. Last ime I looked
there was a convoluted upgrade path
that required several intermediate FMPR versions.

It is not a nice company,

Jan

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On 22/01/2023 23:00, Martin S Taylor wrote:

On 22 Jan 2023, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

I have some invoices and accounts dating back some time in Filemaker [11 I >> think] files.
Is there anything that will read them?
It's now far too expensive to think of buying the current version of
Filemaker.

Thanks,

David Kennedy

I use FileMaker. If they're not confidential, send them to me and I'll convert them for you.

MST

Not confidential but, probably not important either...

I'm curious to see what exactly I was keeping. They date back 20 years or so. And, as Jan said, last time I tried there was a two stage upgrade path to follow. it all seemed too much trouble.

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On 22 Jan 2023 at 15:34:57 GMT, "David Kennedy" <[email protected]> wrote:

I have some invoices and accounts dating back some time in Filemaker [11 I think] files.
Is there anything that will read them?
It's now far too expensive to think of buying the current version of Filemaker.

Thanks,

David Kennedy

For ages I had a VM just to access my old Filemaker files before finally
giving up.
--
Billy is silly

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On 26/01/2023 07:07, Sara Merriman wrote:

On 22 Jan 2023 at 15:34:57 GMT, "David Kennedy" <[email protected]> wrote:

I have some invoices and accounts dating back some time in Filemaker [11 I >> think] files.
Is there anything that will read them?
It's now far too expensive to think of buying the current version of Filemaker.

Thanks,

David Kennedy

For ages I had a VM just to access my old Filemaker files before finally giving up.

I think that's the way forward; give up...

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On 26 Jan 2023, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

On 26/01/2023 07:07, Sara Merriman wrote:

On 22 Jan 2023 at 15:34:57 GMT, "David Kennedy" <[email protected]> wrote:

I have some invoices and accounts dating back some time in Filemaker [11 I
think] files.
Is there anything that will read them?
It's now far too expensive to think of buying the current version of Filemaker.

Thanks,

David Kennedy

For ages I had a VM just to access my old Filemaker files before finally giving up.

I think that's the way forward; give up...

What about Sheepshaver? <https://sheepshaver.cebix.net>

If it’s just to see what’s in them, rather than a true “make it a
modern working document” conversion, then should be able to do System 7-through-9 and put the old version of Filemaker on it.

Cheers,
Ian

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On 26/01/2023 21:19, Ian McCall wrote:

On 26 Jan 2023, David Kennedy wrote
(in article<[email protected]>):

On 26/01/2023 07:07, Sara Merriman wrote:

On 22 Jan 2023 at 15:34:57 GMT, "David Kennedy" <[email protected]> >>> wrote:

I have some invoices and accounts dating back some time in Filemaker [11 I >>>> think] files.
Is there anything that will read them?
It's now far too expensive to think of buying the current version of
Filemaker.

Thanks,

David Kennedy

For ages I had a VM just to access my old Filemaker files before finally >>> giving up.

I think that's the way forward; give up...

What about Sheepshaver? <https://sheepshaver.cebix.net>

If it’s just to see what’s in them, rather than a true “make it a modern working document” conversion, then should be able to do System 7-through-9 and put the old version of Filemaker on it.

Cheers,
Ian

Thanks but I'm not sure that I'm up to setting up a machine specifically for that. I might see if I can get an idea of the contents from text edit but
after ten or twelve years they can't be that important.

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