Conversions
Convert earlier FileMaker files to the latest version
- restructure your system to take advantage of new features
- staged re-development or upgrade, if required
- no down-time or risk of data loss
Note that converting to the latest file format will only make its new features possible.
To access the potential functionality usually require these features be incorporated.
Convert data from files in other programmes
Data from most desktop programmes can be either read directly by, or easily converted for importing into FileMaker Pro.
- MS Office: Excel, Word (including merge files), Access
- Accounting: MYOB, Quicken
- All transfer formats: e.g. cvs; sylk; htm; lotus; etc.
- XML & ODBC compatible
Convert data into files in other programmes
Other conversions that you can get from FileMaker Pro ...
- read from and write to MS Excel instantly - an extremely efficient means of emailing or storing large amounts of (text) data.
- read from and write to other XML-compatible programmes - e.g. generate a catalogue in inDesign, complete with graphics in just minutes direct from your database.
- text manipulation - e.g. get all those email responses from web-forms parsed into a customer database, with one click.
- output reports directly into pdf format.
- print questionnaires direct from the layout which will do the statistical analysis.