I frequently take a copy of our PC ebase database home to work on my Mac
machine and have NEVER had any trouble opening and using them on either
computer. I've always done this as a full copy - not archived - and it
works fine. One of my database backup strategies is to always have a
recent un-archived copy on a zip disk, and it's the easiest for me to
move to my home computer, so that's why I've done this. Don't know if
there could be something going on in the archive/unarchive process, but
give it a try with uncompressed files.
Carl
Ben Stallings wrote:
>
> Hi, folks. I'm new to the list, but I searched the archive and didn't find
> this question addressed.
>
> I'm having trouble getting ebase files that were customized on a PC to work
> on a Mac. ebase says, "This file cannot be opened because it does not
> belong to this solution." I thought the problem was file types (a Mac
> peculiarity), so I used a file-type utility to change the files to belong
> to ebase, but that didn't help.
>
> I don't know much about the FM5 file format... is it different between Macs
> and Windows? For instance, are there line feed characters in the PC files
> that aren't in the Mac files or something? I transferred the files as a
> zip archive on a floppy disk, but I can try a different mechanism next time.
>
> Suggestions? Thanks in advance.
>
> Ben Stallings, COO
> World Population Balance
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