The file formats of V4 and v5 are very different. It is clear from the error messages that your files are in v5 format. There is no way to return to v4 as it won't recognize v5 files at all.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 5:02 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] Re: Names.102 created in older FM > > > > Dave, > > Thanks for the suggestion. Since my first note, I've tried the recovery > feature to no avail, now I get the dreaded error "Access > priveldges in this > file have been damaged... blah blah blah". I know from experience this > means, it's hosed (Sorry Jack, I'm borrowing your lingo ;). So now I have > to wonder if an older version of FM will actually help. If it might, then > I'm willing to go through the hassle to search for it (any ideas), but > there's always the chance that I'll install FM 4.0 and get the same > message. > > Any ideas? Thanks. > > > > > Dave Shaw > > <dshaw@h4consu To: "TechRocks > Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > lting.com> cc: > > Subject: [support] > Re: Names.102 created in older FM > 01/03/2002 > > 04:58 PM > > Please respond > > to "TechRocks > > Support" > > > > > > > > > > >I'm trying to convert an ebase v102 to v103 but have run into a problem > >with the names_.102 file. When trying to use this file, I receive the > >following error messsage. > > > >This is Filemaker Pro release 5.0 . "names_.102" was created by version > >?.?? of Filemaker and cannot be opened by this version. Please call > >Filemaker, Inc. for tech support. > > I'm not at all clear what's happening here, but it appears that > FileMaker is confused also (version ?.??), so I don't feel so bad. > > >I've tried opening a clean 102 and 103 file and import records from the > bad > >file with no luck. I'm stumped. Does anyone have suggestions before I > start > >hunting down an older version of Filemaker and/or have the user export > >their records into another format? > > I would try first to run the FileMaker recover procedure and see if > that gives you access to the data. It won't necessarily fix all the > problems with the file, but you're abandoning that file set anyway, I > gather. > > > -- > -- > Dave Shaw H4 Consulting > tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338 > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the > email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and > enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
