6/15/2009 .com Solutions Inc.(TM) FmPro Migrator 5.01 Read Me file Mac OS X Installation Notes 1) Download the FmProMigratorxxxMacOSX.dmg disk image file from the web site (where xxx is replaced with the version number). 2) The disk image file should be opened automatically by your browser. Otherwise, just double-click on the file to open it. 3) Copy the application to your Applications folder (or anywhere else you choose). Launch FmPro Migrator by double-clicking on its icon. Windows Installation Notes 1) Download the FmProMigratorxxxWindows.zip file from the web site to the location where you want it to reside on your hard drive. The application file may be installed anywhere on your hard drive, it does not have to go into the C:\Program Files directory. 2) Use WinZip to decompress the file containing FmPro Migrator. 3) Launch the application by double-clicking on it. You may make a shortcut to the application on your desktop or in the Start/Programs menu. Note: FmPro Migrator on Windows is provided as a zip archive which decompresses to a folder. The folder named "externals" needs to remain with the FmPro Migrator application in order to allow direct access to databases accessed by FmPro Migrator. VERSION HISTORY: Version 5.01: 6/15/2009 1) Added support for migrating Firebird database Tables/Fields, Relationships and data into FileMaker Pro database files. 2) Fixed issue with external file references not being removed from scripts in some situations, during Step #5 of the Table Consolidation process 3) Fixed an issue with displaying Destination DB Username upon first launch. 4) Converted FileMaker comment characters to Visual Basic comment characters during FmPro to Access script conversions. 5) Fixed cosmetic issue with TOs list field title. 6) Fixed issue with processing of scripts to demo limit during FmPro to Access script conversions. 7) Fixed issue when clicking Step #2 button during Table Consolidation projects, the Layouts screen now opens instead of Value Lists screen. Updated dialog text to refer to batch importing of Layouts from DDR XML files. 8) Fixed issue when clicking Step #3 button during Table Consolidation projects, the Scripts screen now opens instead of the CFs screen. 9) Updated Instructions text Layouts screen to to refer to batch importing of Layouts from DDR XML files. 10) Corrected TO remapping during Table Consolidation projects to use same case characters in XML replacement text within scripts and layout XML. This doesn't affect FileMaker, but external XML processing tools/programming languages will be happier with this change. 11) Fixed issue updating TO File Reference fields on TOs tab. 12) Updated WinAutomation Jobs and QuicKeys shortcuts to click OK button when deleting/pasting layouts containing TAB panel objects during layout processing Pass#2. 13) Updated layout DDR XML importing code with special processing for XML attributes/tags: ,,tableViewVisibility in order to reconcile differences between layout XML code in DDR file with Clipboard. Known Issue: [Database rebuild and Table Consolidation Projects Only] Some TAB Panels may not paste correctly if they were imported from a DDR XML file. These layouts should be copied and pasted manually if there are only a small number of layouts having TAB panels, otherwise the layouts should be copied into FmPro Migrter Developer Edition using the automated clipboard importing method. Version 4.97: 5/26/2009 1) Added new feature which imports layouts from FileMaker DDR XML files. 2) Added new FileMaker Pro Layout to Access Forms/Reports conversion feature. 3) Added new FileMaker ScriptMaker to Access Visual Basic conversion feature. 4) Added FileMaker ScriptMaker to Servoy JavaScript conversion feature. 5) Reduced memory consumption when converting layouts to HTML, Revolution stacks, and Servoy projects. Version 4.86: 4/20/2009 1) Added new FmPro to Servoy Service feature which converts FileMaker Pro layouts, relationships, value lists and scripts into Servoy Eclipse projects. 2) Fixed cosmetic problem with field and label alignment within HTML files generated from FileMaker Pro layouts. Version 4.74: 3/23/2009 1) Added new feature which converts FileMaker Pro layouts into HTML web pages. 2) Added support for converting FileMaker Pro relationships to Valentina ObjectPtr Links. 3) Fixed an issue transferring large blocks of text data to SQL Server databases. 4) Fixed an issue transferring data to Oracle databases. 5) Added the reserved words "private" and "role" for creation of FileMaker Pro database tables and fields, fixing a parse error during data transfer. 6) Improved the error checking of FileMaker Pro table names when gathering table metadata via ODBC on Windows. 7) Made cosmetic improvements to the display of restored preferences info. Version 4.63: 2/18/2009 1) Added support for migrating Custom Functions and Value Lists between FileMaker Pro Advanced databases during Table Consolidation projects. Both static and dynamic value lists are created within the destination database, with the dynamic value list objects created as placeholder objects for further customization. 2) Made cosmetic improvements to FileMaker Pro layouts generated by the Bento 2.x to FileMaker Pro migration process. These improvements include: URL portals & fields, Media fields, IM portals & fields, Files list portals. 3) Improved the performance of the QuicKeys scripts used to create migrated Bento layouts within the destination FileMaker Pro database. 4) Added export of File Name column data for Bento 2.x files when exporting file info to match the native functionality of Bento 1.x file exports. 5) Fixed an issue involving the creation of relationships in all SQL databases, with specific corrections to the code which generates Oracle relationships. [Existing users should install the updated QuicKeys/WinAutomation scripts in order to use these new features.]