FileMaker 7 Migration Case Studies

Introduction

When FileMaker, Inc. premiered powerful new features in FileMaker 7, developers began to address the question of how to take advantage of all FileMaker 7 has to offer while maintaining the functionality and features of their established solutions. Some believed that conversion offered the best hope for a successful migration to the new version. Others believed that a complete rewrite from scratch was their only option. The real answer lay somewhere in the middle.

New Millennium, a FileMaker Solutions Alliance Partner member, developed a strategy based on four simple concepts: Convert, Restore, Extend, and Consolidate. Together with other FSA Partner and Associate level members, New Millennium produced an extensive document outlining this strategy, published by FileMaker, Inc. in April 2004, which led numerous developers through successful migrations.

The following case studies tell the stories of some of these migrations…how different developers discovered, analyzed, and overcame significant challenges. The subjects are a diverse group with different business models, different levels of solution complexity, and different desired outcomes. They are real developers with real solutions who encountered real questions and problems. Using New Millennium’s services and tools, each was able to achieve the same result: successful, working FileMaker 7 solutions and effective migration to the FileMaker 7 family.

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