com Solutions Inc. Releases FmPro Migrator 3.46EE - New Release Adds Drag & Drop Conversion of FileMaker 5/6 Files on MacOS X and Windows
FmPro Migrator 3.46 for MacOS X and Windows now employs a new Drag and Drop interface for migrating FileMaker 5/6 database files, thus simplifying the migration process. Dropping one or more FileMaker 5, or FileMaker 6 database files onto FmPro Migrator instantly reads the metadata from each FileMaker database file and creates the required migration scripts.
Fremont, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2005 -- .com Solutions Inc. Releases FmPro
Migrator 3.46 Enterprise Edition - New Release for MacOS X and Windows Adds Drag
and Drop FileMaker 5/6 Migration Feature.
.com Solutions Inc., a
developer of multi-platform database migration and development tools, has
released FmPro Migrator 3.46 with a new Drag and Drop interface for migrating
FileMaker 5/6 database files on MacOS X and Windows.
The new Drag and
Drop interface in FmPro Migrator 3.46 improves the usability, performance and
accuracy of gathering information from FileMaker 5/6 database files. This
feature works quickly and identically on MacOS X and Windows because FmPro
Migrator reads the FileMaker database structure information directly from the
FileMaker binary files. Users can easily Drag and Drop one or more FileMaker 5/6
files onto FmPro Migrator, and each file will be processed within a few seconds.
FmPro Migrator standardizes and automates FileMaker database migration
procedures including data type matching, field to column renaming, table
creation, FileMaker field size determination and data transfer for 8 different
databases. Supported databases include MySQL, Oracle (8, 8i-9i, 10g), Access,
SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, PostgreSQL, FrontBase and FileMaker 7.
FmPro
Migrator New Features and Improvements include:
-- Drag and Drop
Migration of FileMaker 5/6 Files on MacOS X and Windows - The FmPro Migrator
user interface has been simplified by enabling the user to simply drag and drop
one or more files onto the FmPro Migrator window. Each file is verified and
processed within a few seconds. There is no pre-configuration required prior to
gathering the metadata from each file.
-- Enhanced Report File Generated
on Windows - Previous versions of FmPro Migrator for Windows incorporated a
limited subset of information within the database report file. This limitation
was due to the limited amount of information available via the ODBC interface to
the FileMaker database. Since FmPro Migrator now reads database structure
information directly from FileMaker 5/6 binary files, a wealth of information is
now equally available for both MacOS X and Windows users. This enhanced
information includes the Calculation and Validation Formulas for each field,
Field IDs, Field Global Status (including Global, Not Global, Summary,
Calculation and Unstored Calculation status), Layout IDs, Layout Names and the
list of fields located on each Layout. The list of layout fields is especially
important for situations in which FmPro Migrator generates Perl CGI scripts for
the database, because each FileMaker layout is simulated with a series of Perl
CGI scripts.
-- More Accurate Date/Time Field Info - AppleScript has
provided abundant information about FileMaker databases running on MacOS X since
the inception of FmPro Migrator. One notable improvement resulting from the
ability to read FileMaker 5/6 binary files, is the precise info now available
for Date/Time fields. AppleScript only reports that a Date/Time/Timestamp field
is a field type of "ldt", thus it is not possible to differentiate whether a
field contains Date, Time or Timestamp information. FmPro Migrator is now able
to precisely determine whether a FileMaker 5/6 field is a Date or Time field,
thus insuring that the column gets migrated to the appropriate column type in
the destination database.
-- Validation Calculations Added to Report File
- Field validation calculations are now displayed on the report for FileMaker
3/4/5/6 databases in order to provide more details concerning the structure of
the FileMaker database.
-- Improved Performance - FmPro Migrator is no
longer limited by the performance limitations of AppleScript, thus enabling even
complex FileMaker 5/6 files to be read within a few seconds on MacOS X and
Windows. A test file containing 2600 fields is now processed in about 16 seconds
compared to 2 minutes 25 seconds when using AppleScript - on a 400Mhz PowerBook
G4. This same file is processed in about 5 seconds on a 1.7GHz Pentium M
processor.
-- Various Maintenance Fixes Included - FmPro Migrator 3.46
also includes a variety of maintenance fixes to migration scripts and
documentation. These fixes include improvements to the migration scripts for
Oracle, SQL Server and Sybase, the addition of repeating fields and Perl CGI
scripts for FileMaker 3/4 databases, and updates to the migration instructions
and troubleshooting tips for all databases.
-- MacOS X and Windows
Compatibility - FmPro Migrator runs on MacOS X and Windows, thus enabling
developers to use their preferred platform for creating the migration scripts.
A functional demo version of FmPro Migrator may be downloaded from www.fmpromigrator.com/downloads/index.html. For more info
please see: www.fmpromigrator.com/products/fmpro_migrator
About
.com Solutions Inc.
.com Solutions Inc. develops multi-platform graphical
applications supporting FileMaker, Oracle, MySQL, Access, SQL Server, Sybase,
DB2, PostgreSQL and FrontBase developers. FmPro Migrator ( www.fmpromigrator.com )
migrates FileMaker databases to and from FileMaker. Installgen automates over
100 Oracle install procedures on Solaris, Windows, Linux and MacOS X. Repgen
generates Oracle replication scripts on Solaris, Windows, Linux and MacOS X. For
more information about .com Solutions Inc., please visit www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net.
Contact:
David
Simpson
510-490-3482
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