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Before you begin, be sure that you have quit all open applications, including 6-in-1 v6. The v10 version of 6-in-1 uses a new FileMaker Pro engine, which must be installed before you can run the data conversion routines. You should receive by mail a CD entitled"FileMaker 10". Insert that CD into your computer and follow the on-screen installation instructions. This process will add FileMaker Pro v10 components to your Program Files directory in Windows (or to your Applications folder on your Mac). When you place the CD in the drive, you should automatically see the dialog on the right. For single-user installations, leave the default setting of Standalone Installation. Note: If you are moving your 6-in-1 v6 to a new computer running 6-in-1 V10, then perform this step on your new computer. |
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Click the next box, and you will see a confirmation dialog that looks like this. Click the Install button. You will see some progress bars and messages regarding the extraction of the Lackner 6-in-1 v10 Standalone (FMP10) installer. |
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When extraction is finished, you will see the installation wizard screen. Press the NEXT button, and read the License Agreement. Click the "I accept" button and then the NEXT button |
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Now enter your User Name and Firm Name. Then press the Next button. |
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Then click the Install button. After you press the Install button, the installation wizard will install the appropriate components and display a dialog that is has completed the installation. Press Finish to complete this step. |
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At this point, a new Estate10 directory has been created in your C:\ volume, and the database engine components are installed in a new FileMaker Pro 10 directory inside your Program Files directory.
You must first download the 6-in-1 v10 from our website. We choose to keep this package on our website rather than on the CD so we can make minor changes as necessary to address any issues that might arise during the installation.
Click the link below to start the download. Save the download to a known location on your hard drive.
Download 6-in-1 for Windows 2009-053-V10|
The software installer will add to your existing v6 installation several utility files that are used during the conversion process, as well as a full set of files for v10. None of your existing data will be removed, deleted or changed during this process. Once you have completed the migration process from v6 to V10, you should NOT add or edit data in v6. Step #3 simply decompresses the appropriate files and puts them in the right place on your hard drive. It does not convert files or copy data yet; that will occur in the next steps. To launch the 6-in-1 v10 installer, simply locate the file you downloaded in Step #2, open it, and follow the instructions. Press Next and then OK on the confirming dialog. You will see various files being copied between folders. |
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| By default, the 6-in-1 v10 Installer will create an Estate10 directory at your root level. When you have completed the install your C: drive should look something like this: |
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At this point, the installation of the 6-in-1 V10 components is complete, and you are ready to begin the process of converting your data from v6 to V10. Press Next to continue. |
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The Installer will prompt you to open the 6-in-1 v6 application to begin Step #1 of the Conversion. Press Next to automatically open the v6 version of 6-in-1. Now is a good time to make sure you have a good backup of your data before proceeding. Press QUIT, and then choose the BACKUP option. Although the conversion process does not modify your existing data, this is an excellent time to be sure you have an adequate backup. |
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At this point you have successfully finished installing the various components. The following steps prepare your data and perform the various migration and conversion processes. The following technical note will provide insight for those of you with a technical interest in what is happening under the hood. You may safely skip the following few paragraphs if you just want to move on with the process!
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The 6-in-1 system is based on the FileMaker Pro family of database products. The v6 version of 6-in-1 is based on FileMaker Pro 6, and the v10 version of 6-in-1 is based on FileMaker Pro 10. The v10 product incorporates new layouts to handle the 2009 forms and a variety of modifications to make the behavior consistent with the v6 product. In the abstract, there are two steps to the conversion:
We have added an additional processing step that ends up saving time during conversion process:
So the first step of the conversion to prepare the data is the step where the simple files get populated with your real data. Then in the next step there will first be a sequence of data conversion routines. They will display messages on screen showing the conversion process. This will be followed by a data import step for each of the files. |
| To begin, open up your 6-in-1 v6 files in the usual way. Note that there is now a new button on the right side of the layout labeled Convert from v6 (Step #1)... Press the Convert from v6 (Step #1).. button. |
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You will now see the 6-in-1 Conversion layout with a button labeled Step #1: Prepare Version 6 data for conversion. Press that button. Note: this button was previously labeled Step #1: Import from Estates6. The conversion routine will now process all the files one by one. Note that the Transact file may take several minutes if you have a large number of transactions. When this initial preparation process is done, you will be prompted to print a page summarizing the number of records in your v6 setup. Print that page. Now Press the 6-in-1 Menu button to navigate back to the 6-in-1 Menu layout. |
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Note that there is now a message on the right of your menu layout indicating that you have already completed step 1 of the conversion, and that you should no longer be adding or editing data in the v6 version.
Press the Quit button in the usual way. If you haven't made any changes to your files, you do not need to perform another backup at this time. |
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Special Instructions if you are installing V10 on a different computer than your v6 computer Inside your Estates6 directory there will now be a new directory called Converter06. You will need to copy this directory and all of the contents inside to your new computer. On the new computer, you should create a top-level directory called Estates6 and then put the Converter06 directory (with all its contents) inside that new Estates6 directory. In this way you will effectively re-create the directory structure you had on your old computer, and the migration process will proceed smoothly. |
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On your desktop should be a new Lackner 6-in-1 v10 icon. Press that to start up the new v10 program The first time you open v10, a relatively short copy process will initialize all the files. When completed, you will see the new 6-in-1 v10 Menu. |
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Note that your License Key may not yet be populated. This is normal. This information will be obtained during subsequent steps. Press the Convert from v6 (Step #2) button to begin the conversion process. |
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This will open the 6-in-1 Conversion Step #2 layout. Make sure the Path to Estates6 is correct. Then press the Test for existence of valid files for conversion button to make sure that the new v10 version of 6-in-1 can see the correct files. The date and time fields will populate if the test is successful. Finally press the Convert 6-in-1 Data from Version 6 to Version 10 button. You will see a final dialog confirming that you want to proceed. Press the Convert button to begin the conversion. |
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At this point a series of conversion messages will flash on your screen. This is completely normal.
Do Not Interrupt the Process!
The first pass will display messages dealing with Converting... files. The second pass of work will display messages dealing with Importing... records into the files. Some of the imports will take some time, and may display progress bars that might give you an indication of how many more records are left in that file. Be aware that depending on your system usage, there may be many large files and you may see several such progress bars during the process.
Again, do not interrupt the process! Go grab some coffee, have lunch, or take a walk.
When the processing is completed, you will see a message on-screen that the conversion is complete:
Now that you have successfully completed the steps, you should confirm that your data appears intact and complete. Look up a few files that you recently worked on and verify that things look as expected.