To safeguard your data, choose File menu > Save a Copy As to make a backup copy of the target FileMaker Pro file. Important Updating matching records or replacing existing records overwrites data in the target file and cannot be undone. If you’re updating existing or matching records, make a backup copy of the target file that you’re importing into. FileMaker Pro won’t convert the imported data into a new file. You need an existing FileMaker Pro file into which to import a folder of files.

Open the FileMaker Pro file into which you want to import a folder of files. In addition to the file content, you can also import information about each file: the filename, the file path, and (for picture and movie files only) a smaller thumbnail image. You can import a folder of image files into a container field, a folder of audio/video or PDF files into an interactive container, or a folder of text files into a text, number, date, time, timestamp, or container field. txt filename extension or a TEXT file type. Text files must be plain, text-only files with a.

You can also import a folder of text files, which is faster than copying and pasting the contents of each file.įileMaker Pro can import any image, audio/video, or PDF file that you can insert with the Insert Picture, Insert Audio/Video, and Insert PDF commands (for supported picture and audio/video formats, see Using data in container fields). For example, instead of inserting several picture, PDF, or audio/video files one by one, you can import them all at once. FileMaker Pro can import a folder of files in a single operation.

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