Open FP5 files in your browser
The database file of FileMaker Pro 5 and 6, and FP3 of 3 and 4, a table to a file. Open one right here, which no FileMaker made since 2012 can. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your FileMaker file opens as a folder in the file list, its tables with their records counted, and each table you pick opens in the grid.
- Every table in a folder • Records counted
- A row for each record • Repeating fields kept apart
- Search • Every table at once
- Export • Save a table, or the whole file as Excel or SQLite
About FP5
FileMaker Pro 3 brought FP3 in 1995, with relationships that look up records in other files, and FileMaker Pro 5 the FP5 format in 1999, which 5.5 and 6 kept until 2004. Each file holds one table with its layouts and scripts, so a solution is a set of files. FileMaker 7 to 11 convert them to FP7, and FileMaker 12 and later don't open them at all.
Inside, an FP5 is a B-tree of 1 KB blocks, each record's fields kept by their number, and its text in Mac Roman, the Mac's own character set, even when it was made on Windows.
Filepeek reads the file in your browser and opens its table, named after the file, with every field and record in a grid to sort, filter and search. A repeating field keeps its values apart, and Export saves the table as CSV, Excel, JSON or Parquet, or the file as a SQLite database or a SQL dump. Layouts, scripts and container fields aren't read.
FileMaker Pro 5 database
.fp5 • .fp3
Format
- MIME type
- application/x-filemaker
- Made by
- FileMaker Inc., for FileMaker Pro 5 and 6
- Released
- 1999
Inside the file
- Tables
- One, named after the file
- Records
- Fields kept by their number
- Text
- Mac Roman
- Blocks
- 1 KB, in a B-tree
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens FP5 and FP3 files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers only download them, and no FileMaker made since 2012 opens them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open FP5
- WindowsFileMaker Pro 11 or older, which converts it to FP7
- MacFileMaker Pro 11 or older, which converts it to FP7
- iPhone and iPadNo app opens it
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I open an FP5 file without FileMaker?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek an FP5. Its table opens in a grid with every record, on any computer or phone, and Export saves it as Excel or CSV.
Why won't FileMaker open my FP5?
FileMaker Pro 12 and later can't open FP5 or FP3 files. FileMaker 7 to 11 convert them to FP7, which a new FileMaker converts again, so it takes an old copy of FileMaker. Filepeek reads them as they are.
Where are the solution's other tables?
An FP5 holds one table, so a solution comes as a set of files, one for each. Drop them together and each opens in the file list, its table named after its file.
Are container fields shown?
No. Filepeek reads each record's text, numbers, dates and times, and leaves container fields out, with their pictures and sounds.