Transferring a project from one computer to another

I just got a new iMac and I want to transfer a FCE project in progress from my old computer to my new one. How do I do this? If I just drag the project icon to the new computer, will all the video files come with it?
Also, the old computer has FCE 3.0 and the new one has 3.5. Any potential problems there?
Thanks
iMac Intel Core Duo 2 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Easiest way is to network your 2 Macs together, or put your old Mac in Target Disk Mode and connect it to your new Mac via FW. Then copy the appropriate folders & files from your old Mac to your new Mac.
On your new Mac, check to see if you have a folder named Final Cut Express Documents in your username/Documents folder. If it's already there, open it and check to see if there are folders called Capture Scratch and Autosave Vault in it. If not, create the folders; make sure the names are exact.
Open a new Finder window, go to your old Mac's HD and find your old Final Cut Express Documents folder. Drag whatever files (files only, not the folders) that are there; most of the time that is where your FCE project files are located (unless you specifically saved them elsewhere). Then open the Capture Scratch folder and drag the contents to the Capture Scratch folder on your new Mac; do likewise with the content of the old Autosave Vault folder.
You can ignore the render and cache folders; FCE will have to rebuild the contents on your new Mac anyway, so it would be a waste of time to copy all that stuff over to your new Mac.
Also remember to copy over any other source media files you used in your projects - music, photos etc.
After everything is on your new Mac, disconnect your old Mac, start up FCE on your new Mac, go into System Settings and make sure your FCE scratch disks location is set to your new Final Cut Express Documents folder. Next, open your project file (do File > Open and find your project file). You will probably have to reconnect media the first time you open your project. After that, things should work.
Just don't delete the material from your old Mac until you are satisfied that everything in your project is working properly on your new Mac.

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