Converting from dBase 1.1 forms code and tables

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Norm - 11 Apr 2005 23:32 GMT

Does anyone know of a set of coversions to get from dBase
1.1 to ACCESS 2003 ?

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Douglas J. Steele - 11 Apr 2005 23:51 GMT

There's no way that I'm aware of to get code from any version of dBase into
Access.

Access may be able to import the data, though. If it can't, see whether
dBase can export to csv.

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> Does anyone know of a set of coversions to get from dBase
> 1.1 to ACCESS 2003 ?

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John Vinson - 12 Apr 2005 03:45 GMT

>Does anyone know of a set of coversions to get from dBase
>1.1 to ACCESS 2003 ?

You can migrate the data, though dBase 1.1 is MOLDY old! You might
need to export it to text from dBase.

The Forms code is utterly and completely different in concept and
architecture; they don't even map to Access forms in any simple way.
The forms will have to be completely redone. The good news is that the
Forms model in Access is much simpler to implement and much more
powerful than dBase forms ever were; you'll need little or no code.

You may need to normalize your table data though - dBase was not as
fully relational as Access.

John W. Vinson[MVP]

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