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Mauro
hello everybody.
is there a quick and easy way to convert a database made with dbase 3 into
Access 2003?
is there a quick and easy way to convert a database made with dbase 3 into
Access 2003?
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Jeff Boyce
Mauro
You've posted in a "forms" newsgroup, so I'll assume you are asking a
forms-related question. In that case, the answer is "probably not". I'm
not familiar with any tools mentioned in these newsgroups that allow you to
"port" a fully-functional application from one technology (dBase) to another
(Access).
That said, you CAN export the data from dBase and import it into Access.
You've posted in a "forms" newsgroup, so I'll assume you are asking a
forms-related question. In that case, the answer is "probably not". I'm
not familiar with any tools mentioned in these newsgroups that allow you to
"port" a fully-functional application from one technology (dBase) to another
(Access).
That said, you CAN export the data from dBase and import it into Access.
I
Immanuel Sibero
Mauro,
As Jeff pointed out, only tables can be exported from dbase3 to Access. The
technology is so different between the two (procedural vs. object based)
that building a tool to convert user interface from one to the other is
close to impossible. So the user interface has to be built from scratch.
Immanuel Sibero
As Jeff pointed out, only tables can be exported from dbase3 to Access. The
technology is so different between the two (procedural vs. object based)
that building a tool to convert user interface from one to the other is
close to impossible. So the user interface has to be built from scratch.
Immanuel Sibero
M
Mauro
thanks for the info... even though it is bad news... :-(
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John Vinson
thanks for the info... even though it is bad news... :-(
I think you'll find that an Access implementation involves more
queries, more graphical form design, and MUCH less programming than
dBase; and that it will be faster and easier in the long run.
Just don't fall into the all-too-easy trap of trying to do things in
Access the same way you'ld do them in dBase. They are VERY different.
For one thing you'll want to go back to rock-solid basics and probably
completely redesign your table structures - dBase encouraged (often
almost required) non-normalized wide-flat tables; Access works best
with a more relational table structure.
Good luck!
John W. Vinson[MVP]