MS Works .wdf format in Access 2003?

J

Jim McGowan

I was sent a database file in .wdf format, which was created in Microsoft
Works. Is there a way to open this in Access 2003?

Thanks
 
D

Douglas J. Steele

Unfortunately, no. You'll have to open it in Works, and export it into a
format that Access can recognize, such as csv or dbf.

I've heard that it may be possible to open in Excel, but I don't know for
certain.
 
J

Jim McGowan

Thanks Doug.

No go with Excel, and I don't have Works on my machine. I've asked the
sender to save it again from Works in a dBase IV format - I know that's
compatible.

Thanks again!

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Jim McGowan

Douglas J. Steele said:
Unfortunately, no. You'll have to open it in Works, and export it into a
format that Access can recognize, such as csv or dbf.

I've heard that it may be possible to open in Excel, but I don't know for
certain.
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J

John Vinson

I was sent a database file in .wdf format, which was created in Microsoft
Works. Is there a way to open this in Access 2003?

Thanks
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No, unfortunately.

If you have access <ahem> to a copy of Works, you can save the *data*
in Excel, dBase, or comma-separated-values text format and import that
into Access. You may be able to import the data directly into Excel,
and from Excel into Access.

Any user interface portions (screens, forms) in Works will need to be
rebuilt from scratch - they are totally unrelated to Access forms.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
 
C

Charlie Hoffpauir

Thanks Doug.

No go with Excel, and I don't have Works on my machine. I've asked the
sender to save it again from Works in a dBase IV format - I know that's
compatible.

Thanks again!
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Jim, If that doesn't work for some reason, you can send me a copy and
I'll convert it to either Excel or to dBase file form. I've done that
before for someone, and all you get is the actual data, not field
names, IIRC.

My address is (obviously) invalid, so you can contact me if you have
questions, or simply send the file to my Yahoo address, charliehoffp
at yahoo dot com.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
 
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