Opening MS Works Data Base file with Access

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wfm100

I have an MS Works data base file saved on my hard drive. My works application program is no longer running properly. Can I open the Works data base file using Access? Please delete the (RemoveThis) and include my email address when responding

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Douglas J. Steele

No, you can't work with a Works database using Access.

The best you can do is export the data from Works to a format that Access
understands (CSV or dBase are two common choices), import that data into
Access then rebuild whatever functionality the database had.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP

(no e-mails, please!)


wfm100 said:
I have an MS Works data base file saved on my hard drive. My works
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application program is no longer running properly. Can I open the Works data
base file using Access? Please delete the (RemoveThis) and include my email
address when responding.

Sorry: that's not how newsgroups work. You post your questions here, you
come back here to get your answers. Don't expect private e-mail.
 
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Albert D. Kallal

I think Excel can open, or import that works data. You then simply save the
data in excel..and then ms-access can get that...
 
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