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opening a .dbf file in MS Access
I was wondering how do I go about opening a .dbf file in MS Access because
every time that I try to open this type of file I encounter an error. What do I need to do to prevent this from happening over and over. The message that I get is cannot locate the requested Xbase memo file. |
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opening a .dbf file in MS Access
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:55:27 -0800, "capnhud"
wrote: I was wondering how do I go about opening a .dbf file in MS Access because every time that I try to open this type of file I encounter an error. What do I need to do to prevent this from happening over and over. The message that I get is cannot locate the requested Xbase memo file. It would appear that the dBase file in question contains a Memo field - which is stored in a separate Memo type file - and that file is not available. Are you sure you have all the needed files available? John W. Vinson[MVP] |
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opening a .dbf file in MS Access
"capnhud" wrote: I was wondering how do I go about opening a .dbf file in MS Access because every time that I try to open this type of file I encounter an error. What do I need to do to prevent this from happening over and over. The message that I get is cannot locate the requested Xbase memo file. I am not quite sure what a memo file is. |
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opening a .dbf file in MS Access
I was wondering how do I go about opening a .dbf file in MS Access
because every time that I try to open this type of file I encounter an error. What do I need to do to prevent this from happening over and over. The message that I get is In Xbase (dBase and FoxPro) files, a memo field isn't stored in the database itself. It's stored in another file called a memo file and a pointer to that file is actually stored in the database. Both files have to be present in order for Access to use the .dbf database file. Have you tried to browse the databse in dBase or FoxPro? Does it work? Tom Lake |
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opening a .dbf file in MS Access
"Tom Lake" wrote: I was wondering how do I go about opening a .dbf file in MS Access because every time that I try to open this type of file I encounter an error. What do I need to do to prevent this from happening over and over. The message that I get is In Xbase (dBase and FoxPro) files, a memo field isn't stored in the database itself. It's stored in another file called a memo file and a pointer to that file is actually stored in the database. Both files have to be present in order for Access to use the .dbf database file. Have you tried to browse the databse in dBase or FoxPro? Does it work? Tom Lake No I have not tried to open in neither one of these programs because I do not have either of these programs. How would I know what a memo file is |
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opening a .dbf file in MS Access
Hi!
Please also see my reply to your post in the microsoft.public.access newsgroup. FoxPro Memo files have an FPT extension. I'm not sure about DBFs created with other programs such as Clipper. I looked for information about Timberline and there was some mention of ODBC on the sagetimberlineoffice.com website (if that's your software provider). Do the provide a special ODBC driver for their files? -- Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP www.cindywinegarden.com "capnhud" wrote in message ... I was wondering how do I go about opening a .dbf file in MS Access because every time that I try to open this type of file I encounter an error. What do I need to do to prevent this from happening over and over. The message that I get is In Xbase (dBase and FoxPro) files, a memo field isn't stored in the database itself. It's stored in another file called a memo file and a pointer to that file is actually stored in the database. Both files have to be present in order for Access to use the .dbf database file. Have you tried to browse the databse in dBase or FoxPro? Does it work? No I have not tried to open in neither one of these programs because I do not have either of these programs. How would I know what a memo file is |
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