Re: Database Import

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from "M.W. Poirier"  on Mon, 08
Dec 2003 08:43:08 -0400 (EDT)


> Sorry about that but I did not realize that it made a difference
>  or that it would affect whether or not I obtained a database
>  dialogue box. ;-)

Right, but you need to use a specific filter to import it, don't you? Have you
successfully imported DataPerfect bases in the past, and now suddenly it
doesn't work? Or never before? I've never imported any database of any type
into XyWrite, so I don't know what I'm talking about; but there exist Word4Word
filters for dBase III and IV, and also for Excel 2|3 and Lotus spreadsheets.
Of course, there are WordPerfect 4, 5, and 6 filters -- and DataPerfect is a
companion to WordPerfect, isn't it? Maybe you could save your database as a
WordPerfect text file, and then import it that way? You're an NB user, aren't
you? Probably NB has newer WordPerfect filters, so once you converted the db,
you could work on it in XyWrite, if that's your preference. Otherwise grab the
W4W filters for WP at xywrite.com (I think Brian has the "Hungarian" filter for
WP 6).

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Robert Holmgren
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