Recent content by joell165

Haven't been using dbase for a while. When I tried to start it I got an alert - Error: "Printer error", and it wouldn't open. Any ideas what I can do?

I need to convert an ascii file of multiple lines per record to an Access table. The problem I have is when I do the conversion information that should be all in one record becomes multiple records. Each record in the ascii file looks similar to this: Smith, John 3462 (212)123-4567...

I need to convert an ascii file of multiple lines per record to a .dbf file. The problem I have is when I do the conversion information that should be all in one record becomes multiple records. Each record in the ascii file looks similar to this: Smith, John 3462 (212)123-4567...

Thanks Bob, the code worked great. I appreciate your quick and accurate response. joel

Last week Rick helped me with a similar problem. I don't want to be a pest, but I need help once more. In most of the downloads I get, the names are entered in the following format: LAST FIRST (space no comma) in one field (name) To make two fields out of the...

Thanks Rick. The code works perfectly. I hate to ask again, but there is one more piece I need. The names are entered in most downloads I get in the format LAST FIRST (space no comma). To reverse the order in dBASE I do the following: I create two fields,lname and fname. Then I use...

Yeah, hate to admit it, but I'm still sometimes more comfortable in dBASE than Access. I wonder if anyone can show me how the following dBASE code can be written in VBA or VB for changing the dates in a field (DATE)from 020603 to 06/03/02 in a new field(DATE1) In dBASE it's: replace all DATE1...