dBase III commands
dBase III commands
(OP)
Is there any place where I can find a listing of dBase III commands?
I have some data that I want to convert to a format compatible with Excel, but no longer have the necessary commands.
Trial and error will probably result in just as many errors as trials, and my memory after 25 years is not too good.
Thanks
I have some data that I want to convert to a format compatible with Excel, but no longer have the necessary commands.
Trial and error will probably result in just as many errors as trials, and my memory after 25 years is not too good.
Thanks
RE: dBase III commands
HisName,HisStreet,HisCity,HisState,HisZip
HerName,HerStreet,HerCity,HerState,HerZip
I would hope this might work:
CODE
COPY TO MyFile.TXT FIELDS <fieldlist> FOR <scope> TYPE CSV
USE
RE: dBase III commands
-bart
RE: dBase III commands
In dBase III(+), type Help. That pulls up the help system menu. Also "Help copy" givest the syntax of the copy command.
For your request, it will be:
copy to <filename> delimited
That will create a comma-separated file that Excel can read.
Also, Excel can read old dbf's directly (level 7 databases are not readable). In Excel Go to File/Open and in the dropdown of file types select one of the dbase formats.
Mike.