ACC: Attaching Clipper Tables to Microsoft Access Databases

ID: Q95044

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97

SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

It is possible to link (attach) Clipper .dbf files to a Microsoft Access database. To do so, link the file as a dBASE IV file. Note, however, the index may or may not be updatable.

Clipper provides an alternative indexing method (.ntx) to the dBASE standard (.ndx). The Clipper index format is not recognized by Microsoft Access; therefore, Microsoft Access cannot update it correctly.

However, if the Clipper application was developed by using the dBASE .ndx format, Microsoft Access updates the index correctly.

Additional query words: indexes


Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbinterop IsmXbase 
Version           : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: March 19, 1999