OL97: No Option to Import/Export dBase, Access, Excel or FoxPro

ID: Q168783

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 97

SYMPTOMS

If you installed a standalone version of Microsoft Outlook 97, the Import and Export Wizard may not include options to import the following data types:

   dBase
   Microsoft Access
   Microsoft Excel
   Microsoft FoxPro

CAUSE

The standalone version of Outlook does not install the Office Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers required to import and export the above file formats. This is also true of the small business addition of Office97 when you install each program separately.

RESOLUTION

To import from these sources, you must install the ODBC drivers provided in the Data Access Pack of the Microsoft Outlook 97 CD-ROM ValuPack folder.

Follow these steps to install the appropriate converter files for dBase, Access, Excel and FoxPro:

1. Quit all Office programs.

2. Using Windows Explorer, double-click Valupk8.hlp in the ValuPack folder

   of the Outlook CD-ROM. This opens the ValuPack help.

3. In the topic "What do you want to know about?" click "Data Access

   Pack."

4. Follow the instruction to install the Data Access Pack.

MORE INFORMATION

If you do a complete installation of the standalone version of Outlook, by default the Import and Export Wizard provides support for importing the following file types:

 Comma Separated Values (DOS)
 Comma Separated Values (Windows)
 Lotus Organizer 1.0, 1.1
 Lotus Organizer 2.1
 Schedule+ 1.0
 Schedule+ 7.0
 Tab Separated Values (DOS)
 Tab Separated Values (Windows)

If you do a complete installation of Microsoft Office 97 Professional, by default the Outlook Import and Export Wizard provides support for importing the following file types:

 Comma Separated Values (DOS)
 Comma Separated Values (Windows)dBase
 Lotus Organizer 1.0, 1.1
 Lotus Organizer 2.1
 Microsoft Access
 Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft FoxPro
 Personal Address Book
 Schedule+ 1.0
 Schedule+ 7.0
 Tab Separated Values (DOS)
 Tab Separated Values (Windows)

Note: The Typical installation of Outlook and Office do not include the Lotus Organizer converter files.

For more information on Office 97 ODBC driver installation, please see the following article(s)in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Article-ID:   Q156835
   Title     :   OFF97 : Complete Setup Doesn't Install All ODBC Drivers

   Article-ID:   Q161613
   Title     :   OFF97 : Files Installed with the Data Access Component

   Article-ID:   Q162714
   Title     :   OFF97 : Files Installed with the Data Access Pack

For more information on all converters included with Outlook, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Article-ID:   Q158084
   Title     :   OL97: Converters Included with Outlook

Keywords          : kbinterop IntpODBC StpOdbc IntpImEx 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 3, 1998