ACC: Attaching Clipper Tables to Microsoft Access Databases

Last reviewed: June 6, 1997
Article 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 it 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 using the dBASE .ndx format, Microsoft Access updates the index correctly.

Additional query words: indexes
Keywords : IntpOthr IsmXbase kb3rdparty kbinterop
Version : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : X86
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: June 6, 1997
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