The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSWhen you attempt to access a file saved in one of the following formats with either Microsoft Query or Data Access Objects (DAO), you receive an error message if the file name contains more than eight characters (not including the characters that comprise the file name extension): dBASEIn Microsoft Query, you may receive the following error message: When you use DAO in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, you may receive one of the following error messages: Microsoft Excel 97
Microsoft Excel 7.0where the file being accessed is named "My File.dbf." The object name in the error message you receive may be different from the ones described above. CAUSEVersions of the dBASE software that are designed for MS-DOS-based systems and released prior to the release of the Windows 95 do not support long file names. The driver used by DAO and Microsoft Query is designed to be compatible with these versions of dBASE, and, therefore, doesn't support long file names. MORE INFORMATIONThe Microsoft ODBC drivers for dBASE-formatted files that are for use on the Macintosh platform do support long file names. However, it is still necessary for these names to remain compatible with MS-DOS based versions of dBASE software products. For this purpose, the driver mentioned in this article supports only file names that conform to the 8.3 MS-DOS file naming convention. WORKAROUND
If you need to access dBase or Microsoft FoxPro files with long filenames
through Microsoft Query of DAO, you can install the Microsoft Visual
FoxPro ODBC driver.
Additional query words: 8.00 97 LFN
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