ACC: Attaching Clipper Tables to Microsoft Access Databases

• 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