ISAMCVT Problems Converting BTRIEVE Files

• Microsoft Visual Basic for MS-DOS 1.0
• Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System (PDS) for MS-DOS, version 7.1

SYMPTOMS

ISAMCVT may have problems converting BTRIEVE data files to the Basic ISAM format. Some specific instances are:

• Converting files with multiple string fields greater than 255 characters loses the data after the first 256-byte column.



• Using ISAMCVT to convert a BTRIEVE file requires the use of a SPECFILE which is simply a description of the columns and their length. An incorrect SPECFILE can lead to memory corruption and cause errors.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: VBmsdos buglist1.00 buglist7.10 1.00 7.10

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Version : MS-DOS:1.0; :7.1
Platform : MS-DOS
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