Microsoft Office 2000 Developer

Converting Text Files to Access Database Files

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To optimize speed, you can convert the Win32api.txt file, or any large text file containing the information you want, into a Microsoft^® Access database file. Converting the text files to database files has numerous advantages primarily because it is much faster to display the list when opening a database than when opening a text file.

If the file you are loading is very large, WinAPI Viewer may automatically prompt you to convert the file to a database to optimize speed. To do so, follow the directions in the message box that appears. You can choose to convert any text file you are loading, however.

To convert a text file to a Jet database file

1. Start the WinAPI Viewer application.
   
   
2. From the File menu, select Load Text File, and open the .txt file you want to convert.
   
   
3. From the File menu, select Convert Text to Database.
   
   
4. Choose a file name and location for your database file, then click OK.