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From: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson on 15 Jul 2010 15:07
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:17:03 -0700, Jeffrey Needle wrote:

>>> Does anyone know of a freeware app that will let me alter the structure
>>> of a dbase IV file without owning the dBase product?
[...]
> Tried all the suggestions -- nothing works.

Last year I suggested dbfNavigator to you for another *.dbf-related
problem:

Message-ID: <3m4t6h2fo1p7$.dlg(a)br.ederson.news.arcor.de>
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/448150bf4da8f8f4

This fine program also permits you to modify the structure of dBase IV
files. Exception are files containing memo fields. You can do anything
with these files inside dbfNavigator, but not modify their structure.

There's another program capable of this task, though: DbfTools by
Adrian Jescu. Unfortunately, this one become abandonware even before
dbfNavigator. A still working download is here:

http://www.torry.net/pages.php?id=1451

The next hurdle may be installation. It is packed with an early GkSetup
version, which will not permit installation on current Windows versions.
So you either need to install inside a virtual machine or on an older
PC. (I don't remember a tool to extract GkSetup files, at the moment.)
On the bright side: After the installation, you can copy the *.exe (with
or without its accompanying files) anywhere. The program itself runs
fine on every Windows version from Win9x to Win7.

Because the program isn't available from an authors site, anymore, I
again post an MD5 checksum of the *.exe I loaded nearly 10 years ago
from Adrian Jescu's homepage:

ea9ad35f9f949193360f5b81b14eddd4

HTH.
BeAr
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From: Jeffrey Needle on 15 Jul 2010 15:22
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:17:03 -0700, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
>
>>>> Does anyone know of a freeware app that will let me alter the structure
>>>> of a dbase IV file without owning the dBase product?
> [...]
>> Tried all the suggestions -- nothing works.
>
> Last year I suggested dbfNavigator to you for another *.dbf-related
> problem:
>
> Message-ID:<3m4t6h2fo1p7$.dlg(a)br.ederson.news.arcor.de>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/msg/448150bf4da8f8f4
>
> This fine program also permits you to modify the structure of dBase IV
> files. Exception are files containing memo fields. You can do anything
> with these files inside dbfNavigator, but not modify their structure.
>

I have two memo fields, and they're important.


> There's another program capable of this task, though: DbfTools by
> Adrian Jescu. Unfortunately, this one become abandonware even before
> dbfNavigator. A still working download is here:
>
> http://www.torry.net/pages.php?id=1451
>
> The next hurdle may be installation. It is packed with an early GkSetup
> version, which will not permit installation on current Windows versions.
> So you either need to install inside a virtual machine or on an older
> PC. (I don't remember a tool to extract GkSetup files, at the moment.)
> On the bright side: After the installation, you can copy the *.exe (with
> or without its accompanying files) anywhere. The program itself runs
> fine on every Windows version from Win9x to Win7.
>
> Because the program isn't available from an authors site, anymore, I
> again post an MD5 checksum of the *.exe I loaded nearly 10 years ago
> from Adrian Jescu's homepage:
>
> ea9ad35f9f949193360f5b81b14eddd4
>

Thanks. I'll give it a go.

> HTH.
> BeAr

From: Cousin Stanley on 15 Jul 2010 15:32

>> On 7/15/2010 12:33, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a freeware app that will let me alter the structure
>> of a dbase IV file without owning the dBase product ?
> ....
> ....
> I'm trying to use the data in Softmaker Office and it seems to require
> dBaseIV format files for its database. All of these programs open the
> dBase files, but produce a file not readable by Softmaker.

It might be worth trying ....

o Use one of the alternate programs suggested
to open the dBase IV files

o Export as .csv files

o Import as .csv files into Softmaker
if possible


--
Stanley C. Kitching
Human Being
Phoenix, Arizona

From: H-Man on 15 Jul 2010 16:45
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:17:03 -0700, Jeffrey Needle wrote:

> Man-wai Chang wrote:
>> On 7/15/2010 12:33, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
>>> Does anyone know of a freeware app that will let me alter the structure
>>> of a dbase IV file without owning the dBase product?
>>
>> 1. Remember to BACK UP the file FIRST!!
>> 2. Google "modistru.exe"
>> 3. ODBC is free!
>> 4. google "freeware modify dbase structure"
>>
>
> Sigh.
>
> Mass response to all. Tried all the suggestions -- nothing works. I'm
> trying to use the data in Softmaker Office and it seems to require
> dBaseIV format files for its database. All of these programs open the
> dBase files, but produce a file not readable by Softmaker.
>
> Thanks to all. I'll continue searching.

Jeffry,
I've SO 2006. PlanMaker should open a .dbf file and allow access to the
data anyway. I've not tried it so I can't verify results.

--
HK
From: Jeffrey Needle on 15 Jul 2010 18:53
Cousin Stanley wrote:
>
>>> On 7/15/2010 12:33, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
>>> Does anyone know of a freeware app that will let me alter the structure
>>> of a dbase IV file without owning the dBase product ?
>> ....
>> ....
>> I'm trying to use the data in Softmaker Office and it seems to require
>> dBaseIV format files for its database. All of these programs open the
>> dBase files, but produce a file not readable by Softmaker.
>
> It might be worth trying ....
>
> o Use one of the alternate programs suggested
> to open the dBase IV files
>
> o Export as .csv files
>
> o Import as .csv files into Softmaker
> if possible
>
>

Sadly, Softmaker doesn't import anything. All I can do is create a
dBase file externally and have Softmaker open it. Of course, Softmaker
can create the fields for a file, and if I were starting from scratch,
it would be okay. But this is not the case. But thanks for the thoughts.

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