Dbase import (AREV Specific)
At 03 DEC 1997 05:53:03PM B Cameron wrote:
Is there any way to get the source for the import_db3 (Parent) routine.
Specifically the dbase header offset info.
I need to write my own routine to osopen a dbf3 file and calculate how many fields. Where the field info starts in the string, and where it ends. Then also where the data begins.
At 09 DEC 1997 12:33PM B Cameron wrote:
Wow totally snubbed on this one! Not even a sarcastic remark?
Well phlewy to ya. I found the answer another way. Nah so there!
Butt….
If anyone is interested in this info I will post it or you can contact me
at brucec@cbetech.com
At 10 DEC 1997 02:34AM Curt Putnam wrote:
The header layouts for dbase files are well documented. If you need such a beast, then get the docs. After that dbeast files are just ordinary ascii files which you can read & write yourself.
At 10 DEC 1997 03:29PM B Cameron wrote:
Any idea where? It took me awhile to find the source I did and it is not a complete as it could be.
Yes they are just ascii files after the header but to realistically use them you need to at least know where the data begins and how long a record is. Ideally for a import know the # of fields and field types
is the way to go.
In Arev a user could easliy import a dbase file. In OI if you are using any current version of win95 then your odbc driver is for 32bit and OI does not support this unless you tweak it abit which doesn't always work. If I write my own OI import I can easliy pull xbase files (with or without memo's) in and create LH tables.
At 11 DEC 1997 09:09AM Aaron Kaplan wrote:
ARev 2.12 shipped with the source to the import and export routines, so it should be a pretty simple process to take these programs and modify them for use in other versions of ARev and/or OpenInsight.
apk@sprezzatura.com
