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Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat
You've started something now
I migrated some DBase files to a Microsoft system many years ago using Foxpro for Dos but I have been looking through my old notes for more information. I don't remember the files we migrated having any text formatting in them at all. The .dbf table layouts were totally different but it was possible to do a straight import. The problem areas were memo fields but they migrated with a little bit of persuasion.
It looks like the programs you use work like word processors and store the data in a DBF memo field.
Is there an option to export as csv?
You would lose the formatting but keep the data.
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Ey up, what the eck ave I started, it wur thee.
Never heard of csv.
Foxpro is nowt like Dbase4. Tried Foxpro years ago it was crap for what I wanted.
I did once, on someones advice, (they were critisising me for using such old programs), copied a WordStar text file .rtf into microsoft office, it was a right dogs breakfast.
In WordStar the fontsize is right there on the page, I can change the font as many times as there are letters in a line of text, and not hope to christ its still the same in a little box at the top of the screen.
I can also change the line height in increments of 0.1 inches to make the text fit a page, there are loads of different . commands for different formats, try that in windozzzze.
.lh 8 is standard, I can change to .lh7.9, .lh7.8, or go up so one line one page, etc etc
Also my fingers are now programed to the keyboard layout, its a special keyboard I bought years ago, has 132 keys, special keys for WordStar, and diagonal keys as well.
can't get used to other keyboards, my fingers keep going to keys that aren't there.
One great advantage is there is no bloody mouse in these programs, dont have to stop work and twiddle that little rat round on the table.
Retlaw.