Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!super.upenn.edu!eecae!nancy!umix!tardis!pepe!shane From: shane@pepe.cc.umich.edu (Shane Looker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Dbase III files and 4D Message-ID: <412@tardis.cc.umich.edu> Date: 14 Dec 87 15:52:39 GMT References: <3135@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <4714@well.UUCP> Sender: usenet@tardis.cc.umich.edu Reply-To: shane@pepe.cc.umich.edu (Shane Looker) Organization: University of Michigan Computing Center, Ann Arbor Lines: 26 In article <4714@well.UUCP> espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen) writes: :In article <3135@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, beloin@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Ron Beloin) writes: :> Some folks here are trying to choose between dBase Mac and Fourth dimension :> for relational db work. One consideration is being able to read dbase III :> files. We've heard that 4D is faster and there is a utility to convert :> file formats from dbase III to 4D. Anyone have any details or comments? :> I would appreciate any suggestions, experiences, rumors, etc. :> --ron. :> Ron Beloin, Ecosystems Research Center, Corson Hall, Cornell, Ithaca,NY 14853 : We are looking into the same thing at my company. From what I have :found out so far, 4D (like most of the pro database progs for the Mac) allows :for importing data from other programs if they are in ASCII, SYLK,etc. but it :does not allow importing DBASE III files automatically. The conversion process :needed to import data seems rather awkward. DBASE Mac seems to have the most :sophisticated built in mechanisms for automatically reading othe database progs :data files (i.e. IBM Dbase files, Omnis, etc. ). : espen@well I have seen a piece of paper with information on importing dBase III files into 4th Dimension. I didn't read it but it can be done. I'll try to find out where it came from. Shane Looker | "He's dead Jim, shane@pepe.cc.umich.edu | you grab his tricorder, uunet!umix!pepe.cc.umich.edu!shane | I'll get his wallet." Looker@um.cc.umich.edu