Export from Clarion 2.1 Dat files to ASCII

[Timothy Wade]

I am wanting to extract the data from Clarion 2.1 .dat files to an ascii
format. Can anyone help? I've got the documentation on the file structure
of the .dat files, but I would like to know if there is a utility already
written to do this.

Thanks,
Timothy Wade

[Elli]

The clarion 2.1 reporter does this with charm , i wish the CW RW did.

Warm regards

Elli

CW5peB,TPS,Legacy , win98

[Timothy Wade]

I am not a Clarion developer...I work mostly with VB, SQL Server, and ASP.
There are no source files for this Clarion 2.1 application and the Clarion
developer is not readily available to us. Is the Reporter a separate exe?
like cscn.exe?

I did come up with a way to pull the data out of the dat files by
redirecting the printer output to a file through DOS. This has worked well
with other old systems. Clarion, however, crops the data off at 8.5 x 11
format.

If I have to I will write a program to read the dat files...but we are
needing a quick and dirty solution like yesterday...

Tell me more about this Reporter....can i dl it? is it an exe like cscn.exe?

Elli <e...@islandia.is> wrote in message
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[Me]

Timothy -

Did you look at CCVT ?

Jeff Slarve [Team Topspeed]
http://www.jssoftware.com

[Jes Andresen]

Clarion Professional Developer 2.1 came with a utility program 'CONVERTER'
that will export your files to CSV (Basic) format. The program file is
CCVT.EXE. I do not know if it is freely distributble, but I still have a
copy. Feel free to mail me your data files and I will run them through the
utility.

HTH
Jes

Programming is: When you turn a good idea into CODE.
Learn how to avoid Y2K -- don't put dates
in your applications.

Timothy Wade wrote in message ...

[Alan Shaw]

Timothy - Data Junction will convert this file to any format you want.
Visit the data junction web site - they almost alway have a free demo
available. www.datajunction.com
Alan Shaw

[Eric Jacobowitz]

if you have Clarion 2.1 you can use
CCVT.EXE that will work for you

>>> I am wanting to extract the data from Clarion 2.1 .dat files to an ascii
> format. Can anyone help? I've got the documentation on the file structure
> of the .dat files, but I would like to know if there is a utility already
> written to do this.<<

--

Thanks
Eric Jacobowitz
er...@castlecomputer.com
http://www.castlecomputer.com
Direct Fax Number 1.209.729.4590

[Eddie Storey]

CCVT will work as long as you don't need to export dates.

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[Timothy Wade]

I didnt have a copy of that...I used the utility that I attached to an
earlier reply. The dates exported to the Clarion numeric format. I posted
some VB code that converts the date, but the algorithm has somethin screwey
about it...Look at that post on Clarion Date Conversion Algorithm Problem.

Eddie Storey <est...@insiteobjects.com> wrote in message
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[J. Veenendaal info@micromel.nl]

Timothy Wade,

Take a look at www.whotsit.com for a description off Clarion 2.1 DAT files.

In a document is written also the calculation of the date.

Jos

[Me]

I believe he was talking about http://www.wotsit.org/

On Wed, 05 Jan 2000 07:27:55 GMT, GoSpamY...@spammers-r-us.com
(Eddie) wrote:

>OK Jos,
> Was this just a spam attempt or was there supposed to be some
>thing there?

[J. Veenendaal info@micromel.nl]

Hello Eddie,

Spam attempt ? come on .........!
I thought he needs the file structure description (byte wise, header etc.)
Whotsit.com is a pretty good database of file descriptions.
I found there the description for Clarion .DAT .Key .Idx and from the
.APP (CFD 2.1)

Satisfied ...?

Jos Veenendaal

[Craig E. Ransom]

Sorry, but you got the name wrong and sent him to somebody's personal
homepage. <g>

The correct URL is http://www.wotsit.org/ (no "h" and it's "org" not
"com)

-- Craig (The Data Ferret)
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[J. Veenendaal info@micromel.nl]

Hi all ,
Thanks Graig & Eddie,
I use it a lot, and keep it as a bookmark and I didn't check the URL
I was given.

regards Jos

GoSpamY...@spammers-r-us.com (Eddie) wrote:

>I knew it was all just a big cosmic understanding. I must apologize
>again to Jos.
>
>Once I got to the right place, it was all he said it was. :)
>Thanks all

[Craig E. Ransom]

> I use it a lot, and keep it as a bookmark and I didn't check the URL
> I was given.

I just typed in a code segment from memory in another group - and made two
large errors when I did so!

Copy & Paste for me!

-- Craig (The Data Ferret)
Download the Report Archiving & Retrieval System freeware from:
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