DBU used and windows DBF needed

happytoday

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Jun 4, 2008, 12:50:34 PM6/4/08

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I still use the DBU 1986-1990 to create datbases but changing the
fields names cause the memo fields to be lost and all windows DBF
viewers are trial version and not freeware. Even the free when I open
it popup the error : wrong memo format .
I printed the structure of a DBF found version : dBASEIII+with memo

Please help me to get a freeware complete source of good windows DBF
viewer to update the fields without losing or recreate the dbf created
already from DBU.EXE.
Thanks

AUGE_OHR

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Jun 4, 2008, 1:27:14 PM6/4/08

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hi,

try ADS Local found at
http://www.sybase.com/products/databasemanagement/advantagedatabaseserver/data-architect-utility

greetings by OHR
Jimmy

dlzc

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Jun 4, 2008, 4:10:45 PM6/4/08

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If you did not need memo fields, and had less than 64000 records,
Excel could serve.

Did you try Open Office? Seems to me it has database utilities.

xHarbour.org will compile DBU. There are even one or two DBU-like
replacements at the xHarbour.com community.

David A. Smith

happytoday

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Jun 4, 2008, 4:39:09 PM6/4/08

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What can I do about my old DBF if I use ourXdbu viewer.

R. Totale

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Jun 4, 2008, 4:49:37 PM6/4/08

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Have you considered downloading one of the free Borland (or CodeGen or
whatever they call them) Turbo packages (Delphi or C++)? They probably
contain the tools to build a quick DBF viewer which will be compatible
with DBU files.

dlzc

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Jun 4, 2008, 6:45:45 PM6/4/08

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Dear happytoday:

On Jun 4, 1:39 pm, happytoday <ehabaziz2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 4, 11:10 pm, dlzc <dl...@cox.net> wrote:

...

> > If you did not need memo fields, and
> > had less than 64000 records, Excel
> > could serve.
>
> > Did you try Open Office? Seems to
> > me it has database utilities.
>
> > xHarbour.org will compile DBU. There
> > are even one or two DBU-like
> > replacements at the xHarbour.com
> > community.
>

> What can I do about my old DBF if I
> use ourXdbu viewer.

I have never used it, but someone posts from time to time on the
xharbour newsgroup on this topic. (comp.lang.xharbour)

This site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ourxdbu/
... looks active.

David A. Smith

thetom

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Jun 5, 2008, 1:22:10 PM6/5/08

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On Jun 4, 9:50 am, happytoday <ehabaziz2...@gmail.com> wrote:

The tool I still use for modifying DBF files is DBMax, available at
http://www.the-oasis.net/files/utils/dbx130.zip. It's free, and
handles DBFs with memo fields, Advantage DBFs, and all kinds of
indexes.

happytoday

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Jun 5, 2008, 2:04:20 PM6/5/08

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On Jun 5, 8:22 pm, thetom <thetomander...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 4, 9:50 am, happytoday <ehabaziz2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I still use the DBU 1986-1990 to create datbases but changing the
> > fields names cause the memo fields to be lost and all windows DBF
> > viewers are trial version and not freeware. Even the free when I open
> > it popup the error : wrong memo format .
> > I printed the structure of a DBF found version : dBASEIII+with memo
>
> > Please help me to get a freeware complete source of good windows DBF
> > viewer to update the fields without losing or recreate the dbf created
> > already from DBU.EXE.
> > Thanks
>

> The tool I still use for modifying DBF files is DBMax, available athttp://www.the-oasis.net/files/utils/dbx130.zip. It's free, and

> handles DBFs with memo fields, Advantage DBFs, and all kinds of
> indexes.

I am facing troubles with its compilation . Could you please send me
thepackage ?
Thans

AnthonyL

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Jun 6, 2008, 7:38:01 AM6/6/08

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On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:50:34 -0700 (PDT), happytoday
<ehabaz...@gmail.com> wrote:

Have a look for dClip - http://www.donnay-software.com/ I use it a
little bit, it's free but you will need to test if it does what you
want. It has the familiar dBaseIII . prompt.

--
AnthonyL