Microsoft KB Archive/67449

= &quot;Basic 7.0: Programmer's Guide&quot; Correction for ISAMCVT.EXE =

Article ID: 67449

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.0
 * Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.1

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This article was previously published under Q67449



SUMMARY
The ISAMCVT utility shipped with Microsoft Basic PDS (Professional Development System) versions 7.00 and 7.10 requires a &quot;specfile&quot; when converting MS/ISAM files (created by IBM Basic Compiler version 2.00) that have been rebuilt without a data dictionary. Page 391 of the &quot;Microsoft Basic 7.0: Programmer's Guide&quot; for versions 7.00 and 7.10 omits the &quot;specfile&quot; field in its example of the ISAMCVT.EXE command-line syntax, when in fact, the &quot;specfile&quot; may be necessary if no data dictionary is present in the MS/ISAM file.



MORE INFORMATION
Page 392 of the same manual incorrectly states that the &quot;specfile&quot; is required for converting MS/ISAM files; it should say that the &quot;specfile&quot; is required only when no data dictionary is present in the file. MS/ISAM database files usually contain a data dictionary, and only if a database is rebuilt without a data dictionary is &quot;specfile&quot; required. Therefore, the command-line syntaxes on page 391 should be changed as follows:

For db/LIB
ISAMCVT /D filename tablename databasename

For MS/ISAM
ISAMCVT /M filename tablename databasename [specfile]

For Btrieve
ISAMCVT /B filename tablename databasename specfile

Additional query words: BasicCom SR# S900918-59

Keywords: KB67449

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