Microsoft KB Archive/50277

Works: Importing, Exporting 4th Dimension Documents PSS ID Number: Q50277 Article last modified on 05-12-1993 PSS database name: M_WorKs

2.00

MACINTOSH

Summary:

To import 4th Dimension documents into Microsoft Works version 2.00, do the following:


 * 1) Open the file in 4th Dimension.
 * 2) From the Environment menu, choose User; from the File menu, choose Export.
 * 3) Click the Text button, and set End Of Field to 9 and End Of Record to 13 (these are the ASCII values for tabs and paragraph returns).
 * 4) Save the file.
 * 5) Open Works.
 * 6) Select the appropriate icon (Word Processor, Database, Spreadsheet)

and click the Import button. The file can now be opened into the Word Processor (WP), Database (DB), and Spreadsheet (SS) modules by clicking the filename, then clicking Open.

To export Works documents to 4th Dimension, do the following:


 * 1) Open the file in Works and save it as a text file by choosing Save As from the File menu and clicking the Export button.
 * 2) Open 4th Dimension.
 * 3) Open a layout or create a new one. Note that the layout determines the order in which the records are imported (just as the Form in Microsoft File does).
 * 4) From the Environment menu, choose User; from the File menu, choose Import.
 * 5) Click the Text button and open the data file.

Additional reference words: mswksconv 3rdparty convert fourth

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