Microsoft KB Archive/162659

= ACC: Exporting to FoxPro 3.0 Does Not Create a .CDX File =

Article ID: 162659

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162659



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SYMPTOMS
When you export a Microsoft Access table to a Microsoft FoxPro 3.0 file format, a FoxPro index file (*.cdx) is not created. However, a .cdx file is created when you export a Microsoft Access table that contains an index to a Microsoft FoxPro 2.0, 2.5, or 2.6 file format.



CAUSE
Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97 do not support creating indexes on Microsoft FoxPro 3.0 tables.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
 * 2) Select the Suppliers table in the Database window.
 * 3) On the File menu, click Save As/Export.
 * 4) In the Save As dialog box, click "To an External File or Database," and then click OK.
 * 5) In the "Save Table 'Suppliers' In" dialog box, select Microsoft FoxPro 3.0 (*.dbf) in the Save As type box, and then click Export.
 * 6) Start Windows Explorer or File Manager, and open the folder in which you saved the FoxPro file. Note that Microsoft Access created a Supplier.dbf file, but there is no corresponding Supplier.cdx file.

