Microsoft KB Archive/31272

Importing DBASE Files into Multiplan PSS ID Number: Q31272 Article last modified on 01-20-1989 PSS database name: D_MPlan

3.x 4.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

To import a DBASE file into Multiplan, do the following:

  Open the file in DBASE.   To write the file to disk, use the Copy To command, with “Type” set to SYLK. The syntax for this command is as follows: COPY TO (filename) TYPE sylk   Start Multiplan.   Set the Transfer Options field to Symbolic and load the file. 

When the file is loaded into Multiplan, the first row contains the field names. The remaining rows contain the database records.

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