Microsoft KB Archive/51933

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

File: Transferring to and from 4th Dimension
Last reviewed: October 27, 1994

Article ID: Q51933

Summary:

To transfer files from 4th Dimension version 1.06 to Microsoft File version 2.00, do the following:


 * 1) Open the file in 4th Dimension.
 * 2) From the Environment menu, choose User.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose Export.
 * 4) Click Text, and set End Of Field to 9 and End Of Record to 13.
 * 5) Save the file.
 * 6) Open File and prepare a form to receive the information.
 * 7) Hide the form (click on the data file window in the background), and choose Open Datafile from the File menu.
 * 8) From the File menu, choose Open, and locate and open the 4th Dimension text file.

To transfer a file from File 2.00 to 4th Dimension 1.06, do the following:


 * 1) Open the data file in File.
 * 2) From the Organize menu, choose List Helper (save the form when prompted to do so).
 * 3) Hide the form if it is showing (click on the data file window in the background).
 * 4) From the File menu, choose Save Records As. Click the Text button and save the file under a new name.
 * 5) Open 4th Dimension.
 * 6) Open a layout or create a new one. Note that the layout will determine the order in which the records are imported (just as the form does in File).
 * 7) From the Environment menu, choose User.
 * 8) From the File menu, choose Import.
 * 9) Click the Text button and open the data file.