Microsoft KB Archive/95044

= ACC: Attaching Clipper Tables to Microsoft Access Databases =

Article ID: 95044

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q95044



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



SUMMARY
It is possible to link (attach) Clipper .dbf files to a Microsoft Access database. To do so, link the file as a dBASE IV file. Note, however, the index may or may not be updatable.

Clipper provides an alternative indexing method (.ntx) to the dBASE standard (.ndx). The Clipper index format is not recognized by Microsoft Access; therefore, Microsoft Access cannot update it correctly.

However, if the Clipper application was developed by using the dBASE .ndx format, Microsoft Access updates the index correctly.

Additional query words: indexes

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbinfo kbinterop KB95044

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