Article ID: 246256
Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 4.5a
- Microsoft Works 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Works 6.0
- Microsoft Works Suite 2000
- Microsoft Works Suite 2001
This article was previously published under Q246256
SYMPTOMS
If you save a database in Microsoft Works in the dBase IV (.dbf) format, you may receive the following error message when you attempt to open the database in Microsoft Access:
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the file name for the database consists of more than eight characters.
RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, rename the database file according to MS-DOS 8.3 standards. To do this:
- Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
- In the Named box, type the file name for the database, and then click Find Now.
- In the Look in box, click to select
drive
wheredrive
is the drive letter of the hard disk on which the database is located. - Click OK.
- Right-click the database file, and then click Rename.
- Type a file name with an eight-character prefix followed by a three-character extension.
- Press ENTER.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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