Microsoft KB Archive/101451

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Error Message: ‘Word Cannot Start the Converter DBASE.CNV’

PSS ID Number: Q101451 Article last modified on 11-01-1994

2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c

WINDOWS

The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c - Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0 and 3.1

SYMPTOMS

The following error message may occur when you open a dBase file in Word for Windows if Q+E for Microsoft Excel is running and you opened a dBase file before you started Word:

Word cannot start the converter DBASE.CONV

This error message does not occur while Q+E is running if you did not open a dBase file in Q+E prior to opening a dBase file in Word.

CAUSE

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

Exit Q+E before you open a dBase file in Word.

MORE INFORMATION

If Q+E has already loaded its dBase converter, Word cannot load its dBase converter (DBASE.CNV).

The dBase products included here are manufactured by Ashton-Tate, vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products’ performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kbinterop KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: 2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c textconv ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.