Mary, This is a Microsoft Works 4.0 database file.
There are commercial tools that claim to be able to convert them to Excel: http://www.rl-software.com/converter/wks-wdb-to-excel.htm I have no experience with this tool or company. If you just need the text and you don't want to spend any money, you might try using a program called "strings". There is a Windows version here: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Strings.html Strings is a command-line utility that reads a binary file and displays any embedded text contained in the file. It's likely that the Works database has the actual data as simple text. Strings won't display the structure or headings, but it might show you the text. Cheers, Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: > framers-bounces+mark.levitt=betfair.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+mark.levitt=betfair.com at lists.frameuse > rs.com] On Behalf Of Mary Sheahan > Sent: 22 November 2005 17:56 > To: framers at frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com > Subject: OT: Opening an old .WDB file > > If you have software that can open an old Microsoft .WDB file > (circa 2000), would you please contact me off-list? We no > longer have the software on any of our PCs, and there's some > document history information that we want to retain. Even a > text-dump would suffice. > > Thanks, > Mary > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as mark.levitt at betfair.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mark.levit > t%40betfair.com > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > In order to protect our email recipients, Betfair use SkyScan from > MessageLabs to scan all Incoming and Outgoing mail for viruses. > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ >
