Hi Alvin
Could you tell me if it is very difficult to transfer a legacy file into
Access 2000
and where I might find the info to do just that
thanks
Lynne
----- Original Message -----
From: Alvin Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer into MS ACCESS
> No, it's not a dumb question - at least as far as I am concerned. I went
> 'round and 'round with tech support over this issue. I was told you could
> read Legacy files with Access, but try as I might, I could not read them.
> After they insisted that I could, and I insisted that I couldn't, they
> finally mentioned that you had to use Access 2000, and I had been trying
> with Access 97. Voila!!
>
> In short, the answer is 'No, you can't read the Legacy files with Access
> 97'. Access 2000 works like a charm.
>
> Good Luck
> alj
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 7:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer into MS ACCESS
>
>
> > Dumb question!
> >
> > Will it work with MS Access 97?
> >
> > Mary
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > > How do you use GENViewer to import data into Excel or Access?
> >
> > As has been pointed out, Legacy is an Access database, and if you have
> > Access 2000, I believe it is, you can read it directly.
> >
> > However GENViewer, a terrific little program, allows you to export
> selected
> > fields (you get to select them) to a CSV (common separated values) file
> than
> > can be read just about any database or spreadsheet program. Exporting is
> > simple:
> >
> > 1) From a LIST or HIGHLIGHT view in GENviewer click on the copy icon
(or
> > hit Control-C)
> > 2) From the resulting popup dialog pick the option to save to a CSV
file.
> > 3) Give the file a name and click "Save"
> >
> > You have the CSV file ready to import into your spreadsheet or database
> > program.
> >
> > GENviewer is very fast and very handy. It does a lot of things well. I
> > wouldn't be without it.
> >
> > Tom Purser
> >
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