I've had some problems with incompatibilities between the Protel dBase formats ans the Access dBase export/import. I didn't investigate too closely, since I solved the problem by linking Access to an Excel spreadsheet and using Excel to do the import/ export.
John Haddy > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Gmitrovic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 25 March 2002 12:01 PM > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Accessing an Access Data Base from within Protel > > > You can export dbase format from Access and then use that file to > update the > fields in Protel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 22 March 2002 2:57 PM > To: proteledaforum > Subject: [PEDA] Accessing an Access Data Base from within Protel > > > Is it possible to write a Protel basic script that can either retrieve > information from an access data base or drive an external ODBC > engine (Using > DDE technology?) or retrive information from an external Excell > spreadsheet. > > What I am trying to do is update user fields in a schematic from a data > base. Protel does this automatically if a dBase data base is used, but all > my information is in an Access data base. > Posted from Association web site by: Kevin Knight > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
