Are you sure it's a DBase file?
From my notes:
Byte Contents Description
----- -------- --------------------------------------------------------
0 1 byte Valid dBASE III PLUS table file (03h without a memo
(.DBT file; 83h with a memo).
Byte Contents Description
----- -------- --------------------------------------------------------
0 1 byte Valid dBASE for Windows table file; bits 0-2 indicate
version number; bit 3 indicates presence of a dBASE IV
or dBASE for Windows memo file; bits 4-6 indicate the
presence of a dBASE IV SQL table; bit 7 indicates the
presence of any .DBT memo file (either a dBASE III
PLUS
type or a dBASE IV or dBASE for Windows memo file).
It's been awhile since I last messed with a dbf, so I don't remember the hex
value to determine which flavor of DBase is which.
But I am suspicious if the dbase file is in the same directory as the RBase
file and it still can't find the dbase file, then I'm thinking RBase doesn't
recognize the file as DBase even though it might end in DBF.
Can you open the file with some other DBMS?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Manhave" <[email protected]>
To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:23 PM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Problems attaching DBase table
Yes, that gives no errors, lists the table in my R:Base tables list. It
also did not give the reserved words error.
The error that I now get is #2585, Cannot find dBase file in current
directory or path. It just attached the file, how can it have a path
error? This occurs when I want to open the table. I probably shouldn't
be opening the table? Creating a form based on the table does work.
However, using that form creates the same error.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
[email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 5:06 PM
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Problems attaching DBase table
Hans: if you type "SET ANSI OFF" before attaching, does that help any?
Karen
I end up with a "R:Base eXtreme 9.0 (64) has encountered a
problem and
needs to close" error and Windows wants to call home.
Following is my process (using R:Base eXtreme 9.0 (64) with the
latest
updates installed):
- Connect a R:Base 9 database
- Attach a DBF table, no index
- receive error msgs that reserved words are being used and I
update
each of those when it pops up with an acceptable field name.
When it is
through, it comes up with the Microsoft problem.
What am I not understanding that is creating this error?
I am not using an index, yet, just wanting to open the DBF
table. This
problem exists if I want to open a 52MB table or a 1KB table. I
keep
getting the Windows error message and R:Base crashes/terminates.
R:Base
opened the file or it wouldn't have known about the reserved
word usage
for the column names.
Thoughts, please?
Thanks,
Hans Manhave
