On or about 4/24/2006 11:21 AM, Per penned the following: > I think EJones is asking if MS Works files - *.wdb (NOT MS Access-files > - *.mdb) will be compatible with OO Base... > > // Per > > > > Jo skrev: >> EJones wrote: >>> Are there any plans in the works to have OO Base be compatible with M$ >>> Works Data Base files? >>> >> Nope, I don't think OOo will ever be able to read and write .mdb >> directly. There are efforts to set up migration aids though. It is >> also already possible to open an .mdb file (on Windows) by means of >> ODBC. That only gives you the data though, not the forms and the rest. >> >> Jo >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>
That's correct. M$ Works .wdb files. A work-around is to save the .wdb files as DBase files (.dbf) or even .slk files and then import them into OO. But formatting and some data are lost in the converstions. Tab and comma delimited files also loose formatting and data loss. Hmmm. I wonder if OO will handle M$ Multiplan. (:>) -- Ed --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
