Let me check my copy of Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive. I was able to open the .DBF file with Excel and it was properly identified as being a dBaseIV file.
James M. oselladore wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walter A. March" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [users] Databases on the Mac (was: BASE problem with database > downloaded from website) > > > >> James Mckenzie wrote: >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>>> From: Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany >>>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> Sent: Aug 17, 2006 11:29 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [users] BASE problem with database downloaded from website >>>> >>>> >> <SNIP> >> >>>> That's the usual crux with people knowing only their MS universe: You >>>> can open dBase files with MS Access, so it must be that you need MS >>>> Access to open them, right? Wrong. dBase is a (historic, nontheless >>>> wide-spread) database format. Since it's pretty simple, there are >>>> zillions of applications able to read/write them. Amongst them, >>>> Microsoft Access and OpenOffice.org Base. >>>> >>>> >>> It appears that OpenOffice.org for the Mac 2.0.3 cannot open a dBase IV >>> > style file. > >>> I was able to open it, however, with the trial version of Excel. >>> > Another problem that > >>> may force Mac users away from OpenOffice.org. I did open an IZ for >>> > this. > >>> James M. >>> >> I probably should keep quiet but since M$ Access doesnot even EXIST for >> the Mac, would the fact that BASE can't open some files really stop >> someone? I would think a bigger game breaker for Mac users would be >> connectivity to filemaker pro databases >> >> WalterAM >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
