At 13:26 15/04/2008 -0700, Keith O Ehrhart wrote:
[...] For a many years now we have been using Microsoft Works to
create our word-processing, spreadsheet and database files.
[...]
The OpenOffice Base is very unfamiliar to us. We have tried many
times and are unable to convert/open our Microsoft Works database
files (Microsoft Works Database (.wdb)) to the OpenOffice Base. To
date we have not been successful at doing so.
If it is possible to convert/open our Microsoft Works database files
(Microsoft Works Database (.wdb)), could you describe the procedure to do it?
I don't think you can do this directly. But you can access the data
in your existing database files.
Go back to your copy of Microsoft Works, open the databases in that,
and save copies in dBase (*.dbf) format. (Works will do this.) Then
create a new Base database, in the first panel of the Database Wizard
select "Connect to an existing database", scroll down to dBASE, and
browse to your database copy. Your new Base database will be able to
access the data from your old database.
Alternatively, save the data from Works as "Text & Commas
(*.csv)". You can then either connect to this document from Base or
else open the .csv file in Calc and then copy and paste the data into
the Tables panel of Base, creating a new table in the process.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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