At 04:57 PM 7/20/02 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello, >Per the DXbase archive the suggested method to export the DB to Excel is via >HTML format. For my database (approx. 20 MB) it creates a very large HTML >file and for my system (450 MHz Pentium II with 128MB RAM) it takes forever >to export (plus Excel chokes). Are there other methods to create the XLS >file that create smaller more manageable files from User Lists? Using the >export function in the Standard Reports creates XLS files of very manageable >size and does so quickly. >73 de Stokley, W3SB
Why don't you just import it directly using Excel. Go to "Data" -> Get External Data -> New database query and select "MS Access 97 database. This will open a "connecting to database window and prompt for the file name. Select your .mdf file (I strongly recommend that you practice on a backup copy)
