Hi Listers, FYI it seems that MI tables in dbase format are only imported correctly into Access if the file names conform to DOS limitations (8.3). I knew there was a reason why I preferred Unix... ........................................ : Alexander Herr - Herry : : email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : http://batcall.csu.edu.au/~aherr : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Beales [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Herry@Natres. Com. Au > Subject: no DBASE linking into access - index file not found > > > Hi Listers, > > I am unable to trick access into linking a mapinfo table (dbase format). > Access looks for the nonexisting dbase index file and refuses to link the > MItable. Error: MS Jet Database engine could not find the object... > > I would appreciate any suggestions > Thanks Herry > > _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.