-----Original Message----- >From: Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 17, 2006 11:29 PM >To: users@openoffice.org >Subject: Re: [users] BASE problem with database downloaded from website > >Hi James, > >> That is interesting as the web site states that it is a MS Access >> formatted file. However, I will follow the instructions I read here >> to open the file. > >No, the site says "Required File Access Tool: Microsoft Access". > >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.
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