Subject Re: How to Import/Export Excel Files
From Tim Ward <tim@goldengrovenurserydotcodotuk>
Date Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:14:01 +0000
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

On 14/03/2023 22:45, James Lavery wrote:
> New dBASE5 user.
>
> Win 8.1, x64 Processor/OS, 4 GB RAM, >200GB free storage, Excel 2016.
>
> Got my dbDOSv running.. Yay!
>
> Need help: How to Import Excel spreadsheets from dBase5, for the purpose of extracting the data.
>
> Back in the day I did this with dBase II, but it has been a loong time...
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> James
Hi James,
Another option which can eliminate the need to save a file, is to use
windows copy and paste. I use this a lot to capture data from xls, xlsx,
pdf, csv files and import it into dBase Plus but I don't know if it is
possible in dBase5.
regards Tim