Cannot link .DBF files to Access

[Jackson]

I'm having a problem with some .DBF tables and Access 2002. When I try to
link them as external data, Access reports "External table is not in
expected format", help says the table has changed since it was last changed,
but it is being linked for the first time????

I can open these tables in Excel and Lotus Approach and the name complies to
8:3 format. I believe the application which created these tables was
possibly a Foxpro one.

Please help before I give up and use something else to link these tables.

Jackson

 

[Kristyn Wagoner [MSFT]]

Please take a look at this article:

286224 ACC2002: No Option to Import, Link, or Export to the FoxPro File Type
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=286224

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[Jackson]

Thanks except ODBC does not appear in control panal and I'm logged in as an
administator.

 

[Tom Wickerath]

Hi Jackson,

Open the Administrative Tools applet in the Control Panel. You should see "Data Sources
(ODBC)" listed in the Name column.


Tom
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Thanks except ODBC does not appear in control panel and I'm logged in as an
administrator.
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Please take a look at this article:

286224 ACC2002: No Option to Import, Link, or Export to the FoxPro File
Type
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=286224

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Kristyn Wagoner
Microsoft PSS

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I'm having a problem with some .DBF tables and Access 2002. When I try
to link them as external data, Access reports "External table is not in expected format",
help says the table has changed since it was last changed, but it is being linked for the
first time????

I can open these tables in Excel and Lotus Approach and the name complies to 8:3 format. I
believe the application which created these tables was possibly a Foxpro one.

Please help before I give up and use something else to link these tables.

Jackson

 

[Kristyn Wagoner [MSFT]]

Please take a look at this article:

286224 ACC2002: No Option to Import, Link, or Export to the FoxPro File Type
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=286224



--
Kristyn Wagoner
Microsoft PSS

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purposes only.

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[daiello]

Not seeing exactly the same issue but you could try my solution

https://sites.google.com/site/darrenaiello/accessdbf