Converting an Appleworks Database to Access?

[Bob]

Does anyone know if it's possible to convert an Appleworks
database into an Access 2002 database?

I'm not familiar with Apple computers...I do know that the
Appleworks database was created on an old Apple IIgs quite
awhile ago.

Thank you in advance,
Bob

 

[John Vinson]

Does anyone know if it's possible to convert an Appleworks
database into an Access 2002 database?

I'm not familiar with Apple computers...I do know that the
Appleworks database was created on an old Apple IIgs quite
awhile ago.

Thank you in advance,
Bob

Well... you might, with some luck, be able to import the data within
the database. You certainly will not be able to convert the user
interface. The newer Mac operating systems are considerably "windows
friendlier" than old Apples, so you might have a rough time even
reading the file.

Got any friends with Macs? Perhaps they would be able to open the file
and export the data to a comma-separated-value list, or to Excel, from
which you could read it.

John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[Gunner]

I had a bunch of old Appleworks databases from the Apple IIc IIgs era that
I converted using a DOS application and a serial cable. I think the
application was called Crossworks but I'm not sure. It actually came with a
cable that plugged into both the Apple and the PC.

I think I output the databases as delimited text files and imported them
into Access.

Scott

 

[Fred Boer]

Dear Gunner, and others...

Just to confirm your memory Gunner: I used the same program (Crossworks)
when I converted my old Appleworks library data into Dbase many long years
ago...

The program did come with its own special cable, and disks for both DOS and
the Apple IIgs..

Good luck! If you are desperate, and can't find a solution, post back here,
and I'll take the time to look around and see if I still have the program
and cable...

HTH
Fred Boer

OT: IIRC, I had to use a *whopping* big memory expansion card (4 MB!) on the
Apple IIgs, and split my database into 4 sections to make it actually fit
within Appleworks....