How can I open an old "MS Works" database in Access?

[Guest]

I'm trying to save my old customer mailing list that I crested using the
WORKS database utility. I sure hope I don't have to manually enter the 1000+
records in my new Access2003 program.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Unfortunately, Access doesn't know the Works format. Try, however, to open
it in Excel. Once you've got it into Excel, you can then import it into
Access.

 

[Charlie Hoffpauir]

I'm trying to save my old customer mailing list that I crested using the
WORKS database utility. I sure hope I don't have to manually enter the 1000+
records in my new Access2003 program.

If you still have Works installed, save the data as either a csv file
or a dbf file, either of which you can import into Access.

If you don't still have Works installed, you can send me the file and
I'll convert it for you.

Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

 

[John Nurick]

....or see the link near the bottom of
http://www.j.nurick.dial.pipex.com/Code/index.htm