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BobShar31 · 2018-06-05 14:27:26

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Hi to all,[/font] [font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Hoping someone here could help me. How do I deal with the dbf file error message 'Can't find a .dbf file'? It shows up for one dbf file but not others. Why does FoxPro gives me this pop up…

05-06-2018 02:27PM

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BobShar31

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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Hi to all,[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Hoping someone here could help me. How do I deal with the dbf file error message 'Can't find a .dbf file'? It shows up for one dbf file but not others. Why does FoxPro gives me this pop up every time? Thanks very much in advance for all your help.[/font]

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#2 27-06-2018 01:17PM

samck1996

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If you want to link a .dbf file, you should use the shortname (8 characters)provided by DOS. You can find the generated shortname by typing 'DIR /X' in the command prompt from MS Dos. Maybe you should apply the same in MS Access. If not, fix dbf errors here

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