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From: Dennis Lee Bieber <>
Subject: Re: Importing to Microsoft Works
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 12:28:22 -0700
References: <gt1ujts1d2j3q0ipu3lhh118rkvearvql2@4ax.com>


On 1 Jul 2001 12:25:08 +0100, Barney <> declaimed the
following in soc.genealogy.computing:

> Access does not export in Works format but I'm sure thre is an
> intermediate format that is common to both programs. I do not have
> Works and my firend is not computer litereate and unable to help.

I've not seen a version of Works since WfW3.11 days... If that
version had a "database" module it was likely just flat file (a single
table with indexing for fast look-ups, no multiple tables and foreign
key linkages). If Works is still just a flat file DB module, I suspect a
CSV file could be transferred (at the worst, it should be importable to
the spreadsheet module of Works and transferred from there).

If you have used multiple tables, and Works (as I fear) doesn't
support them, you'll likely have to create some query that generates a
single flat file format of the entire data set and send that...

All I can get from the M$ web site is that Works 6.x spreadsheet
is Excel compatible... Works Suite 2001 adds lots of support utilities
(Encarta, Streets&Trips, Money), along with making Word 2000 the default
word-processor (but keeping the Works 6 version available). Works 6.x
database mentions just keeping "lists" of stuff which, to me, sounds
like flat-file.
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