On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:46:30 +0000, Chad Hanna <chad@chadhanna.co.uk> wrote: >Steve Hayes wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:46:14 +0000, Chad Hanna <chad@chadhanna.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Steve Hayes wrote: >>>> Someone has sent me some information in .dbf files (and some others, which may >>>> be indexes). Does anyone know which program may have been used to create these >>>> files, and which one could use to read them? >>>> >>>> >>> Originally Dbase - many programs will read Dbase files including: >> >> Good grief, did I forget so soon! >> >>> Microsoft Excel and Access 2000, Lotus Approach and 1-2-3, Paradox, >>> Buttonware PC-File >> >> I've got some of those somewhere, but not all of them seem to work with >> Windows XP. >> > >I haven't tried Paradox on Win XP and I'm not sure about PC-File. > >Base in OpenOffice should also work according to: >http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base I tried it, and it did -- unfortunately without knowing the data model it would have taken days of work to link the files. Fortunately i managed to persuade the sender to send me a GEDCOM file instead. It showed it was produced by Rootsmagic, so I assume that that was the original application. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk