I need to save a file as dbaseIII, but i am using vista and excel 2007 and i do not get that as an option...?

Question

so is there another file type that is the same thing, or is there some sort of download i can do to get that option?

just in case it helps, i am wanting to save the file as dbaseIII because i need to open it in foxpro, make some changes and then import it into the software i am working on.

any info will be appreciated. please and thank you.

Answer 1

OK, I'm still on XP/Excel 2003, so I can't see what you're seeing.

While you have your Excel file open, try:

Click on File menu

Click on Save As

Click on File Type (at the bottom of the Save As window)

Scroll almost all the way to the bottom

Select DBF 3 (*.dbf)

If you don't have the DBF selections, try saving it as a *.csv file or a *.txt file.  Go into dBASE or FoxPro and see if you can open it.

I do a lot of these conversions.  If the first solution isn't do-able, try the second.



Hope this helps.