I need help. I have never worked with dbase, and my cousin asked me to help him resote a dbase DB after his computer crashed. he has a small business and all they have is a backup of the files, in .DBF format. They do not have the install files. It is an older version, still DOS based. Can anyone help? I guess i will need to figure out what version they had, and find that version to install for a restore. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am in a major bind.
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dbase HELP needed
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Hi wentdawg!
Most popular DOS based DBASE was DBASE III+; I still use it (sometimes). Couldn't find any download. It consists of some 5-10 files-small, less than 1MB. Only I don't know how to do this. Webmaster reminded me already not to post my e-mail.
Basically the solution is:
Restore backed up files in a directory. Install DBASE III+ program, put the directory where you installed dbase in path, run it (usually dbase) in dos prompt window from folder where restored files are. If you get a dot prompt, you are good. If you get message: dbase cannot be found (30), then you will be forced to run dbase from installation directory, and specify path and dbase name within use statement.
Good LUCK!
Most popular DOS based DBASE was DBASE III+; I still use it (sometimes). Couldn't find any download. It consists of some 5-10 files-small, less than 1MB. Only I don't know how to do this. Webmaster reminded me already not to post my e-mail.
Basically the solution is:
Restore backed up files in a directory. Install DBASE III+ program, put the directory where you installed dbase in path, run it (usually dbase) in dos prompt window from folder where restored files are. If you get a dot prompt, you are good. If you get message: dbase cannot be found (30), then you will be forced to run dbase from installation directory, and specify path and dbase name within use statement.
Good LUCK!
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