You might try DeZign at http://www.heraut.demon.nl it has import/export
features.

Carolyn in California


At 05:07 PM 08/17/2000 -0300, you wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Helen Borrie" <helebor@...>
> > >Hm, excuse me for bugging you, but do you
> > >know an automated way of converting MS Access mdb's
> > >into gdbs ? Or a nice BDE GUI for doing that ?
> >
> > Nice GUI, no. Horrible GUI, yes, somewhere, I'll see if I can find it and
> > I'll zip it up and put it into the Files area of this list. You'd need to
> > work with the source - to alter the table properties on the fly. (I said
> > it was ugly!) If I had more time (which I don't, believe me!) I'd fix it
> > up so it would loop serenely through a whole database automatically.
>It's
> > doable, pretty easily. Perhaps someone would like to pick up the bare
> > bones and make a proper conversion app out of it...
>
>I have an Access->InterBase wizard, but it's *extremely* simplistic, and
>I've used it for simple convertions. It's probably full of bugs, but it got
>the job done for me. The GUI's nice enough, and it's based on ADO, with the
>idea of using it to pump data from other databases.
>
>I've zipped the binary and source files, and posted them on the
>IB-Conversion's File section. I'll still be on the lookout for Helen's code,
>though :-) I'd be really thankful for any improvements to my own code, too.
>
>Marcelo Lopez Ruiz
>
>P.S.: Source specifics: Written in Delphi 5, using InterBase Express
>components and ADO and ADOX librarires (install the latest MDAC if you
>haven't got up-to-date libraries).
>
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