On 2 Oct 2001, at 16:01, Jason Wharton wrote:

> IBO doesn't import from DBF format.
> It would be a welcomed addition to the TIB_Import component.
> But, I probably won't get to it myself.

That's okay, the leads you have given me, once I learn Delphi a bit
more, I should be okay. There is an incentive here also, about 2,500
dbase files to convert.

> Looking at the code for DBF handling that is already in TIB_Export it
> probably wouldn't take all that much to do it.

Okay, thanks

Peter

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Svein Erling Tysvær" <svein.erling.tysvaer@...>
> Newsgroups: egroups.ibobjects
> To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [IBO] Can IBO do this ?
>
>
> > Hi Peter,
> > non-profit rings great in my ears, but I thought Philippinoes knew
> > English pretty well?
> >
> > >So part of IBO would give me the capability to import from Dbase ?
> >
> > Well, not directly I think. IBO has no knowledge of dBase - excepting
> > that TIB_Export is capable of exporting to dBase. I guess you could have
> > a look
> at
> > that source to get an impression of what was is needed for your imports.
> I've
> > always used the BDE for reading dBase and Paradox tables, so I don't know
> how
> > difficult it will be for you.
> >
> > Set
>
>