Gary,

Apologies for my delay.

Let's take this up in a private exchange to work through this issue.

Please send me what I need to get in the driver's seat to resolve this.

(I'm a very slow typist lately because my left middle finger received a
scorpion sting yesterday and its is really messed up.)

Thanks,
Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IBObjects@yahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of bamber12001
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:31 AM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [IBO] Re: Exporting large text fields to a DBF file...
>
>
> --- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "bamber12001" <Gary@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > IB_Export doesn't export fields with more than 254 characters to a
> > DBF file properly, unfortunately - it would have to create them as
> > MEMO fields (and also create the DBT file that they are stored in).
> >
> > To try to overcome this limitation, I have installed SMExport from
> > Scalabium software. This gave me further problems with rounding of
> > floating point numbers, among other things. I was unable to resolve
> > my problems with this, and my SMExport license has since run out.
> >
> > I have two choices:
> >
> > ) Use another component suite to export to DBF files. I cannot find
> > any that are compatible with IBO. Does such a thing exist?
> >
> > ) Request that the facility is added to the existing IB_Export
> > component in IBO - would this be a possibility?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary McLagan.
> >
>
> I don't want to look impatient, but has anyone got any thoughts on my
> problem? My favoured solution would be for IBObjects to be altered to
> export large text fields properly, so if you read this Jason, could
> you comment on whether this is likely to be implemented or not so I
> know whether to wait for an update or try and hunt down an alternative
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gary.