Converting files from DBF into Filepro

[Faisal Karim]

Foxcopy works fine for me too.  I used dbcopy in the past and it also does a
great job to convert dbf to filepro.

faisal karim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Brody" <laura at hvcomputer.com>
To: "Tom Pancero" <postmaster at cobbinc.com>; "Filepro List"
<filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Converting files from DBF into Filepro


> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 07:51:13 -0500, Tom Pancero <postmaster at cobbinc.com>
wrote:
>
> > Greetings all.
> >
> > Red Hat 8  --  Filepro 4.8
> >
> > I regularly receive data files from customers that are used in the
> > preparation of commercial bulk mail.
> >
> > I am interested in a better approach to converting them to Filepro
> > than the current one;
> >
> > Use 'dd' to strip off the header and create a temporary file for the
> > remaining data which is in a fixed field length format.
> >
> > Next I use a Filepro file configured as a 'Non Filepro' key that reads
> > the data elements and uses an automatic processing table to create a
> > 'Maillist' record that we ultimatly mail from.
> >
> > There is no provision for dealing with any changes in the makeup
> > of the DBF file so each time I get one of these I really need to take
> > a closer than normal look at the data.
> >
> > Anyone have a better approach?
>
> Is there a problem with using the foxcopy utility?
> I use dbcopy on Windows to pull DBF files into filePro. I
> have it create a temporary filePro file and then run a
> report to add the records into a final filePro file.
>
> What kind of changes to the file? If it is just the
> length of fields, my method wouldn't care. If they change
> the order of the fields, my copy from the temp file to
> the final file wouldn't like it very much. You would have
> to deal with this no matter what.
>
>
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