Wordperfect 11

[casey]

Is there anyway I can take a Microsoft Access file and open it in a comprable WordPerfect app..

[kelly]

As far as I can tell - WordPerfect Office X3 does not have a database application. Would exporting your Access to a spreadsheet format like SLYK, CSV, or Tab-delimited and importing into WordPerfect's spreadsheet app work? Won't work if you have databases with relationships, but if you have a 'flat file' database - meaning no relationships it might work.
- tony

[Dan18960]

WordPerfect X3 Professional comes with Paradox (the database app). I have a programmer who has also used Lotus Approach to migrate away from Access with great results.

The migration stripped all the bloat that Access has and made a nice lean data app.

Kinda like in the ole Dbase 3 / IV days when you generated your layout and then compiled in Clipper to strip the Dbase overhead.

[kelly]

Dan - thanks for clearing that up. I missed it. I had checked their web site and didn't see anything about Access compatibility. However, I stoped there and didn't notice that it actually does come with a database.

- tony

[Freehold Fred]

Casey,

1) Publish a query to Word or export to Excel and then open in WordPerfect.
2) Open DataSheet view in Access. Highlight all data. Copy and paste into WP.
3) For serious higher-end, ongoing functionality, look into ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) or XML (depending on which versions of apps you have) w/i WP.
-http://www.gtpcc.org/gtpcc/wp2002.htm
-http://www.thoroughbredsoftware.com/datasheet/ptsodbcdataserver.html



Is there anyway I can take a Microsoft Access file and open it in a comprable WordPerfect app..

[casey]

Thanks Fred, that worked as an easy way to accomplish what I wanted to do...