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Re-inventory software
Dear collectors,
We use a 10 year old relational database named PARADOX of Borland. It's magnificent; you can create the type op database you want. A great advantage is the enorm amount of records each database-file can include. At this moment we have 27.000 items and rising. Very easy to create missing/buying lists. Price-calculations are as fast as a bullet (because it's an older program so it doesn't need much system resources). Exporting is a little bit of work because you must use quattro pro as an interim-spreadsheat to be able to import in excel. But overall it takes less than a few seconds to create pdf-files which can be read by your browser (hip,hip hoera to the internet with them). Greetings, Webmaster Postzegelhuis "Michel" www.postalplaza.nl |
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Exporting is a little bit of work because you must use quattro pro as an | interim-spreadsheat to be able to import in excel. I find that interesting. In another hobby of mine, we were using Paradox the year before last (we now use Visual FoxPro) with a database of 6 million records. I am sure we could save a report as a *.DBF file and drop straight into Excel. .........or is my memory fading, hmmm |
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Excel will import text files and if memory serves (I used to do this
stuff before I retired) a DBF is really a large text file as it relates to importing. I did all sorts of stuff like this with Crystal Reports and file imports/exports/conversions plus a whole passel of data from different databases like SQL, DBF, Access, Xponent(pathetic) and a few other rather seedly DBs. Excel also exports directly to Access if you want your DB to have the same fields etc, as I remember. Its amazing how much one forgets when you get out of the workplace and start living! Rodney wrote: Exporting is a little bit of work because you must use quattro pro as an | interim-spreadsheat to be able to import in excel. I find that interesting. In another hobby of mine, we were using Paradox the year before last (we now use Visual FoxPro) with a database of 6 million records. I am sure we could save a report as a *.DBF file and drop straight into Excel. ........or is my memory fading, hmmm |
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Exporting as dbf is possible but i think that's only possible if you have
created a database-table with a dbf-format in Paradox and not the db-format. In that case you loose a lot of interesting features. Michel. "Rodney" schreef in bericht ... Exporting is a little bit of work because you must use quattro pro as an | interim-spreadsheat to be able to import in excel. I find that interesting. In another hobby of mine, we were using Paradox the year before last (we now use Visual FoxPro) with a database of 6 million records. I am sure we could save a report as a *.DBF file and drop straight into Excel. ........or is my memory fading, hmmm |
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Thanks Michel,
Yep, that explains it. It's amazing how important "ease-of -use" becomes. even with VFPro, and the millions of records, I still dump down to MSWorks to work in chunks of 30,000 records. MSWorks is like an old leather slipper, It's become so familiar, I dont even think about the commands anymore the fingers reach automatically. | Exporting as dbf is possible but i think that's only possible if you have | created a database-table with a dbf-format in Paradox and not the db-format. | In that case you loose a lot of interesting features. | Michel. |
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Yes indeed, I hate to teach myself over and over again the use of updated or
new programs. All the valuabel time it consumes. Before you know a program very good a new one is released and you can begin from scratch. And when a program meets your demands it's not neccessary to buy a costly new one. I rather put the time in the joy of cataloging the stamps. Michel. "Rodney" schreef in bericht ... Thanks Michel, Yep, that explains it. It's amazing how important "ease-of -use" becomes. even with VFPro, and the millions of records, I still dump down to MSWorks to work in chunks of 30,000 records. MSWorks is like an old leather slipper, It's become so familiar, I dont even think about the commands anymore the fingers reach automatically. | Exporting as dbf is possible but i think that's only possible if you have | created a database-table with a dbf-format in Paradox and not the db-format. | In that case you loose a lot of interesting features. | Michel. |
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