On Feb 26, 9:58 am, "napo" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi all!
> I have to convert some .dat file into some usable format, like CSV, TXT,
...
> I've never usedBtrievein my life but my customer gave to me his old
> database, and it seems to be inbtrieveformat 'cause there's abtrieve.exe
> file; there is no .ddf file.
> With "old database" i mean really old, maybe 15 years ago.
>
> I'm under Windows XP and thebtrieve.exe command doesn't work.
> I tried also with an MS-DOS6 system but it (btrieve.exe) tells "dos
version
> incorrect".
>
> How can I extract all the datas?
>
> Bye
> Marco
Marco,
You will first need to create the DDF files. You can do this with
BtSearch at www.nssdd.com. It will help you analyze the data and
create the DDF files. Then it will ex****t to dbase or ASCII formats.
Gil


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