Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ra!jgb1 From: jgb1@ra.MsState.Edu (John G. Burrell) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: WP Mail merge from dBase III+ ???? Message-ID: Date: 30 Jan 91 23:05:48 GMT References: <15600004@hpfcso.HP.COM> Distribution: usa Lines: 35 In <15600004@hpfcso.HP.COM> pgt@hpfcso.HP.COM (Paul G. Tobin) writes: > Does anyone know of a *reasonably* easy way to create WP5.1 >secondary merge files from dBase III+? I know of 1 very ugly path, >consisting of writing some spreadsheet format file from dBase, running >the "convert" program supplied with WP5.1, and editing out the first >seamless integration between the two applications. Does anyone know >if FoxBase can write WP merge files? Maybe I'll call Fox this week. > Any suggestions from you extremely experienced folks would be >appreciated. Thanks for your help. > Paul Tobin > pgt@hpfcla.fc.hp.com Well, I didn't like it either, so I wrote a Clipper program to convert a dBase III/+/IV database to a WordPerfect 5.1 merge file. It's been awhile since I've looked at it, but I believe it ports ALL fields and ALL records -- Should be pretty easy to select only what you really need from within dbase and write to some temporary database, then run this program to do the final conversion. I guess I'm offering this program y'all :-). If anyone is interested, E-MAIL me and I'll see about setting up an anonymous ftp for it. It will probably take a few days to verify the program still works, write a little documentation and get it out there for ftp. Jay jgb1@Ra.MsState.Edu -- Jay Burrell Computing Center Mississippi State University