XLS (Excel) to DBF Converter 1.01 (Shareware)

XLS (Excel) to DBF will allow you to convert your XLS files to DBF format. It is very simple to use.

You can select tables for export and set necessary options. The program supports dBase III, dBase IV, FoxPro, VFP and dBase Level 7 formats.

Common parameters

/OVERWRITE=1 Overwrite existing file.
/OVERWRITE=0 Do not overwrite existing file. (Append to existing file).
/ASIS Codepage as is.
/ANSI Convert to ANSI codepage.
/OEM Convert to OEM codepage.
/OPEN=1 Open the output file after conversion.
/OPEN=0 Do not open the output file after conversion.
/BATCH Batch mode. The program does not ask any questions (if possible).
/SILENT Batch mode. The program does not display any windows.
/WAIT Do not close the program at the end. (Wait on the finish page).
/LOG Create a log file in a common repository for application-specific data.
A typical path is C:Documents and SettingsusernameApplication Data.
/STATUS
/STATUS=filename.ext Create a text file with a current status (Conversion In Progress, Successful, Failed, Cancelled etc).
By default: %Program dir%status.log

MDB specific parameters:

Drive:PathFileName.mdb Source MDB file
Drive:Path Output directory
/DBASE3 Convert to dBase III format.
/DBASE4 Convert to dBase IV format.
/FOXPRO Convert to FoxPro format.
/VFP Convert to Visual FoxPro format.
/LEVEL7 Convert to dBase Level 7 format.
/BLOCKSIZE=????? Set blocksize for memo fields.
Example:
/BLOCKSIZE=128
/REMCRLF=1 Remove CR+LF in Memo fields.
/REMCRLF=0 Do not remove CR+LF in Memo fields.
/HEADER=1 Indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data.
/HEADER=0 Indicates that the first row contains data.
/ALLCHAR=1 Tells the program to always read "intermixed" data columns as text.
/ALLCHAR=0 Tries to detect fields types.

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