>From past experience dbase files only have a maximum of 8  characters in the
name. the first must be an character. Your file name is too long. Have you
tried to export into the access database directly through obdc rather than
saving into dbf.

Brian Cooper
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From: Colonel Erick Posner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Tull, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 11:09 AM
Subject: Problem with Importing file from MI to Access


> We are having a problem.
>
> We exported the file from MI 5.0 to DBF format.  We then created a new
> Database file from MS Access 97.  When we tried to export the DBF into the
> MS Access 97, we keep getting the following error:
>
> The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object
> 'SpringStreetTestFile.DBF".  Make sure the object exists and that you
> spell its name and path correctly.
>
> Any solution?
>
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> other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the
> locks, they are always locking three."
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