Access 2013 - Dbase (.dbf) Table Import option

I am 100% in agreement with you.. after Microsoft monopolized the industry of dbase, they are try to forces us to pay for the expensive useless service

If a service is truly "useless" why would anyone actual pay for it?

Or, if it is NOT truly "useless", then how much would anyone actually be willing to pay?

Moreover, it is my understanding that the dBase products are NOT available from Microsoft, but rather from companies like this one. 

Of course, if we are talking about the ability to connect from Access 2013 to .dbf files, then, yes, Microsoft pulled back from that support. However, to my way of thinking, that's quite a different proposition.

Look, there are at least three ways to deal with this problem, and probably more.

One is to continue to use the 2010 version of Access. It works as it always has.

Another is to use the alternative method of importing the data into Excel first. That also continues to work.

And still another is to do something like Broggy69 did and create your own solution.

It's a PITA, but it's not the end of the world.

I am 100% in agreement with you.. after Microsoft monopolized the industry of dbase, they are try to forces us to pay for the expensive useless service

I would suggest you remove the dll from your OneDrive account.  It is illegal to distribute the file. 

As has been noted earlier, if a user does not have it it can be obtained via the installation of the Access 2010 runtime.

Here is a program I created that can import multiple DBF files in a folder. It can also export your Access tables. Note you will need the registry files I added that link as will. You may have to change the connection strings for your version of access.

VB Code

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=81C066941585FBAB!101960&authkey=!AHOT5thRrRUJyD4&ithint=file%2czip

Registry and DLL file. / Will need admin rights to install registry files. This only adds DBF support

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=81c066941585fbab!575&authkey=!AKrTOswdJp_HLhA&ithint=folder%2creg

Link to the various connection string if you need to change them

http://www.connectionstrings.com/access/

Hopefully this helps you.

One final note the .dll file needs to be wherever the registry is pointing to. You can edit the registry files with a text editor, before installing them.