Access 2013 - Dbase (.dbf) Table Import option

Anonymous
2013-02-03T16:16:55+00:00

I need to be able to import read/write Dbase dbf tables - yes they are still around so why has the standard option that was in Access 2010 gone?

I have seen mention of ISAM, which is gobbledegook to me. So please a simple answer - what do I need to install or change and how do I do it?

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2016-09-08T09:08:22+00:00

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-27T14:04:56+00:00

    MICROSOFT, ARE YOU KIDDING!  One of the best features of Access was universal connection to so many different databases.  Many, including myself, have built around this concept to create applications that integrate tables from different vendors and now we have to go find a new solution?  It doesn't make sense for an UPGRADE to to be USELESS!

     

    I'm unhappy with no support for DBF files as well.  I have also found this page that seems to suggest, they have no thoughts about adding it either!

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/discontinued-features-and-modified-functionality-in-access-2013-HA102749226.aspx

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-05-29T21:01:07+00:00

    MICROSOFT, ARE YOU KIDDING!  One of the best features of Access was universal connection to so many different databases.  Many, including myself, have built around this concept to create applications that integrate tables from different vendors and now we have to go find a new solution?  It doesn't make sense for an UPGRADE to to be USELESS!

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-05-11T16:30:57+00:00

    Thank You!  

    Yours was a/the very helpful response.

    I'm (trying to) switch from MS Access 2003 to 2013 and am *NOT* at all happy nor impressed .....

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-05-11T09:07:57+00:00

    Looks like the two simple options, not involving ODBC or other 3rd party solutions, for Access are :

    Stick with Access 2010 which still has the direct import dbf option

    Open the dbf files in Excel 2013 and save in Excel format which can be imported to Access 2013

    This is really stupid of Microsoft.  If you create the database using dbf tables in Access 2010 you can then run the database (with dbf tables) in Access 2013. So it is wrong to say that Access 2013 doesn't support the dbf format.

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