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
    2017-07-14T21:24:55+00:00

    My government organization cannot use a cloud base office suite such as Office 365. We have many applications written in  versions of Access prior to Office 2010 that rely on dBase compatibility data sources that still run in dBase variants such as FoxPro.  Converting to Access 2010 is painful enough. Losing dBase is a show-stopper.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-07-14T21:59:01+00:00

    As the answer to this question says, support for dBASE has been restored to Access 2016...you do not have to have Office 365.

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