connect Foxpro with openoffice calc

balwant · General User Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 5

hi,
i am running one old program which is on foxpro. as i switched to openoffice, i need to connect my foxpro with openoffice calc for the data.

kindly guide me how i can do it

thanks

Villeroy · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:53 am Post subject:

[Foxpro Data] <-> [Foxpro ODBC driver] <-> [ODBC data source in system panel] <->[Base] <-> [OOo Documents]
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balwant · General User Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 5

thanks for your reply.

may pls. explain to me is there default driver in the openoffice base to connect with foxpro or it has to be downloaded from some other source.
i am new in this field, request for detailed instructions.

thanks

with best wishes
balwant

Villeroy · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:39 am Post subject:

There is no Foxpro driver in Base because the developers of this application can not write a solution for every proprietary data dump of computing history.
ODBC (or JDBC) drivers are made by the database vendors (MS in this case) in order to grant access to other database tools (Access or Base for example).
Google for "Foxpro +ODBC".
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