Re: MS JET DATABASE ERROR

From: StCyrM (stcyrm_at_aol.com)
Date: 02/23/04


Date: 23 Feb 2004 19:15:19 GMT

Hi Mike

The solution offered by Mr. Steele is absolutely correct. Try renaming your
database to the 8.3 format ( 8 letters/numbers for the file name ) and if there
is an associated Memo file ( . DBT ext) don't forget to rename it also.

Maurice St-Cyr

Micro Systems Consultants, Inc.

>Anytime I try to LINK or IMPORT a DBASE IV database exported from Visual
>Foxpro (exported as dbaseIV) I get this error
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>"The Microsoft jet database engine could not find the object
>'export-tbs.dbf'. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name
>and path name correctly".
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>This database file name and path are correct but it will not do it.
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>ANY IDEAS?
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>Mike
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