Re: Dbf ado.net provider for .Net ?

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From: Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\) [MVP] (NoSpamMgbworld_at_comcast.netNoSpamM)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:00:48 -0500

Clipper is DBase, if I remember correctly. If so, yes, there is an OLEDB
provider for DBase that you can use with .NET. 

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Gregory A. Beamer
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"Craig Kenisston" <craigkenisston@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Ov%2325aXWEHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an old system written in Clipper that I was required to move to
.Net
> platform. I will use C#.
> I would like to make this move in two steps, moving first all graphic
> interfase but keep using same database as backend and lately move all the
> tables to a more modern RDBMS like MSDE.
>
> So, I'm looking for advise on 3rd party engines that allows me to
read/write
> to clipper DBF files, since I don't find a suitable OLEDB provider from
> among those shipped in Windows.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>

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