Re: Importing/Linking dbf file - External table is not in the expected format

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Ken Snell

Perhaps these Knowledge Base aritcles will provide a starting point....

286224 ACC2002: No Option to Import, Link, or Export to the FoxPro File Type
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=286224

Q197893 ACC2000: How to Use Visual FoxPro DBC Files in Microsoft Access
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q197/8/93.asp



Also here is are *very long* URLs (you'll probably need to copy and paste in
sections to your browser) to earlier threads in this newsgroup from back in
November and December 2003 where Cindy Winegarden, Microsoft Visual FoxPro
MVP provided some suggestions:


http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...ble+is+not+in+the+expected+format&btnG=Search


http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...ected+format&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N


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Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>


Matt said:
Hi

I'm trying to import or link a .dbf file to Access 2000 but keep getting
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the error "External table is not in the expected format"
 
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