dBase to dB2k

DOS dBase to Windows dB2k Conversion

There remain a huge number of DOS dBase applications in use today. Many businesses have been built up around such applications or these applications may represent a specialist niche of expertise within a company. Technology has however moved on and today the all-prevailing "Windows" environment is the norm. The DOS based applications which have served us so well now looks dated, out of synch with our other office tools and perhaps most worrying of all becoming increasingly uncertain as to the availability of future platforms on which to run it.

There are many approaches one may take to this dilemma and no single solution will be applicable to all. We have helped many clients with such problems. The article available below discusses the approach we took with one such client. The article was written as one of several published on the UK dBase Users Group web site.

Topics discussed in the article include:

   Background and objectives
   Inherent Windows characteristics
   dB2k features used in the process
   The solution adopted
   Design details used
   Helpful tips
   Sample code