Hi List

I have an old dos application running on magic 5.7 with btreave in
behind. Dont ask me specifics - that is all I know so far. I need to get
the data out of this btreve file to feed them into a new windows
application.
A CSV formated file would be best.
Dose anybody know a solutions to this problem?

thx for your help
mark

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Mark Wassermann mwassermann (AT) mw-net (DOT) com

In order to get your data out you will need the DDF files. These
include file.ddf, field.ddf and index.ddf. These files describe the
field layout for each file. If you need to create these you can take
a look at BtSearch at www.nssdd.com. It can help you analyze the
structure and build the files. Once you have these files it will also
export to dbase or ascii formats.
Gil

Mark Wassermann <mwassermann (AT) mw-net (DOT) com> wrote

Thx for your answer, i am curently evaluating the btsearch - so far I
only got the 16 bit version runing - the 32 bit version cannot find the dll.

Is there some documentation for the rebuilding of the ddf files?

thx
mark

Gil schrieb:
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Mark Wassermann mwassermann (AT) mw-net (DOT) com

Mark:

If you want to do it yourself, I'd recommend starting here:
www.goldstarsoftware.com/press.asp
Click on the link for ODBC access of Btrieve files for more info.

If you don't want to do it yourself, we can possibly help with the process of defining the DDF's. The cost
for doing this can vary wildly based on the number and complexity of the files, as well as the data types in
use and availability of data structure documentation. If you're interested, though, please let me know!
Goldstar Software Inc.
Building on Btrieve(R) for the Future(SM)
Bill Bach
BillBach (AT) goldstarsoftware (DOT) com
http://www.goldstarsoftware.com
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Mark Wassermann wrote:

Mark,
The 16-bit version will use the 5.x wbtrcall.dll file that you have.
This is a 16-bit windows driver and will not work with BtSearch32
which requires at least the 6.15 32-bit drivers or later. The
download contains a help file which will get you started on building
the DDF files. I would recomend getting the 32-bit Windows drivers so
you could use BtSearch32 as it has enhanced abilities and ease of use.
You can download the trial version of Pervasive Btrieve at
www.pervasive.com/downloads. This will allow you then to run
BtSearch32.
Thanks,
Gil

Mark Wassermann <mwassermann (AT) mw-net (DOT) com> wrote