[OKGIS] FYI for DBF Users

[dustin.howard at ou.edu]

Yes.  I came across this.  Also ArcGIS 9.2 can use the old excel format (.xls) but not the new excel format (.xlsx)

Dustin

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Stokes <Robert.Stokes at Topographic.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 12:56 pm
Subject: [OKGIS] FYI for DBF Users
To: Oklahoma GIS Community <okgis at gis.gis.ou.edu>


> Anyone else come across this?
>  
>  If you are preparing to venture into the MS Office 2007 world anytime
>  soon, be wary if your business rules utilize DBF files...
>  At 2007, you will need MS Access to create DBF files, MS Excel no longer
>  writes them!
>  
>  Deprecated features for Excel 2007
>          	the following formats can't be opened or saved in Excel
>  2007... 
>          	WK1 (1-2-3) 
>          	WK4 (1-2-3) 
>          	WKS (1-2-3) 
>          	WK3,(1-2-3) 
>          	WK1,FMT(1-2-3) 
>          	DBF 2 (dBASE II) 
>          	WQ1 (Quattro Pro/DOS) 
>          	WK3,FM3(1-2-3) 
>          	Microsoft Excel Chart (.xlc) 
>          	WK1,ALL(1-2-3)
>  
>          	list of files that can be opened, but not saved: 
>          	Microsoft Excel 2.1 Worksheet 
>          	Microsoft Excel 2.1 Macro 
>          	Microsoft Excel 3.0 Worksheet 
>          	Microsoft Excel 3.0 Macro 
>          	Microsoft Excel 4.0 Worksheet 
>          	Microsoft Excel 4.0 Macro 
>          	Microsoft Excel 97- Excel 2003 & 5.0/95 Workbook 
>          	Microsoft Excel 4.0 Workbook 
>          	DBF 3 (dBASE III) 
>          	DBF 4 (dBASE IV)
>  
>          	
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