Hey wait a sec. Go to your Control Panel ODBC32 applet. I just went to mine and saw a Paradox driver listed under File DSNs and I know that I didn't put that there so maybe it comes with Windows or the MDAC2.x update?
>You can *try* APPEND FROM "filename" TYPE PDOX, but the docs say that this is designed for Paradox 3.5 and 4.0 so it's a crapshoot.
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>>>You can open it as a remote view via ODBC, if you have an ODBC driver. Which I would imagine you would have, if PDOX is installed on the same machine.
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>>>>I need to open a Paradox file version 5. Can VFP open this file if so how can I do this. If not how can I open this format.
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>>>>Thanks Randy
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>>I don't have PDOX install on my machine. How can open it with out having PDOX.
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