by =?Utf-8?B?QnJpYW4=?= <Brian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Nov 20, 2008 at 06:45 AM
I'm not familiar with the intricacies of different Paradox versions, but
you
may be able to create an ODBC DSN (Administrative Tools -> Data Sources)
to
the Paradox file, then creating the link in Access as an ODBC link.
"Jayen" wrote:
> help please
> We have security software that outputs paradox format files. I want to
> create a linked table to one of these files from Access but I keep
getting
> the 'External data not in expected format' error. since the paradox
file is
> output by software other than paradox itself, I do not what version of
> paradox it corresponds to. I am using Access 2007 on Vista business
Edition.
> any suggestions? any code to forcebly make the link. I thought I
might be
> missing a dll but in External data I have paradox as an option so that
cannot
> be it. Thanks for any help
>
> --
> Jayen
