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Date Not Converting Properly From dBASE III+ |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: The Date field in a dBASE III+ file does not convert properly to WordPerfect 5.1 in a merge file. Solutions: The customer had specified the field in dBASE as a Date field which caused dBASE to insert the date automatically. A date that appears in dBASE as mm/dd/yy will appear in WP as 19yymmdd. If the date was typed in as text in dBASE, it converted fine. When the file is saved as ASCII delimited in dBASE, the date changes to the 19yymmdd format at DOS before WP even sees the file. When WP does an ASCII merge the text that is between the delimiters is inserted into the finished document. WP does not look for any formatting codes, Date codes, or any other codes. In fact, there should not be any codes in an ASCII text file, only text. Since dBASE exports the Date code as 19yymmdd, WP will insert this text into the finished document. |
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