Hello all,
I have a set of legacy applications that use dbaseIII+, containing
English, as well as data in ISCII format. These have to be transferred
to SQL Server. I am working on an XP with SQL Server 2000 installed.
In the DTS' Import/Export wizard, after the data source has been
selected as 'Dbase III', the file name containing the data, and user
name /password are asked. After giving the file name, if the user name
and password are not given, the following error message comes up -
"Invalid date setting in the Xbase key of the Windows Registry". If,
along with the filename, the user name / password combination is
entered (the one used at the time of logging in), then the following
error message is thrown - "Cannot start your application. The
workgroup information file is missing or opened exclusively by another
user."
RegEdit on the key -
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\jet\4.0\engi nes\Xbase - date
showed the data equal to 'MDY'. I changed this to 'MM/DD/YY'. Still no
dice.
This same error of "Invalid date setting ..." appears when i try to do
an import on the dbase file in Access 2003. Though, in the Access
2003/Import window, upon specifying the file type as 'dbaseIII', all
the files are listed properly, indicating that the files as such are
being recognized correctly by the system.
What could be the reason for this problem, and how does one correct
it. I appreciate any pointers that could help resolve this problem.
Regards,
Sanjay.
