exporting AppleWorks database to PC

I am a membership secretary for a community org, and have worked hard to create a useful member database on AppleWorks 6. Now I need to resign. When a successor volunteers he/she will probably have a PC, not an Apple. (sad face)

What software do they need to allow me simply to transfer the database to their computer?

MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7) AppleWorks 6

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.7), AppleWorks 6

Posted on Sep 21, 2006 4:27 AM

6 replies

Mar 22, 2015 11:11 AM in response to Brie Fly

That's very helpful, but it seems to be an answer to "how do I export the data in the database", but not to "how do I export the database, structure and all"?

wee dovit

Sep 21, 2006 11:24 AM in response to Community User

It is highly unlikely that a PC user will be using a database. Almost every PC user uses Excel as a database as well as a spreadsheet. There really isn't any "structure & all" to it. ASCII text will separate each field in the database by tabs & each record by a return. It will not retain any field labels. This can be opened or imported by any spreadsheet or database. You can test this for yourself by opening the saved ASCII text file as a spreadsheet in AppleWorks.

Some PC users will use Microsoft Works which does have a database. MSWorks can also open or import your ASCII text file in its database or spreadsheet modules. The only way to retain field labels in transfering a database to another program would be to save the database as a DBF. AppleWorks 6 can't save as DBF. If you have a Mac that can use Classic and you have AppleWorks 5 you can save the AppleWorks 6 database as AppleWorks 5, open it in AppleWorks 5 & then Save As… DBF in AppleWorks 5.

When saving any "foreign" file format from AppleWorks, either 5 or 6, you will have to add the appropriate 3-letter file extension to the file name. AppleWorks won't do it for you. Use .txt for ASCII or plain text or .dbf for the DBF files.

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