On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:41 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account

<mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:

> On Tue, April 14, 2009 2:36 pm, Stephen Russell wrote:

>> So you are upset that as a computer professional you were caught off

>> guard that a major application used worldwide changed 2 years ago in

>> particular working with your bread and butter and you just found out?

>>

>> Sorry to hear about that. =A0I thought that was why we got MSDN

>> subscriptions, to keep aware of what was happening.

>>

>> how big are the XML files anyway? =A0in kb or megs I am asking.

>>

>> Is there a change in layout from last years files to todays?

>

>

> No, I think he's justifiably upset because there was no need to take the

> DBF export option out of Excel. =A0I can see no benefit to MS to do such =

a

> feature drop. =A0(...resisting conspiracy theories!!! =A0haha)

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Wasn't it always listed as dBase3 or dBase4 file type? They never

even took possession of their own name.

I wonder if you could take it back to Access instead of dbf?

--=20

Stephen Russell

Sr. Production Systems Programmer

Web and Windows Development

Independent Contractor

Memphis TN

901.246-0159