dBase II & III to CSV v1.0.3
Apple File Exchange Translator
ShareWare $10.00
Copyright © 1990-1992, MarketSoft Canada
By R. Mark Fleming
521 Albert Street
Kingston, Ont.
Canada, K7K 4M5
<flemingm@qucdn.QueensU.CA>
Place the  “dBase II & III to CSV” file into the same file as Apple File Exchange, the next time use start Apple File Exchange this translator will be available in the “Mac to Mac” menu or the MS-Dos to Mac” menu.
dBase II and dBase III database file can be converted into Comma Separated Values (CSV).  This  format is useful for importing into MS Word Mail merge, FileMaker, Excel, and other spread sheet packages.
The following dialog window is display, for each selected dBase file.  It is used to select the dBase field that you wish to translate.  Use shift-click  to select range of fields, command-click  to select additional fields and click and drag  to select a group of fields.

The above dialog window also lets you select the file creator type, this allow you to double click   document that you translated to lunch that application.
The three check boxes allow the user to change the format of the output file.  When “Quote Character Fields” is check, any dBase field of type ‘C’ will have Quote (‘"’) around the field’s content.  When “Tab Separator” is check, a Tab character (ASCII 9) will be used to separate field instead of a comma (‘,’).  When “Strip Spaces” is check, any spaces before a number field, and any trailing space of a character field will be removed.
dBase Field Types:
C	Character (Text field)
N	Numeric (decimals & integers)
D	Date (output as: YYYY/MM/DD)
L	Logic (? = undefined, Y/N, T/F )
M	Memo (they are not converted).
Sample Log message:
 PROGRAMS.DBF --> PROGRAMS.DBF  {DBASE II & III to CSV}
dBase III file.
Number of records:264
dBase record size (in bytes):109

Record formats:
Character field:
 C,4,PROG
Character field:
 C,7,PATTERN
Character field:
 C,15,DRAWING
Character field:
 C,20,DESCRIP
Date field:
 D,8,MODIFIED
Numeric field:
 N,3,PINS
Logic field:
 L,1,PARTS
 
 Selected fields translated:
 C,4,PROG
 C,15,DRAWING
 D,8,MODIFIED
 N,3,PINS
 L,1,PARTS

Selected translation parameters:
Strip spaces: Yes
Quotes around strings:Yes
Separator Character: Comma
Record #65 Deleted.
Records converted: 264

Translation finished, 7/17/91, 8:30:51 PM
This is a ShareWare program, if you copy and use this translator please send a cheque for $10.00 (make cheques payable to: R. Mark Fleming) to:
By R. Mark Fleming
MarketSoft Canada
521 Albert Street
Kingston, Ont.
Canada, K7K 4M5
(613) 545-2039 (work)

Send bug reports and suggestions to:	Flemingm@QUCDN.QueensU.Ca
V1.0.1	Released to public
V1.0.2	Add list of selected field converted to user log & placed correct message in AFE dialog box (only happened if other AFE translators were open).
V1.0.3	Fix field allignment problem, and bug which could case a bus error sometimes.  Add more information to the log file (deleted records, options used in translation).
Other translators that I have written (as of Jan. 7th, 1992):
	WordStar to RTF v1.01
	EPS (IBMpc to Mac) v1.0.1