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Transferring data from Q&A to Alpha FOUR
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Exporting Q&A data to Alpha FOUR
If you have data in Q&A format you can export directly from
within Q&A to the dBASE III (.DBF) format that Alpha FOUR uses.
To transfer the data simply get into Q&A with the database loaded
and export the entire Q&A file into dBASE III format. Then simply
choose this newly created database as you would any other Alpha
FOUR created database.
If you want to add the records from your Q&A database into a pre-
existing Alpha FOUR database try the following. Perform an export
within Q&A to a .DBF format. At the "Merge Spec" option enter
numbers corresponding with the data fields in the order that they
appear in the Alpha FOUR database. If your LNAME field is # 5 in
the list of fields in Alpha FOUR then assign it #5 here. Once the
database has been created you can treat it just like any database
created in Alpha FOUR. To get the two databases into one you
should append the exported database into the existing Alpha FOUR
database using the Alpha FOUR append utility. Be careful about
field names in the Q&A database. If your field names contain
characters other than letters, numbers, or underscores, Alpha
FOUR will not accept it as a valid field name. A good suggestion
is to change the structure of the Q&A .DTF file prior to
exporting it so that all the field names are valid dBASE field
names.