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Article #1163Re: SDF database format, ever heard of it?
From: Keith Petersen
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1991 03:45
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1991 03:45
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rich@aoa.UUCP (Rich Snow) writes: >I have been given a pile of disks with ASCII files in SDF format. >(That is they're .SDF files) >My eventual goal is to transport this data into a Mac spreadsheet. >I have no problem with the hardware end of this, but can anyone tell >me, what the "%$&^*&" is SDF format? Is there any translator to >another native PCish format? (Tab, DBF, Comma, etc) A Source Data File (SDF) is simply a text file with data beginning at fixed column positions. You can write a simple BASIC program to extract the fields and ignore the spaces between fields if you wish. Another option is to use Button Software's PC-File+ or PC-File-dB, available from SIMTEL20, to import the file in SDF format and then export it in whatever format you like. Button's PC-File+ database program is great. I use it to catalog the SIMTEL20 archives. Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DATABASE> Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== PCFPL3-1.ARC B 259047 890914 PC-File+ v3.0 Buttonware database pgm - 1of3 PCFPL3-2.ARC B 280411 890914 PC-File+ v3.0 Buttonware database pgm - 2of3 PCFPL3-3.ARC B 268631 890914 PC-File+ v3.0 Buttonware database pgm - 3of3 Directory PD1:<MSDOS.DBASE> Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== PCF501A.ZIP B 305766 910122 Buttonware's PC-File v5.01 database pgm, 1of3 PCF501B.ZIP B 293800 910122 Buttonware's PC-File v5.01 database pgm, 2of3 PCF501C.ZIP B 256071 910122 Buttonware's PC-File v5.01 database pgm, 3of3 These files are also available from Detroit Download Central. Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC & CP/M archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Co-SysOp, Detroit Download Central 313-885-3956 (212/V22bis/HST/V32/V42bis) Internet: w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu, w8sdz@eddie.mit.edu, w8sdz@brl.mil Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!m.cs.uiuc.edu!vela!rigel.acs.oakland.edu!w8sdz From: w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: SDF database format, ever heard of it? Keywords: HELP me translate SDF data Message-ID: <5844@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 13 Apr 91 03:45:49 GMT References: <1502@aoa.UUCP> Sender: news@vela.acs.oakland.edu Reply-To: w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil Distribution: usa Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, MI Lines: 41