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I'm trying to import a QPro 5.0 spreadsheet into Paradox 4.5 (both are DOS
versions).  Paradox tells me the filename must be *.WQ1, but renaming the
file then causes Paradox to say the file is the wrong format.  I looked at
the Borland BBS, but there appears to be no way to ask them a question.  It
seems silly that the most recent version of Paradox can't read the most
recent version of QPro, but I don't see anything I'm doing wrong.  Any
suggestions?
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David E. Bostwick
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332

Quote:>I'm trying to import a QPro 5.0 spreadsheet into
>Paradox 4.5 (both are DOS  versions).  Paradox tells me
>the filename must be *.WQ1, but renaming the  file then
>causes Paradox to say the file is the wrong format.

Try saving the Quattro file *AS* a .DB file, rather than doing
an import.

Thanks.  Naming it .DB brought up some other options related to Paradox,
and QPro appears to have saved it as a Paradox file (I copied rather than
imported, and it read fine).  James Henson suggested that I name the file
.WQ1.  The file was saved as a QPro file, but could then be imported into
Paradox.  There are some minor format differences, but the files look
identical.  Thanks again for the suggestions.
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David E. Bostwick
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332

In QPro you can't just rename the file, you must save it using the .wk1 exten-
sion.  QPro will then detect that the file should be saved in the format that
is represented by the extension and properly create the file.

Oops... in line 1 I said .wk1 (which is a lotus file) and I think your original
message said you need .wq1 ... the same principle applies.
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: I'm trying to import a QPro 5.0 spreadsheet into Paradox 4.5 (both are DOS
: versions).  Paradox tells me the filename must be *.WQ1, but renaming the
: file then causes Paradox to say the file is the wrong format.  I looked at
: the Borland BBS, but there appears to be no way to ask them a question.  It
: seems silly that the most recent version of Paradox can't read the most
: recent version of QPro, but I don't see anything I'm doing wrong.  Any
: suggestions?

Quattro Pro came out AFTER PDOXDOS 4.5.  I would recommend you save the
Quattro Pro spreadsheet in an EARLIER version file format (Save As...
should give you a few options), such as earlier QP version, even Lotus
file formats and so on.

You may also be interested to know that QPWin5 can access a Paradox table
directly by opening it up as a page in the notebook, and changing it,
through the common ODAPI interface.

--Kasey Chang