ISAMCVT Command-Line Options
◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back►
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ISAM available in Professional Edition only
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ISAMCVT.EXE converts files created with other database-management systems
to the ISAM format.
ISAMCVT {/B | /D | /M} filename tablename databasename specfile
■ /B Specifies Btrieve database to convert
■ /D Specifies db/LIB file to convert
■ /M Specifies MS ISAM file to convert
■ filename Name of data file to convert
■ tablename Name of ISAM table into which converted records will
be organized; must follow ISAM naming conventions
■ databasename Name of ISAM database file into which the table will
be placed
■ specfile Required only when converting Btrieve and MS ISAM files:
basictype, size, columnname
• basictype Term used by Btrieve to identify data type
• size Length of field in the Btrieve format;
size is ignored for all types except
STRING
• columnname Any valid ISAM column name
See Also
◄Command-Line Options►