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                 ISAM available in Professional Edition only
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 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
 
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