<p dir="ltr">I'm sure there are other dbf editors out there outside of excel. I don't think it will have any impact on the GIS world really </p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 9:37 pm Pieter du Plooy <<a href="mailto:pjduplooy@zpanelcp.com">pjduplooy@zpanelcp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi guys, I do not know to what degree this will affect anyone, but came across this snippet:<br><br>"Fellow GIS-ers,
<p> </p>
<p>As you may be aware, Microsoft dropped dbf support from the newest
versions of Access (2013 & 2016). Their reasoning?...dbf is an
antiquated and/or dead file format. They either did not realize or
ignored that dbf is the tabular format behind all shapefiles and very
much still in use throughout the entire GIS industry. It is the
universal format for, at the very least, GIS data exchange.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Unfortunately, this means one can no longer link to a shapefile dbf
table from within an Access database to work directly with the data
(neither manually nor through VBA). I’ve been on the phone and
exchanged numerous emails with Microsoft’s support personnel over the
past couple of weeks, building a case for bringing back dbf support. The
best I can get (without a “Premier” support ticket) is the suggestion
to continue using Access 2010, or some other registry hack-type
workarounds…all of which are unviable in the long-term.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>So, I’m pushing for a “grass-roots” campaign, i<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">f
this problem directly affects you…please consider voting for the
current “bring back dbf” suggestion in the online Access suggestion box:"</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://access.uservoice.com/forums/319956-access-desktop/suggestions/11075742-bring-back-the-support-for-connecting-to-dbase" target="_blank">https://access.uservoice.com/forums/319956-access-desktop/suggestions/11075742-bring-back-the-support-for-connecting-to-dbase</a><br></span></p><p><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><br></p></div>
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