From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:00:46 -0400, Michael Israel    
   wrote:   
      
   >You will be able to accomplish your goals with the version you bought,   
   >but you have to learn Paradox, which is not hard if you have prior   
   >database experience.  If you want to invest your time doing that, great,   
   >you will have fun.  If your time is too valuable, then let a Paradox pro   
   >do it for you.   
   >The other option is to export the data to a program that you are   
   >familiar with, perhaps Access or Excel.   
   >>   
   >> I'm not sure I understood what you were trying to convey to me.  Are   
   >> you saying that I will not be able to accomplish my goals with the   
   >> version of Paradox I asked the school to purchase?   
      
      
   OK, now I got what Tony and Steven were saying: If I modify forms or   
   reports created with v8 using v11, I won't be able to open them any   
   more with v8.  Thanks for the warning.   
      
   Since there are over a dozen tables, I suspect it would not really be   
   practical to export them to Excel.  But I'm glad to know that can be   
   done if I install the drivers.   
      
   I used to be a power user of Paradox for DOS (and have developed a few   
   applications using Access).  If I just want to create a query to merge   
   three or four tables and a couple of reports, will I find the new   
   version very different from what I used to know?  Does Paradox still   
   rely heavily on the function keys?   
      
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