PIEBALDconsult wrote:

Edit: Maybe I shouldn't have selected that option. Or maybe it just won't work on XP. I built the ISAMDEMO app, but it keeps reporting not enough ISAM buffers. I tried linking in the ISAM routines (see here[^]), but to no avail.

IIRC, there may be an environment variable that needs to be set.

Maybe try:http://www.easysoft.com/products/data\_access/odbc\_isam\_driver Is this free?

Sorry for the late reply, I've been on vacation. That was the same site I had tried and got an error, so I went back and tried again, clicked the button, and nothing happened, but no error. I am at work, so it's possible it's a firewall issue. Yes, the ISAM library links in to your source when you make the executable. I never tried the TSR. I'm not exactly sure how to convert the lib to a .net dll, but that might work for me. I'm sure I can get it working by somehow getting the pds and developing software to read it, but that doesn't really solve my problem with porting it to Access. I would have to run the program each time I needed to grab some data and then import it. Many Thanks

Thanks for the replies It will probably be an ongoing thing until I can convert the program that creates it to a more modern language. I thought about doing that, too, and tried to download it yesterday, but I got an error!! What site did you find it on?

I haven't been able to find any documentation of the file structure, and I'd rather not go that route if possible. An ODBC driver is exactly what I'm looking for. I have had no luck reading them with any of the Jet drivers. I have searched online, and information on this seems to be fairly rare. There has to be a simple solution, I'm just not seeing it!

Hi all, I have a legacy database system which was developed with the old MS Basic PDS ISAM. Does anyone know of a way to import the data into Access? Thanks