Export DataPerfect
From reBiND Documentation
This article describes how to export data from a DataPerfect database, based on the Rohwer data set.
Data Perfect is a DOS based database system. It's latest release is 2.6Y from June 2008. It can be downloaded via http://dataperfect.nl/ .
1. Install and run DOSBox
- To run DataPerfect a DOS emulator is needed. The free emulator DOSBox works quite well. Go to http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1 or http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/, download the latest release and install it. For this articles DOSBox 0.74 will be used and installed under windows.
2. Download DataPerfect
- Go to http://dataperfect.nl/ and download the DataPerfect. Unzip the files into a specific folder. The folder used for this article is C:/DOS/DP26Y.
3. Copy your data files in the DataPerfect Folder
- You can either copy them directly in the folder or create a subfolder for your data files and copy them in there. The data files for this article are located in the directory DIAS/ within the DataPerfect folder.
4. Start DOSBox
- When starting DOSBox a second console window is opened. When running several instances of DOSBox these additional windows can bloat the window bar quite a bit. To avoid this just start the version DOXBox-0.74/Extras/DOSBox 0.74 (noconsole) from the Program Menu.
5. Mount the DataPerfect Folder.
- After starting DOSBox the directory of the DataPerfect files needs to be mounted as a virtual drive. Type mount c C:\DOS\DP27Y to mount the folder and C: to change to the drive.
5. Start DataPerfect
- Start DataPerfect by typing DP26YU.
6. Change to the folder of your data files
- If the data files are not in the directory of DataPerfect you need to change the directory. Press 2 to change the directory and type in the path to the directory of your data.
7. Open the data files
- If you are in the correct directory you see the DataPerfect datasets within the folder. Use the cursor keys to select the correct data set and press enter.
8. Select the table to export.
9. (Navigate the Table)
10. Select Report
11. Set Export Properties
12. Run Export
