[RESOLVED] Open/read/add data from a DBF File

Hi Everyone,

I need to open a DBF file in vb, read the contents of a column (which is a name of a file), search for that file, and if the file exists or not, place either a yes or no in a new column stating if the file exists or not.

Any suggestions on where to start?

PS...I'm kind of a noob to vb...

I dont think that would be a problem if there is an OLEDB Provider for DBF files.
BTW .. what creates a DBF File???

Apparently Microsoft Jet Engine 4.0 handles DBF files.

The files hold the non-spatial information from a shapefile from ESRI.

Any suggestions?

If the Jet engine handles DBF files then your code could look something like this...

VB Code:

Dim myRecordSet As ADODB.Recordset  
Dim MySQL As String    
MySQL = "Select File_Column, YesNo_Column FROM yourTable"  
Set myRecordSet = New ADODB.Recordset  
myRecordSet.Open MySQL, yourConnectionString, ,AdlockOptimistic , adCmdUnknown    
 
While myRecordSet.EOF = False     
   If Your_Test_For_File_Function(myRecordSet("File_Column")) = True Then        
       myRecordSet("YesNo_Column") = "YES"     
   Else        
      myRecordSet("YesNo_Column") = "NO"     
   End if    
 
   myRecordSet.UpDate     
   myRecordSet.MoveNext  
Wend        
 
myRecordSet.Close

Works great, thanks a bunch!!