DBF to Excel Exporting

Exporting DBF to Excel has a lot of potential uses. Creating Excel reports based on information stored in a database; converting older DBF files to the more easily readable XLSX format; migrating from legacy information systems based on DBF databases to other platforms; using Excel as an intermediate checkpoint to convert DBF to other database formats.

To export a DBF file to an Excel spreadsheet, follow these steps:

Step 1. Run DBF Viewer 2000 and open the DBF file you want to export to Excel.

Step 2. Select File | Save as/Export menu command

Step 3. Select file type: XLS or XLSX (Excel 2003-2025) and click "OK"

Step 4. "Export to Excel" dialog box opens.

Here, you can adjust the exporting parameters, namely:

Select what fields from the original DBF will be transferred to the output Excel document
Set filter to export only records that match specific criteria (like SALARY >= 5000 or FNAME contains "John")
Export records in the reverse order
Export a specified range of records
Skip deleted records
Generate a command line and save it as a .bat file or copy it to the clipboard.

When you are done, click the OK button to start exporting. DBF Viewer 2000 starts conversion and shortly you end up with your DBF file successfully converted to Excel. If you have selected the Open after export option, Microsoft Excel starts automatically when the conversion finishes, with the resulting XLSX file already opened.

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DBF to Excel Command Line

Examples:

Simple export to XLS format

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xls

Export to XLSX format

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:mytable.xlsx

Export with Columns Selection

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:mytable.xls /COLUMNS:ZIP,NAME

Export in Reverse Order

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xls /REVERSE

Export from record #1000

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xlsx /FROMRECORD:1000

Export from record #1 to record #1000

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xlsx /FROMRECORD:1 /LASTRECORD:1000

Export as XML based

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xls /XML

Export with sorting

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xls /SORTBY:DATE

Export with Filter command by Name

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:table.xls /FILTER2:Name:Jim

Export to Excel with Wide filter

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:table.xls /wfilter:Robin

Export without Header

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:table.xls /NOHDR

Set Sheet Name as File name

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:mytable.xlsx /sheetasfilename

Export with Log file generation

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:mytable.xlsx /LOG:d:\Logs\myexport.txt

Set Range for fields

"c:\Program Files (x86)\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:mytable.xlsx /STARTFLD:2 /ENDFLD:5

Do you need more options for Excel format ?

Please, contact us by E-mail: support@dbf2002.com or by On-line form.

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