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Hi Corey- I have added thousands of records since I quit using DBASE. It's a little too late to change now.-But thanks for the suggestion-Mickey -----Original Message----- From: Corey Bailey Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 12:17 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DBASE VS OpenOffice and Libre Office Hi Mickey, You might want to try Filemaker Pro: https://www.claris.com/filemaker/ It ain't free (or cheap) but it will do the job & may import your DBASE files. Happy 2021, CB Corey Bailey Audio Engineering www.baileyzone.net On 12/29/2020 10:20 AM, Mickey Clark wrote: > Hello-I used to use DBASE to catalog my collection. When I moved away from > Windows XP, the DBASE program would no longer work and I started using > LibreOffice . The drawback of these newer programs is that they do not > maintain the native order of the file with separate index files, rather > every field sorted becomes the order of the file. > > I had a fire at my shop in which about 2/3 of my collection was lost. As I > replace copies of the records that were lost, I add "NC" which is > shorthand for new copy so that I am aware of the updated record. > > I still refer to my original DBASE file to see if I had a particular > record before the fire. These newer programs discard this valuable > information which has a negative effect on the catalog-Mickey Clark > > Mickey Clark > 710 Westminster Avenue West > Penticton BC > Canada > 250-462-7881 > V2A 1K8 > http://mcproductions.ca > 1-250-462-7881