Error Message: 'Word Cannot Start the Converter DBASE.CNV'
  
PSS ID Number: Q101451
Article last modified on 11-01-1994
 
2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b,
   2.0c
 - Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0 and 3.1
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SYMPTOMS
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The following error message may occur when you open a dBase file in
Word for Windows if Q+E for Microsoft Excel is running and you opened
a dBase file before you started Word:
 
   Word cannot start the converter DBASE.CONV
 
This error message does not occur while Q+E is running if you did not
open a dBase file in Q+E prior to opening a dBase file in Word.
 
CAUSE
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We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
 
WORKAROUND
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Exit Q+E before you open a dBase file in Word.
 
MORE INFORMATION
================
 
If Q+E has already loaded its dBase converter, Word cannot load its
dBase converter (DBASE.CNV).
 
The dBase products included here are manufactured by Ashton-Tate,
vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or
otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.
 
KBCategory: kbinterop
KBSubCategory:
Additional reference words: 2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c textconv
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