topic Can we work on Foxpro database in ArcGIS for desktop software? in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57130#M3291 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can we work on Foxpro database in ArcGIS for desktop software directly?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:38:01 GMT RuwaidahSubhi 2016-03-12T08:38:01Z Can we work on Foxpro database in ArcGIS for desktop software? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57130#M3291 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can we work on Foxpro database in ArcGIS for desktop software directly?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:38:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57130#M3291 RuwaidahSubhi 2016-03-12T08:38:01Z Re: Can we work on Foxpro database in ArcGIS for desktop software? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57131#M3292 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There doesn't seem to be a lot of support for Foxpro with ArcGIS. From looking through past forums, some questions were never answered and others had solutions that didn't work out:</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/5334">How to join a external&amp;amp;nbsp; database table for a feature class by a common key field</A></P><P>(there are links to arcscripts that appear to not really work?) </P><P></P><P>Maybe take a look at this article from Esri. It's for a much older version of ArcGIS but it may be helpful:</P><P><A href="http://support.esri.com/em/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/17152" title="http://support.esri.com/em/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/17152">17152 - Unable to preview certain FoxPro tables in ArcCatalog using an OLE DB connection</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:00:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57131#M3292 AdrianWelsh 2016-03-12T15:00:11Z Re: Can we work on Foxpro database in ArcGIS for desktop software? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57132#M3293 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks I will check it.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 07:09:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57132#M3293 RuwaidahSubhi 2016-03-13T07:09:25Z Re: Can we work on Foxpro database in ArcGIS for desktop software? https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57133#M3294 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I only had access to Pro yesterday, but was able to view and access a .dbf file directly (without any OLE DB connection file).&nbsp; For testing purposes, I copied and renames a .dbf from a shape file, so it was a pretty clean file to begin with.&nbsp; Just an fyi, for anyone wondering.&nbsp; I did not check to see if editing was available.</P><P></P><P>The other option for .dbf files is to read them into Excel and would with them in that format.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:14:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/can-we-work-on-foxpro-database-in-arcgis-for/m-p/57133#M3294 RebeccaStrauch__GISP 2016-03-14T17:14:07Z