Installing dBASE 5.7

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The conversion process requires you to have Visual dBASE 5.7 installed.

If you do not have Visual dBASE 5.7 installed:

1. Insert the dBASE Plus CD.

• If a menu displays on your screen, click the "Exit" button.

• Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the CD drive and double-click on the folder named:

  <cd drive>:\vdb_57\<language choice>\vdb\Disk1

• Choose an install language from among the five listed in the The "Visual dBASE 5.7" folder:

DE = German

EN = English

ES = Spanish

FR = French

IT = Italian

• Double click the desired language folder.

• Double click the "vdb" folder.

• Open the "Disk 1" folder and double click the “Setup.exe” file to begin the installation process.

If you are unfamiliar with Visual dBASE 5.7, use the "default" install, which installs the program according to a set of pre-determined defaults.