Editor's review
In case you need to convert database records in FoxPro to MySQL then giving a look to the remarkable DBConvert for FoxPro & MySQL 2.1.0 software might come handy. This tool can easily export data between the databases without losing any logical structures. The software incidentally also has a sleek user interface allows the tasks to be accomplished with effortless ease.
The program launches with opening screen that shows the options set on the left side of the screen and the related features are shown on the right. The ‘Welcome’ screen shows the in initial information about the program and its step by step process. On the next step you need to select the Source, here you have to select the Connection settings. Set the Hostname and with the Port option you can also enable to use SSH forwarding and set the configuration for it. You can set the desired Username and password and then select the ‘Connection Character Set’ from the drop down menu to be utf8, Latin1, 2,.., or armscii8. You can check the connection with the ‘Test Connection’ option so that you make the correction at the very step. Choose the source database file according to your requirements to be MS Visual FoxPro Database, MS Visual FoxPro tables or MySQL Database. Then you need to set the Destination for which you require to set the output file and also select the additional features. The Customization shows the various fields from which you can make the selection for the field items. You can remove the symbol with the Replace option and even set to overwrite the existing database. Make the required selection with the Data Conversion Scheduler. You can also change the skin and language of the program. You can also set the Work Folder and enable the ‘Confirm exit’ and ‘Autoload last session’. When you’re done with all the settings do the conversion and you’ll get the results mad with perfection.
The software receives a very good score of 4 rating points on account of its capacity to perform conversions in appreciably lesser time. It also gives a good account of itself in providing data manipulation options which also adds to its repute.
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