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use .mdb file in linux

Asked by alsar

I'm having a .mdb file with details of inventory of items,price,its location in store,etc.Now I'm using a program in VB
to access the .mdb file .How can I use the same .mdb file in Ubuntu & how to write a program to access this database,just
like VB ?
Any help please..

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Best Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#1

You can install the mdbtools to achieve this

In a terminal window (Applications menu, Accessories) type

sudo apt-get install mdbtools mdbtools-dev mdbtools-gmdb

This will add an MDB viewer to your Applications menu, Office

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alsar (seelectronics) said : 		#2

Thanks Tony Mugan, that solved my question.