I have an .enc file sent to me via email and cannot open it. It is from an
educational database. Is there a way I can convert it or import it, so that i
can use the information.

WenM wrote:
> I have an .enc file sent to me via email and cannot open it. It is from an
> educational database. Is there a way I can convert it or import it, so that i
> can use the information.

It *may* be a UUencoded file, but ENC could also be other things:
http://filext.com/file-extension/enc

Best to ask the sender what it is.

There are a lot of free UUdecoders for Windows available, if that's what
it is:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=


--
Lem -- MS-MVP

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html

I know its a database that schools use but I cant get that program. I was
hoping to be able to convert it or something??

"Lem" wrote:

> WenM wrote:
> > I have an .enc file sent to me via email and cannot open it. It is from an
> > educational database. Is there a way I can convert it or import it, so that i
> > can use the information.
>
> It *may* be a UUencoded file, but ENC could also be other things:
> http://filext.com/file-extension/enc
>
> Best to ask the sender what it is.
>
> There are a lot of free UUdecoders for Windows available, if that's what
> it is:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
>
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html
>

On 19 Aug 2009, =?Utf-8?B?V2VuTQ==?=
<WenM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> I know its a database that schools use but I cant get that
> program. I was hoping to be able to convert it or something??

You should ask them what format the file is in. Guessing is tedious and
prone to error.

If it's not too large, try looking at it with a text viewer or editor
(but be careful to not make any changes or to save the file after
viewing.) It may be delimited text data file, which can be imported
into virtually any database program.

WenM wrote:

> I know its a database that schools use but I cant get that program. I was
> hoping to be able to convert it or something??

So ask the sender to send you something that you can use. If the .enc
file requires a program that you cannot [afford to] get then what was
the point of the sender giving you a file that you cannot use? Or is
there some surreptitious reason you "acquired" the file but now you're
stuck without the program that make use of it?

the sender and I are both trying to work out how to convert or save it so
others can open the file. It comes from a very large database that only
public schools have access too, not surreptitious at all!
will try a text viewer. have tried importing into access with no success
Thanks for all your ideas will keep trying!


"Nil" wrote:

> On 19 Aug 2009, =?Utf-8?B?V2VuTQ==?=
> <WenM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
> > I know its a database that schools use but I cant get that
> > program. I was hoping to be able to convert it or something??
>
> You should ask them what format the file is in. Guessing is tedious and
> prone to error.
>
> If it's not too large, try looking at it with a text viewer or editor
> (but be careful to not make any changes or to save the file after
> viewing.) It may be delimited text data file, which can be imported
> into virtually any database program.
>

A google search for the three words: enc database file
returned this and a bunch of other links:
http://filext.com/file-extension/ENC

-Paul Randall

"WenM" <WenM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3FDBBB0A-A6C3-40AE-B370-3E22F16E1A68@microsoft.com...
> the sender and I are both trying to work out how to convert or save it so
> others can open the file. It comes from a very large database that only
> public schools have access too, not surreptitious at all!
> will try a text viewer. have tried importing into access with no success
> Thanks for all your ideas will keep trying!
>
>
> "Nil" wrote:
>
>> On 19 Aug 2009, =?Utf-8?B?V2VuTQ==?=
>> <WenM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>>
>> > I know its a database that schools use but I cant get that
>> > program. I was hoping to be able to convert it or something??
>>
>> You should ask them what format the file is in. Guessing is tedious and
>> prone to error.
>>
>> If it's not too large, try looking at it with a text viewer or editor
>> (but be careful to not make any changes or to save the file after
>> viewing.) It may be delimited text data file, which can be imported
>> into virtually any database program.
>>

WenM wrote:
> the sender and I are both trying to work out how to convert or save it so
> others can open the file. It comes from a very large database that only
> public schools have access too, not surreptitious at all!
> will try a text viewer. have tried importing into access with no success
> Thanks for all your ideas will keep trying!
>
>
> "Nil" wrote:
>
>> On 19 Aug 2009, =?Utf-8?B?V2VuTQ==?=
>> <WenM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>>
>>> I know its a database that schools use but I cant get that
>>> program. I was hoping to be able to convert it or something??
>> You should ask them what format the file is in. Guessing is tedious and
>> prone to error.
>>
>> If it's not too large, try looking at it with a text viewer or editor
>> (but be careful to not make any changes or to save the file after
>> viewing.) It may be delimited text data file, which can be imported
>> into virtually any database program.
>>

If the sender has access to the database program, perhaps he or she can
save or export the extract in a more commonly-available format.

Or, if you care to reveal the name of this mysterious database
application, someone can probably give you a hint or two.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html