Methods for importing data between database management programs

A computer readable media having program instructions stored therein, said instructions being configured for use in a computer for importing data from an import database to a target database, said target database being configured for use in a target database management program and having a plurality of target records each including a plurality of target data fields corresponding to a plurality of target headers, said import database having a plurality of import records each including a plurality of import data fields corresponding to a plurality of import headers, said computer readable media comprising:

• program instructions for displaying a plurality of import items associated with one of said plurality of import records in an import window of a display screen of said computer, said plurality of import items representing at least one of said plurality of import data fields and said plurality of import headers associated with said one of said plurality of import records;
• program instructions for displaying a target window on said display screen, thereby causing said target window to appear simultaneously with said import window on said display screen, said target window including a plurality of target data fields corresponding to a plurality of target headers and substantially resembles one of a window employed for manual data entry of records and a window employed for data display for said target database management program;
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• program instructions for moving, responsive to command by a user of said computer, an import item of said plurality of import items displayed in said import window to a position in said target window, said position corresponds to a target item of a target record of said target database, said target item representing a target data field if said item represents one of said plurality of import data fields, said target item representing a target header if said item represents one of said plurality of import headers.

In a computer, a computer-implemented method for importing data from an import database to a target database, said target database being configured for use in a target database management program and having a plurality of target records each including a plurality of target data fields corresponding to a plurality of target headers, said import database having a plurality of import records each including a plurality of import data fields corresponding to a plurality of import headers, comprising:

• displaying a plurality of import items associated with one of said plurality of import records in an import window of a display screen of said computer, said plurality of import items representing at least one of said plurality of import data fields and said plurality of import headers associated with said one of said plurality of import records;
• displaying a target window on said display screen, thereby causing said target window to appear simultaneously with said import window on said display screen, said target window including a plurality of target data fields corresponding to a plurality of target headers;
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• moving, responsive to command by a user of said computer, an import item of said plurality of import items displayed in said import window to a position in said target window, said position corresponds to a target item of a target record of said target database, said target item representing a target data field if said item represents one of said plurality of import data fields, said target item representing a target header if said item represents one of said plurality of import headers.