Excel and Access allow to use this format, I believe.

>I doubt it. Renaming the file does not change the type. But now with Sergey's help I see that the table is dBase IV with memo. So I just need to find a utility or something that will allow me to open the table(s) and convert them to something more up-to-date.
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>Thank you for your suggestion, Naomi (I type that other name first, but then caught myself <g>)
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>>Just a WAG: if you try to rename DBT to FPT would you be able to open it in VFP?
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>>>I got copies of tables that were maintained by Lotus Approach application. The tables have .DBF and .DBT extensions. And I actually saw a user accessing the tables from Lotus Approach but the message in the windows stating something like "dBase...".
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>>>Yet, I cannot open these tables with dBase III.
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>>>And when I try to open the tables in either VFP 6 or VFP 8 I get message asking if I want to convert the MEMO to VFP format. If I say yes, I can then open the table but all fields show garbage. That is, it is unreadable. Most data is shown as some high-ASCII characters. If I choose not to convert the memo to VFP format, the message says, "Cannot open table.".
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>>>Any suggestions to how I can open these tables and view the data?
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>>>Thank you.