AFAIR FoxBase had 10Byte Memo pointers - modifying structure should always be done from the older product.


>May I ask why you need this. As far as I know, a VFP DBF is 100% compatible with a FoxBase DBF as long as you don't use any of the new features or new field types.
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>>Hi all,
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>>I am asking this question on several VFP forums but the answer seems to be very difficult...
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>>VFP lists FoxBase DBF file with 0xFB signature in the help (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa975386(VS.71).aspx). I suppose this is the old FoxBase (16 bit version 1 or Mac version probably) and I would like to find such DBF file sample or its structure description at least.
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>>Does anybody of you have the old FoxBase or some DBF created in this version available?
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>>Even the older dBase II file format is described at several places (and VFP 9 allows to open it but the header info is not properly decoded), FoxBase DBF is simply nowhere...
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>>TIA
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>>Pavel Celba