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FoxBase file structure
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28/04/2011 05:26:50
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01508584
Message ID:
01508621
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When I dig really deep into my old grey brain cells, I seem to recall it, yes. :-)

>AFAIR FoxBase had 10Byte Memo pointers - modifying structure should always be done from the older product.
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>>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.
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I am asking this question on several VFP forums but the answer seems to be very difficult...
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Does anybody of you have the old FoxBase or some DBF created in this version available?
>>>
>>>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...
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Pavel Celba
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