On 01 Jan 2008 19:31:04 GMT, Joe Makowiec <makowiec@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
>Foxbase also used (uses?) .dbf extensions, and although the file format
>was similar, not all programs which would work with dBase .dbfs would
>read Foxbase .dbfs.
From an analysis of the DBF format I made years ago (in the 1980s),
I would say that the major difference between those versions is the
1st byte of the database. I found a 2 for dBase II, a 3 for dBase III
and something very different for either Foxbase or Clipper. I presume
a recent software will recognize the various fields if you want to
im****t such a database.
As for the index files, they are all different with different formats
and extensions. I would suppose they are not necessary if you only
want to im****t/recycle data.
Denis
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