Thanks Przemyslaw,

do you have any idea which program/language writes such kind of .dbf files?

Maurilio.


Przemysław Czerpak wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Maurilio Longo wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> I've got a .dbf file (with a .dbt memo) which cannot be opened and has, as
>> first byte, 0x8C.
>> Do you know which program creates such files and/or if it can be handled by
>> current harbour rdd (adding a 0x8C case inside dbf1.c)?
> 
> The first byte is DBF signature and for dBase files it is:
>    bits 0-2: version number:
>             -> 3 for dBASE Level 5,
>             -> 4 for dBASE Level 7
>    bit 3 and bit 7: memo file
>    bits 4-6: dBASE IV SQL table
> 
> 0x8C is 0b10001100 so version number is 4 and both memo bits are set.
> It means that this is dBASE Level 7 file with some extended DBT file.
> This format is not compatible with Clipper/Harbour DBF files.
> 
> best regards,
> Przemek
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