Also known as: DBF
DBASE - File header structure (DBASE III) OFFSET Count TYPE Description 0000h 1 byte dBASE version, 03h = dBASE III w/o *.DBT 83h = dBASE III w *.DBT 0001h 1 byte Month of last update 0002h 1 byte Day of last update 0003h 1 byte Year of last update 0004h 1 dword Number of data records in file ="NDR" 0008h 1 word Header size ="HSZ" 000Ah 1 word Data record size ="DRS" 000Ch 12 byte reserved 0020h ? rec Field descriptors The list of field descriptors is terminated with a terminator byte 0Dh. 11 char ASCIIZ field name 1 char Data type 'C' - Char 'D' - Date 'L' - Logical 'M' - Memo 'N' - Numerical 1 dword Field data address ( set in RAM ) 1 byte Field length 1 byte Number of decimal places 14 byte reserved EXTENSION:DBF SEE ALSO:DBASE II,XBase OCCURENCES:PC PROGRAMS:DBase VALIDATION:FileSize="NDR"*"DRS"+"HSZ"
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