Re: Foxpro file structure

In article <49ij94$gd3@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, zgedtts@orf.nctamslant.navy.mil (DTTS) wrote: >I want to write an ESQL/C program which will read the data from a large >Foxpro 2.6 file loaded on the CD-ROM drive of my HP 750 and load selected >fields into an informix table. I will be receiving updates frequently, >and I do not want to go through the convoluted process of unloading the >file to ascii format on a PC, then transferring it to the HP. > >I have an old dBase III manual which details the header structure of the >..dbf file. However, the header in Foxpro 2.6 is apparently different. >The "tech support" I called at Microsoft said he did not know of any >documentation of the header structure of their files. Unreal. > >Does anyone know where I can get the header structure of a Foxpro file? > > Look in Appendix A of the Foxpro Developer's Guide for the structure of all files used in Foxpro including .DBF, .IDX, .CDX, .PJX ..... BTW You are in the wrong NewsGroup for this. ============================================================================= Matt Bentley MBentley@XMission.COM