File Extension DBF

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DBF File Extension Description

The .dbf file extension is a standard database format, which has been used by several other software applications. File/s with the .dbf file extension is used to arrange data into several records that has fields saved in a data type known as arrays, and it can also be run in several xBase database programs.

The .dbf file extension is a major heritage of dBase. The first database system that was able to provide a header section that describes the data structure in the file is the dBase database system. The dBase was published by Ashton-Tate, but later on bought by Borland in the year 1991. With the header provided, the program can ask how it was structured from the data file, which means it does not longer need advance knowledge of data structure.

The .dbf file extension is an output of dBase, which can run on 32-bit Windows, and has developed into a new object oriented language. The dBase database system is able to connect to most modern database engines through ODBC drivers. File/s with .dbf file extension contains tables that are used by a database which is created by a database system it also saves only one feature attribution and it has one physical file.

The DBF reader module creates the FME feature for every table entry saved in the DBF files, which is located in a given directory. It also gets data from the file, one row at a time, which creates FME features before giving it to the remaining FME for additional processing. The DBF writer is responsible for writing all attributes of a feature to the DBF file, and the attributes of diverse feature types are also written into the different DBF files.

As the .dbf file extension developed the format that evolved among dBase II and dBase III, from then on, the succeeding versions are attuned with the format of the dBase III. What makes the dBase quick and easy to run is that it can be executed just by entering a series of commands in the command line ?dot prompt?.

• Properties:

• Common Path:
  User-defined
• Associated Applications:
  dBASE, multisoft, FlagShip, Microsoft FoxPro, Sage ACT!, Clipper, GTK DBF Editor

Additional DBF File Info:

Ashton-Tate , DBF File Created by: http://www.borland.com/

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