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How can I tell what version of the dBASE format a .dbf file is?

I have a variety of dbf files I am currently working with and it would be helpful for me to know the exact version of the dBASE format they are in, e.g. dBASE III, IV, 5.0, etc. Is there a way to determine this?
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How can I save my excel spreadsheet in DBF format?

Possible Duplicate: Is Workbook.FileFormat available to the Excel UI (specifically when the file type can't be saved) How can I save my excel spreadsheet in DBF format? I used to be able to do this directly from excel, but they seem to have…
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How to delete a database file (.dbf) from Oracle 10g?

I need help deleting a DB file from Oracle. I suppose I should use the DROP command, but I cannot make it work. I tried dropping all the users, except system user, from dba_users, hoping that this will result in getting rid of the databases, but I…
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How to get Microsoft Office 2013 to associate DBF files with excel?

I just installed the trial for Office 2013. I want to associate dbf files with it so I can just double click them. This link says Office 2013 will open dbf files and I can open them through excel by navigating to the file from within excel. When I…
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CDX currupt index file & Windows 2003 Server

We're experiencing almost everyday database index corruption on Windows Server 2003. I wonder if it can be somehow connected with caching or other server settings. We are running an old application which uses DBF/CDX tables. Everything was fine for…
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How Can i view the contents of a DBF file?

dbview filename --> no output dbf filename : [mukesh@centos Others]$ dbf --view-info 0AB701AF19CDCD4DE0D687B870E437D90727CE4B9DE6ABBA5EB46495BED599C9D8E6D0C06B4801CC7D591AB2C2E75A94146D6671C85913944E1B7E8478Z dBase Reader and Converter V. 0.8.3.1,…
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Best way to automate the copy of two large files?

There are two large (5 GB each) DBF files that need to be backed up before a process is run via MS Access. This is in case something gets corrupted. Right now I am doing two filecopy() commands within the VBA but I suspect it is slow. What is the…
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What is an .edt file?

In a Chinese dictionary software bundle, which I could not get to run on Linux with wine, I found .dbf and .edt files [originals]: chengyu.dbf chengyu.edt bsv.dbf bsv.edt I understand the .dbf files are dBase files (their tables seemed to…
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