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- From: af458@yfn.ysu.edu (Jon K. Salmon)
- Subject: Looking for DBF & Clipper index format...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.024856.9610@news.ysu.edu>
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- Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:48:56 GMT
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- Netheads,
-
- I would like to know where I can find some documentation on the
- format of DBase3++ files. Furthermore, and here's the *real*
- wish-list part, I need to know enough information to access
- Clipper index files (.NTX).
-
- I would appreciate any of the following:
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- * better choices of lists to post this request
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- * ftp sites, preferably with a path or filespec specified
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- * recommended commercial libraries
-
- As for background, I am working on a WordPerfect 3rd Party
- Interface and need to access various DBase3++ database files
- and Clipper index files. The databases (and indexes) are
- maintained by a dedicated PC running a Clipper application;
- thus, the databases and indexes WILL be open and in use by
- this dedicated system at the same time I need to access them
- from a remote workstation (Token ring Novell 3.11 by the way).
- On the positive side, I only need READ access to the files.
- The program is being written in C++ and assembly. Oh, one
- further limititation: because of the nature of the WP 3rd Party
- interface and other resident programs in the work environment,
- the program can only be roughly 70k resident. Thus, any 3rd
- party libraries which increase my code/data size substantially
- are not feasible.
-
- Thanks!
-
- -- Jon
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-