lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) (12/05/87)
> I need help finding a published document that contains the current > specifications for Dbase III files. There is book out titled something like "File Formats for MS-DOS" or something similar (it been a while since I've seen the book) That goes into file format for various "famous" application programs like dBase, Lotus, Supercalc, et. al. I've never read it or used it, I can only tell you that it exists and I've seen it at one of finer bookstores near the University. -- j UUCP: ...ihnp4!msudoc!eecae!lawitzke "And it's just a box of rain..." ARPA: lawitzke@eecae.ee.msu.edu (35.8.8.151)
rcw@qetzal.UUCP (Robert C. White) (12/06/87)
In article <4452@eecae.UUCP>, lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) writes: > > I need help finding a published document that contains the current > > specifications for Dbase III files. > > There is book out titled something like "File Formats for MS-DOS" or > something similar (it been a while since I've seen the book) That goes > into file format for various "famous" application programs like dBase, > Lotus, Supercalc, et. al. The book you want is entitled: File Formats for Popular PC Software - A programmer's Reference By Jeff Walden Wiley IBM PC Series Laurence Press, Series Editor A Wiley Press Book John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore Formats for the following PC Software is discussed: Lotus 1-2-3, Ability, Dbase II and Dbase III, DIF Format, Multimate, Microsoft Multiplan, IBM Plans, SuperCalc3, Visicalc, Wordstar, Wordstar 2000. Robert White -- //////////////////286 Moderator -- comp.unix.microport\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Email to microport@uwspan for info on the newsgroup comp.unix.microport. otherwise mail to microport@uwspan with a Subject containing one of: 386 286 Bug Source Merge or "Send Buglist" (rutgers!uwvax!uwspan!microport)
drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) (12/06/87)
> I need help finding a published document that contains the current > specifications for Dbase III files. > The Advanced Programmer's Guide for dBASE II and dBASE III, published by Ashton-Tate Publications, authored by Jay Hanson, Luis Castro, and Tom Rettig contains this information as well as a large amount of sample code for doing a variety of things with dBASE. I've seen it in Dalton's, WaldenBooks, Crown and others in So. Cal. Dennis Cohen Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center