[comp.sys.novell] Need Info on Btrieve File Format

eoshaugh@nmsu.edu (Erik Oshaughnessy) (06/15/91)

Pardon me if this is an improper group for this post, but since
Btrieve is a Novell product, I did think it would be too far out of
line.  On with the post.

I have the following problem to solve:

Given a .dat file produced by Btrieve, I need to extract data out of
the file, and write the data out in either ASCII or a .dbf format.

I would be able solve this problem if I had a more concrete idea of
the file format used by Btrieve.  I have no documentation on Btrieve,
and have no experience with the package. (Don't ask, but suffice to
say I wouldn't be attempting this if I wasn't being paid. :)

What I want to know is the following:

Can anyone tell me more about the file format(s) used by Btrieve, or
if I'm reinventing the wheel.  Anything you can tell me could be
potential useful ( barring flames of course.)

Thanks for reading this...
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