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Format

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Database Table File

Summary

Name
Microsoft Visual FoxPro Database Table File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/374
Format type
Database
Description
This is a generic record for several versions of the Microsoft Visual Fox Pro database format, which at the moment we are unable to identify down to version level. This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
File extensions
dbf
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has lower priority than

Internal signatures

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Database table file

Note
Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (B, C, D, F, I, L, M, N, P, T, Y).

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
30??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(42|43|44|49|4C|4D|4E|50|54|59)
Endianness
None

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Database table file, autoincrement enabled

Note
Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (B, C, D, F, I, L, M, N, P, T, Y).

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
31??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(42|43|44|49|4C|4D|4E|50|54|59)
Endianness
None

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Database table file, with field type Varchar or Varbinary

Note
Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (B, C, D, F, I, L, M, N, P, T, Y).

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
32??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(42|43|44|49|4C|4D|4E|50|54|59)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V55

    Release date
    4 January 2012

    Microsoft Visual FoxPro Database Table File: Signatures developed through PRONOM Research.

    Microsoft Visual FoxPro Database Table File: Outline entry added.