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Format

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Class Library

Summary

Name
Microsoft Visual FoxPro Class Library
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/379
Format type
Database
Description
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
vcx
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Class Library

Note
A rudimentary signature based on a header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD; followed by character fields 'PLATFORM', character field 'UNIQUE ID', and later character field 'CLASS'. All sample files tested displayed this structure, although it is possible that the structure of the file can be edited.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
30??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}504C4154464F524D00000043{20}554E49515545494400000043{52}434C4153530000000000004D
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V55

    Release date
    4 January 2012

    Microsoft Visual FoxPro Class Library: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Microsoft Visual FoxPro Class Library: Outline entry added.