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Format

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Project

Summary

Name
Microsoft Visual FoxPro Project
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/380
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’.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
pjx
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Project

Description
A rudimentary signature based on a header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, followed by character field 'NAME' followed by character field 'TYPE', 'ID' and 'TIMESTAMP'. All sample files tested displayed this structure, although it is possible that the structure of the file can be hacked and manually edited.
Provenance
Ongoing DROID research

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
30??[01:0C][01:1F]{4}A80482{21}4E414D45000000000000004D{20}545950450000000000000043{20}49440000000000000000004E{20}54494D455354414D5000004E
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V55

    Release date
    4 January 2012
    • Added format

      Microsoft Visual FoxPro Project: Outline entry added.

    • Added signature

      Microsoft Visual FoxPro Project: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.