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Format

FoxPro Project

Summary

Name
FoxPro Project
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/381
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

FoxPro Project

Description
A rudimentary signature based on a header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, character field 'NAME' followed by character field 'TYPE' 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
F5??[01:0C][01:1F]{4}010488{21}4E414D45000000000000004D{20}545950450000000000000043{20}54494D455354414D5000004E
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V65

    Release date
    25 October 2012
    • Updated

      FoxPro Project: Gave explicit priority over fmt/373 FoxPro Database (2.x) to remove multiple identification conflict identified through Ross Spencer's Skeleton Corpus.

  • V55

    Release date
    4 January 2012
    • Added format

      FoxPro Project: Outline entry added.

    • Added signature

      FoxPro Project: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.