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External signatures File extension: dbf
Internal signatures
Name dBASE Database IV without memo
Description Header sequence: Version number (04), Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, F, L, N).
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 04??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|46|4C|4E)
Name dBASE Database IV SQL table files, no memo
Description Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, F, L, N).
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 43??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|46|4C|4E)
Name dBASE Database IV SQL system files, no memo
Description Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, F, L, N).
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 63??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|46|4C|4E)
Name dBASE Database IV SQL table files, with memo
Description Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, F, L, M, N).
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value CB??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|46|4C|4D|4E)
Name dBASE Database IV, with memo (7B byte)
Description Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, F, L, M, N).
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 7B??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|46|4C|4D|4E)
Name dBASE Database IV, with memo (8B byte)
Description Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, F, L, M, N).
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 8B??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|46|4C|4D|4E)
Name dBASE Database IV, with SQL
Description Header sequence: Version number, Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, F, L, M, N).
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 8E??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|46|4C|4D|4E)
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