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Signatures
External signatures File extension: crd
Internal signatures
Name Cardfile (MGC)
Description BOF: Magic bytes ‘MGC’, ‘RRG’ or 'DKO' at beginning of file. The initial versions of Cardfile have the magic bytes 'MCG'. When Cardfile updated to add OLE support the file signature changed to 'RRG'. Finally the file signature changed to 'DKO' when released as a 32-bit accessory and the character width changed in order to support unicode.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 2
Byte order  
Value 4D4743
Name Cardfile (RRG)
Description Cardfile updated to add OLE support and the magic bytes changed to 'RRG' at the beginning of the file.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 2
Byte order  
Value 525247
Name Cardfile (DKO)
Description The magic bytes changed to 'DKO' at the beginning of the file when released as a 32-bit accessory.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 2
Byte order  
Value 444B4F
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