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Details for: dBASE Database III+
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Signatures
External signatures File extension: dbf
Internal signatures
Name dBase Table with dbt Version III+
Description dbt Flag(Bit 7 of first byte), Version number(bits 0-2 of first byte), Date of last update MMDD, First upper or lowercase character of field name, field type (C, D, L, M, N). Memo fields in the dbf and a flag indicating the existence of a database text (.dbt) file were already a part of the dbase III dbf file format.
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 83??[01:0C][01:1F]{28}([41:5A]|[61:7A]){10}(43|44|4C|4D|4E)
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