DBF Files

[kievgama]

Hello,

I would like an advice.

I was asked to develop an application (which I will probably write in VB6) that is going to be accessing data stored in dbf files.
I have never worked with dbf files. Is is hard to work with using VB6?
Does anybody have a helpful link where I can find good information to start with?

Or is it something that someone might say "man, you're gonna have some big headaches, you`d better pass it"

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Kiev

 

[jelloSoft]

Hi,

working with DBF files from VB6 is very easy, it is nearly as easy as using an Access file.

In which language do you have programming knowledge?

 

[kievgama]

I have programming knowledge in VB6, Java and C#

Do you have any link to a material where I can get more information about working with DBF files in VB6?

 

[DeltaTech]

Try this:

Set db = OpenDatabase(theDBFFilePath, True, False, "dBase 5.0;")
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("dbfName")

The thing to remember is that while with Access files you open a database and then open the tables, with dbf files, the folder is the database and the files themselves are the tables.

 

[christ93]

I had the same 'challenge'. I bound the controls to the fields in the dbf file (dbfIII).