How to create DDF files

[Guest_imported]

There is a database of *.btr files which is accessed by an application. There are no ddf files to describe the layout of these files, instead this information is hardcoded in the application. I want to import the data in an SQL database but I need to find out the record layout. I think a good idea is to use a ddf sniffer in order to create this information easily. Does anyone know how effective these utilities are and where to find them ?

 

[dgillz]

BTsearch does a good job of this from what I hear. Software Support for Macola, Crystal Reports and Goldmine
dgillz@juno.com

 

[icici]

creating DDF is very good for converting data, but it seems u are using version 5.x or earlier of btrieve which didn't use DDFs

if u know the file structure then btsearch will definetly help u. u can download it from

http://www.nssdd.com/btsearch.htm