[oclug]Coverting dBaseIV Files

[Pat Gilliland]

http://www.wilsonsociety.com/media/filext.html

shows dta as "data" several programs 

ind shows as dBase IV or DataPerfect index 

Jon Earle wrote:
> 
> IIRC, dBASE IV used .dbf and .idx for the databse and index files
> respectively.
> 
> Cheers!
> Jon
> 
> On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Brian Barber wrote:
> 
> > I was sent a bunch of old files this morning by a colleague who can't
> > remember what software was used to create them.  There are six pairs of
> > files that share the same "first name" and the extensions .ind
> > and .dta.  (e.g. file1.ind, file1.dta, file2.ind, file2.dta, ...
> > file6.dta)  To the best of my recollection and from looking at them in
> > a test editor, they are dBase IV files.  If I'm wrong, please steer me
> > right... gently. :)
> 
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