Hi All
Is there any way to stop DBF files being opened by excel etc
Cheers
Colin
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Protect DBF Files
by Colin Haig » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:35 pm
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Re: Protect DBF Files
by avista » Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:54 am
Hi,
You can try while exit program to change first byte to of the .dbf file to '01' and wile starting application change it back to '03'
Regards,
You can try while exit program to change first byte to of the .dbf file to '01' and wile starting application change it back to '03'
Regards,
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Re: Protect DBF Files
by Rick Lipkin » Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:40 pm
Colin
If I recall .. you can rename a .dbf to any extension you wish ( like .dat ) and when you open the file you will need to use the name and extention :
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Use ( "Table.dat" ) via "DBFCDX" SHARED
Should work ..
Rick Lipkin
If I recall .. you can rename a .dbf to any extension you wish ( like .dat ) and when you open the file you will need to use the name and extention :
Select 1
Use ( "Table.dat" ) via "DBFCDX" SHARED
Should work ..
Rick Lipkin
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