2006-02-16
Data types
Length of NUMERIC values were wrong. Should read "up till 18 characters long (include sign and decimal point)"
2005-08-26
xBaseView (v.6.06) - Universal Database Viewer (and Editor)
Adding new link to Windows based edior
2005-08-22
Pazdziora, Jan: DBD::XBase : Module for dealing with XBase files
Adding new link to CPAN
2005-07-07
dbf.html
Adding link to new data types.
Added new types
@, O, +
Reference list
Habour project
2005-04-07
dbf.html
Bug fix: Missing leading 0 in: 7Bh 01111011 dBASE IV with memo
Logic in version number
Reference to Wikipedia
Reference list
Habour project
2005-02-05
dbf.html
Updates after server crach
Intro: What is Xbase
Reference to Wikipedia
Reference list
Habour project
2005-01-25
dbf.html
Minor correction: "Field deleted flag" -> "Record deleted flag"
ndx_example.html
The ENGEL link should read 4
E-mail link in page footer corrected
2003-08-26
Update DATE on front page ;-)
Update FAQ!
New signatures on SIx driver and CLIP
2003-04-36
Vital oops! The original link from www.e-bachmann.dk/docs/xbase.html did not work.
2003-04-23 World Book and Copyright Day (http://www.unesco.org)
Major rewrite - probably THE final rewrite: Vertually all chapters updated and enhanced. Document now available as chapters.
2000-09-13
Added reference to Turbo Pascal Toolbox
2000-07-05
Updated links and references
2000-06-04
Added a reference to tDbf.
2000-05-19
Updated a few references.
2000-01-17
Updated a few references. And a few misspellings corrected
1999-10-22
References added. And a few misspellings corrected
1999-07-30
dBASE version sceme.
1999-03-08
Minor additions.
1998-11-28
Updating some links.
1998-09-21
The path to CxBase : A Perl Library for manipulating Xbase files fixed:
1998-08-26
More references.
1998-08-24
More references (Perl).
List of File extentions.
1998-07-16
FoxPro/FoxBase specific notes.
1998-04-07
More references. Java and Rexx.
1998-03-26
New references.
1998-03-03
A reference to a Perl Xbase manipulation library added.
1997-09-29
A reference to a Perl Xbase manipulation library added.
1997-09-17
Fixing minor bug in reference list
Reference list: Pratap Pereira moved to new host
1997-08-11
Updating structure of:
data file (*.dbf): codepages etc.
Memo files (*.dbt): dBASE III & dBASE IV does *not* use the same structure
Memory files (*.mem): Full structure of file
Clipper Index (*.NTX): Page structure added. Header structure improved
dBASE II data and index file
Adding structure of:
Fox Pro object and memo files (*.fpt)

dBASEII Memory files (*.mem)
dBASE IV Multple index files (*.MDX)
1997-06-02
Fixing bug in calculating dates for "The Year 2000": 1900 + 255 = 2155
1997-04-16
Note on Year 2000 problems.

Correcting page description in index file .ndx.

1997-04-18
Added the chapter:

The Structure of Compound Index files (*.cdx) by David Kuechler
1997-03-10
Still more references and updates of references.

Refining description of NTX file.

1997-01-27
Description of .MEM (Memory index file) and .NTX (Clipper Index File).

Description of Database Container in Visual FoxPro

More references and various minor changes in text.

1997-01-09
Description of .MDX (Multiple index file) - This seems to be a mistake :-(
1996-11-27
Document converted to HTML
1996-11-19
Minor fixes:

Elements in Field Descriptor Array are exact 32 B long.

Typing error in data type Float.

"What to check on opening a .DBF file" added.

1996-10-18
Chapter on read/write locks using share by Phil Barnett (midnight@the-oasis)
1996-10-15
Change in description of structure of index files.

Major mistake! The previous version described the structure for dBASE II index files.
Only excuse: This mistake was made by several of my sources :-(

1996-10-03
First public version of this document (as far as I remember :-)