Short: Dbase file layout and Amiga ODBC proposal Author: dlcc@iol.ie Uploader: dlcc iol ie Type: docs/misc Architecture: generic Why is it that I can't find a single Database application for the Amiga which will read dBaseIV files. Here's my proposal. Kill two birds with the one stone. Produce a "database.datatype" class and then produce datatypes which can read databases. We would then be in the position of P.C. owners who can open various databases through O.D.B.C. (Open DataBase Connectivity). So ,for example, an Xbase datatype could open any dbase file. Existing database applications would only need to be able to use datatypes to read many new filetypes. Included in this archive is some documents I've found on the dBase/Xbase file format which may help somebody as I've been unable to find this information anywhere on Aminet. Note some of the documents contain slightly different information and there is probably a lot of overlap but I have included them all for the sake of completeness. Michael O'Reilly 30/07/97.