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From: rcw@qetzal.UUCP (Robert C. White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.databases
Subject: Re: Need file formats for Dbase III
Message-ID: <705@qetzal.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 22:25:58 EST
Article-I.D.: qetzal.705
Posted: Sat Dec  5 22:25:58 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Dec-87 06:39:19 EST
References: <1457@rtech.UUCP> <4452@eecae.UUCP>
Organization: Mentor Software Inc., Thornton, Co.
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Summary: info on file formats book
Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:10881 comp.databases:631

In article <4452@eecae.UUCP>, lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) writes:
> > I need help finding a published document that contains the current 
> > specifications for Dbase III files.
> 
> There is book out titled something like "File Formats for MS-DOS" or
> something similar (it been a while since I've seen the book) That goes
> into file format for various "famous" application programs like dBase,
> Lotus, Supercalc, et. al.

The book you want is entitled:

File Formats for Popular PC Software - A programmer's Reference
By Jeff Walden

Wiley IBM PC Series
Laurence Press, Series Editor
A Wiley Press Book
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore

Formats for the following PC Software is discussed:

Lotus 1-2-3, Ability, Dbase II and Dbase III, DIF Format, Multimate,
Microsoft Multiplan, IBM Plans, SuperCalc3, Visicalc, Wordstar, 
Wordstar 2000.

Robert White

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