DBFCDX/1056 Error (invalid memo file format)

[CCH4CLIPPER]

Hi All

I got the DBFCDX/1056 Error (invalid memo file format) when I tried to open a DBF file which also have a corresponding FPT File.

I am already adding RDDSYS.PRG in my project which contains :-

ANNOUNCE RDDSYS
REQUEST _DBF
REQUEST DBFCDX
REQUEST DBFFPT

Where have I gone wrong ?

CCH
http://cch4clipper.blogspot.com

[sudip]

Hi CCH,

Hi All
I got the DBFCDX/1056 Error (invalid memo file format) when I tried to open a DBF file which also have a corresponding FPT File.

I am already adding RDDSYS.PRG in my project which contains :-

ANNOUNCE RDDSYS
REQUEST _DBF
REQUEST DBFCDX
REQUEST DBFFPT

Where have I gone wrong ?

I used
REQUEST DBFCDX , DBFFPT
and it opened.

BTW, my file was created with VFP.

With regards.

Sudip

[esgici]

Hi All
I got the DBFCDX/1056 Error (invalid memo file format) when I tried to open a DBF file which also have a corresponding FPT File.

Hi CCH, welcome back

Could you send me your DBF and FPT files ? ( if they aren't too big )

My e-mail address is esgici @ gmail.com

Regards

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Esgici

[CCH4CLIPPER]

Hi Esgici

Tx for making me feel so welcomed

FYI, I have just emailed cch4esgc.zip to your gmail address.

Best Regards

CCH
http://cch4clipper.blogspot.com

[sudip]

Hi CCH,

There is a solution for this. Please download CDBF for Windows, from
http://www.whitetown.com. It's a shareware (most probably developed with Delphi!!!)

Now try to open Employee.dbf (most probably it will open)

Then save it in another name.

Now try to open it with HMG.

Regards.

Sudip

[esgici]

...download CDBF for Windows, ...

Wow !

Tried, open CCH's files with no problem

It's a serious rival to DBA

This site have many utilities including various converter.

Thanks Sudip

Regards

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Esgici

[sudip]

Hi Esgici,

...download CDBF for Windows, ...

Wow !

Tried, open CCH's files with no problem

It's a serious rival to DBA

Moreover, CDBF is extremely helpful to open corrupted VFP files (VFP tables are got damaged frequently!!!).

BTW, downloaded your MultiMsg program. It's excellent. It's idea will be very helpful in real life development

Regards.

Sudip

[esgici]

Hi Sudip

... It's excellent. It's idea will be very helpful in real life development

Thanks to your nice words

You are right, it's primarily for developers.

But, the excellent is HMG

Regards

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Esgici

[CCH4CLIPPER]

Hi Esgici/Sudip

The fact that employee.chc/fpt could easily be opened by
a) Dos-based CDXDBU.exe
b) Delphi +Apollo VCL
c) Whitetown DBF utility

and yet unable to be opened by DBFCDX,DBFFPT makes one wonder whether Harbour support for DBFCDX/DBFFPT is complete ?

What do you think of this issue ?


CCH
http://cch4clipper.blogspot.com

[sudip]

The fact that employee.chc/fpt could easily be opened by
a) Dos-based CDXDBU.exe
b) Delphi +Apollo VCL
c) Whitetown DBF utility

and yet unable to be opened by DBFCDX,DBFFPT makes one wonder whether Harbour support for DBFCDX/DBFFPT is complete ?

What do you think of this issue ?

I am a learner of HMG.
IMHO, HMG (and VFP also) opens the table by looking table header. (There is a detailed discussion in Rick Spense's famous Clipper Programming Guede, 2nd edition, Page 535). So, if there is anything uncommon in header, there will be a problem.

I never used CDXDBU and Delphi+Apollo VCL. So I can't tell you exactly how they open/save tables. May be during save one byte value is changed!!!

I used CDBF. It is not fully compatible with DBF. For example I don't know how it handles indexes. IMHO, it uses Set based functions to work with dbf files.

Have you checked the hex values of header of FPT file with CDBF and compare it with the same table created with DBU/DBA?

BTW, have you saved your Employee.dbf file in another name then tried to open with HMG ?

My friend, can you send me one copy of your dbf, cdx and fpt files in my personal mail also. So that I can test

With best regards.

Sudip