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lino.utils.dbfreader

Defines the DBFFile class, used by lino_xl.lib.tim2lino to read DBF and DBT files when both settings use_dbfread and use_dbf_py are False (which is default).

Based on original work by Lars Garshol https://www.garshol.priv.no/download/software/python/dbfreader.py

Modified by Luc Saffre to add support for Clipper dialect. And to work under Python 3. And to support char fields longer than 255 characters.

Sources of information:

• What’s the format of a Clipper .dbf file? (broken link)

Xbase & dBASE File Format Description by Erik Bachmann

Functions

display_info(f)
hex_analyze(number)
make_html(f[, out, skiptypes])
unpack_int(number)
unpack_int_rev(number)
unpack_long(number)
unpack_long_rev(number)

Classes

DBFField(buf, dbf)	Represents a field in a DBF file.
DBFFile(filename[, codepage])	Represents a single DBF file.
DBFRecord(dbf, values, deleted)
DBTFile(dbf)	Represents a DBT block file
FPTFile(dbf)	Represents an FPT block file
NOTGIVEN()

class lino.utils.dbfreader.DBFFile(filename, codepage=None)

Bases: object

Represents a single DBF file.

class lino.utils.dbfreader.DBFField(buf, dbf)

Bases: object

Represents a field in a DBF file.

class lino.utils.dbfreader.FPTFile(dbf)

Bases: object

Represents an FPT block file

class lino.utils.dbfreader.DBTFile(dbf)

Bases: object

Represents a DBT block file