DBF File Viewer

Overview

DBF Converter & DBF Viewer is a compact but powerful tool for viewing, editing, and printing DBF-format databases - screen shot.
It supports dBase, Clipper, FoxPro, Visual FoxPro and other DBF file formats. In contrast to many analogues, DBF Converter & DBF Viewer is completely a Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista program. The user friendly graphic makes working with databases simple and hassle free.
Most important parts of DBF Converter & DBF Viewer code are written in Assembler, therefore the basic operations performs fast and the .exe file is very small (only 410Kb!).
DBF Converter & DBF Viewer uses its own database access tools and does not require external drivers for connection to databases (such as ODBC or BDE) or additional libraries (.OCX, .DLL).
The program allows you to add, delete, recall, sort, zap, pack records, view and edit files in DOS or Windows character sets, get detailed database information,export dbf files to txt/html format, convert csv and xls / xlsx to dbf format, import/export from MS Excel (including MS Excel 2007!), and search in a file. DBF Converter & DBF Viewer comes with Installer/Uninstaller, documentation in HTML format, and sample files.

How to Use

Command Line Support - Batch File Commands

Extended command line support is available in DBFView.

Manual of command prompt mode.

File options:
[-Iinputfile] input file name, example -Isample.dbf.
[-Oinputfile] output file name, example -Osample.xls.

Convert options:
[-DBFtoXLS] converts dBase file to Excel file.
[-XLStoDBF] converts Excel file to dBase file.
[-DBFtoCSV] converts DBase file to CSV file.

Other options:
[-DELIMITER=,] or [-DELIMITER=;] a delimiter for CSV file.
[-HEADERS=0] does not include headers.
[-PROGRES=1] shows progres bar.

Example of batch file commands: DBFView.exe -Isample.dbf -Osample.xls -DBFtoXLS -PROGRES=1

To open file in GUI mode use: DBFView.exe filename.dbf

Order DBF Converter & DBF Viewer for Windows

Ordering online is easy and secure. You can select the most suitable payment method: credit card, bank transfer, check, PayPal etc.. Paying a registration fee, you get the right to use the program for life and to get free updates within one year.

Option	Trial	Single Business	Unlimited Business
30-day trial period		-	-
Max. number of users/computers	1	1	unlim.
Commercial use	-
View DBF files and database info
Sort DBF file by clicking on a column
Copy to the clipboard the selected record
Edit Mode	-
Search some text in the DBF file
Printing DBF files
Export to HTML, .txt
Import from Excel, csv	-
Export to Excel, csv	-
Command Line Support	-
Price	Free	$69	$199$99

Postal Address

For general help, troubleshooting and feature requests contact Customer Support at . Make sure to include details on your DBFView version, a link (or relevant code), operating system and a browser.odbc driver dbf character encoding

Feedback

   Henry Taylor - Software Developer
I don't do a lot of work with databases, but in connection with a research project I got hold of a CD with a 30-meg DBF file on it - 74,624 records, 23 fields, total of field widths 414 characters. At first I tried copying the file to the hard drive and reading it with Quattro Pro. This was possible, but it was slow, and pushed the program to an intolerable number of illegal errors leading to shutdown. So I went on the net and searched for DBF readers, hit apycom.com pretty soon, read the home page and decided DBFView sounded useful and inexpensive, downloaded it, and have found it to be very serviceable. The program was easy to install, reads quickly from the CD-ROM drive, finds individual records reliably and quickly enough for my purposes, and in general seems like a tremendous bargain.

   Byron Pate - Software Developer
First off I would like to tell you what a great product DBFView is. I'm trying to convert a large dbase file into SQL Server and the dbf file is giving me a great deal of problems, and DBFView has allowed me to go in and find the records with problems and fix them.

   Mario Secco - Software Manager
We develop application software using any kind of DBF format file. The DBF files generated (FoxPro DBFCDX in windows format) are different from the equivalent FoxPro generated in DOS format: as a result of that the utilities I use to maintain the DBF files (mainly DBU of Clipper) are enable to manage all formats. I should have at least 3 versions of the same utility. For this matter I started a research on the web to find a more rational tool. I've downloaded several DBF managers very good products but they don't solve the compatibility problem. Only DBFView has the main feature I'm searching for : it recognizes the DBF format! And then the graphical interface of DBFView is very user friendly, agreeable to see, and the exe is very small.