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File-Extension Differences Between dBASE and FoxPro

Article ID: 115473

Article Last Modified on 11/17/2003


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SUMMARY

The information below describes the file-extension differences between dBASE and FoxPro. Some of this text is also found in the "Switching from dBASE" topic in FoxPro 2.6 Help.

To go directly to this topic in FoxPro, choose dBASE Help from the Help menu.

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The following table lists differences in file extensions between dBASE and FoxPro.
dBASE                             FoxPro 2.x               Visual FoxPro
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Applications
       .APP, .PRG                 .APP                      .APP

   Catalogs
       .CAT                       .FPC, .FCT                Not Applicable

   Indexes
       .MDX, .NDX                 .CDX, .IDX                .CDX, .IDX

   Labels
       .LBL, .LBG                 .LBX, .LBT                .LBX, .LBT

   Menus
       Not Applicable             .MNX, .MNT,               .MNX, .MNT,
                                  .MPR, .MPX                .MPR, .MPX

   Programs
       .PRG, .PRS                 .PRG, .FXP                .PRG, .FXP

   Projects
       Not Applicable             .PJX, .PJT                .PJX, .PJT

   Queries
       .QBE, .QBO, .UPD, .UPO     .QPR, .FPQ, .CSQ          .QPR, .QPX

   Reports
       .FRM, .FRG, .FRO           .FRX, .FRT                .FRX, .FRT

   Screens
       .SCR, .FMT, .FMO           .SCX, .SCT, .SPR, .SPX    .SCX, .SCT

   Tables
       .DBF, .DBT                 .DBF, .FPT                .DBF, .FPT
				

Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxDos FoxWin foxhelp.dbf foxhelp.hlp akz

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