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The DBT (DBase III) format was common in the 80s and 90s. It is a typed, fixed-width format that was directly supported by Excel, Visual Basic grid widgets, amo
by clarkevans 4y ago
The DBT (DBase III) format was common in the 80s and 90s. It is a typed, fixed-width format that was directly supported by Excel, Visual Basic grid widgets, among many other tools.
For example, Norton Commander supported it directly, letting you preview database tables without loading another program.
- zzo38computer 4y agoDo you have the file format documentation?
- pmontra 4y agohttp://www.dbase.com/Knowledgebase/INT/db7_file_fmt.htm http://www.dbase.com/Knowledgebase/INT/db7_file_fmt.htm
- vram22 4y ago>The DBT (DBase III) format was common in the 80s and 90s. That should actually be DBF, the format for the main database tables. DBT was an ancillary format for the memo fields, which were used to store longer pieces of text in one column of a DBF record. Overall, that generic format and associated software is called XBASE. People still use it in production. And data entry (CRUD) using it with plain text or TUI DOS-style apps blows Web and even GUI apps out of the water in speed of use.