writing .dbf file using VC++

If you are doing this at the byte level then you are re-inventing the wheel.
You should use a third party dBASE library such as CodeBase from Sequiter,
or use Microsoft's data access objects or ODBC. My company uses CodeBase
with great results.

Kevin Sikes
Software Engineer
ENCO Systems, Inc.

"Tahir Aslam" <tahir_aslam@mathtech-pk.com> wrote:
>
>I am trying to write a dBASE III table using Visual C++. I have obtained
>information on structure of that table at www.inprise.com. The program writes
>byte by byte file header, field descriptors and actual records using CArchive
>class. It appears to work correctly and smoothly. However when I open the
>resulting .dbf file in Visual FoxPro I can only see the column headers and
>no data. I cannot figure out why it happens like this. This has become a
>bottleneck in my work. Can you help
>
>Tahir Aslam
>