Hi Holger,

There is a utility included in DBD::XBase named dbfdump that might be used as validator. You can use it to post here the result from the following command:

dbfdump --info file.dbf
[download]

It can be used also to dump the contents of the database. Also Excel or Open/Libre Office can open DBFs (if you didn't know already).

Regards, Stefan

Hi Stefan.
Many thanks for your help.
Here is what I get with dbfdump:

dbfdump --info EEV_DET_BATCHRUN_1~MAIN.DBF
Filename: EEV_DET_BATCHRUN_1~MAIN.DBF
Version: 0x30 (ver. 5 (FoxPro))
Num of records: 67
Header length: 1000
Record length: 214
Last change: 2013/1/23
Num fields: 22
Field info:
Num Name Type Len Decima
1. PRODUCT C 8 0
2. PURPOSE C 8 0
3. GROUP C 50 0
4. DISC_RATE N 6 2
5. TIME C 10 0
6. PERIOD C 15 0
7. T_FROM N 5 0
8. T_TO N 5 0
9. CAL_MONTH B 8 6
10. CAL_YEAR B 8 6
11. CONTROL_CA B 8 6
12. FINALISE B 8 6
13. INITIALISE B 8 6
14. INIT_NB_MP B 8 6
15. PASS_DOWN_ B 8 6
16. PROJ_MONTH B 8 6
17. PROJ_YEAR B 8 6
18. STARTUP B 8 6
19. TCWP B 8 6
20. WRITE_CRED B 8 6
21. W_FORT_FLV B 8 6
22. _NULLFLAGS 0 2 0

Let me please recapitulate:
I have a problem with the field CAL_YEAR.
With Excel I get the years like 2012, 2013 etc.
but with DBD::XBase I get decimal numbers.

Regards, Holger