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From: dlucy@srs.UUCP (Douglas Lucy)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Public domain dBase routines available?
Summary: SoftC Library
Message-ID: <423@srs.UUCP>
Date: 14 Apr 91 02:13:31 GMT
References: <9103270101.AA00239@titanic.bostech.com>
Organization: S & R Software, Inc, Cockeysville, MD
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In article <9103270101.AA00239@titanic.bostech.com> traynor@bostech.com (Pat Traynor) writes:

>dBase Heavyweights,

>Are there any dBase routines in the public domain anywhere.  I looked in a
>couple of locations that had database archives, but most of the stuff was
>just dBase clones.  I have dBase III+... I would just like to get a few
>free programs so that I can copy some of the routines rather than write
>my own.

There is a shareware package called SoftC that gives C programmers
a rich set of library routines to access dBase III+ and dBase IV
data, index and memo files. You should be able to find the package
on any large DOS bbs, or Compuswerve/GENIE.

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