Is there any genie that would display a "dbf" file on runtime?

I am trying to create a log file in dbf format and is trying to figure out how to display this file on citect. I could open it up in excel but its nice if I could have open directly into citect.

Thanks to anyone who could point me on how to do this.

TIA

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  • Example Project has a file display page, and the device required would have to be changed to a .dbf device.

    There is also a dBase ActiveX in graphics builder.  A bit harder to wok with, but very effective if that is what you are looking for.

  • Thanks Michael. I tried the file display page already and it only works for "txt" files. My second idea was to convert the dbf file into a text file and then use the File display page to view it. This might work but I will try Eric's suggestion below first and see how it works.

  • I had thought I had used that, but I may be mistaken. 

    Most of the time, it takes a cicode file to open a device, and put the fields into variables.

    DevOpen(), DevGetField(),DevClose().

    Many device functions , and you can work these with variables.

    Another option is to "exec" a dbase editor.  Open Office, LibreOffice could open these, but they are in full edit mode.  I think there are some freeware programs out there to just look at them.

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  • I had thought I had used that, but I may be mistaken. 

    Most of the time, it takes a cicode file to open a device, and put the fields into variables.

    DevOpen(), DevGetField(),DevClose().

    Many device functions , and you can work these with variables.

    Another option is to "exec" a dbase editor.  Open Office, LibreOffice could open these, but they are in full edit mode.  I think there are some freeware programs out there to just look at them.

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