Pro2Dbf will allow you to export data from Progress database in
DBF format.
I've wrote this just because even if the original articles published
by
Peter van Dam on this subject
are public available there is no such a procedure in the public domain.
The only procedures I did found was on
4GL French web page and
both was crypted, one of them even limited to 100 records in free version.
Pro2Dbf will allow you to dump the data from one
buffer if you
provide a buffer handle as parameter or from an
open query (or at least
prepared) if you provide a handle to that query as parameter.
Memo fields are supported for character field larger than 255 characters
or for raw fields. If you have such fields in your buffer/query you'll be
prompter to use memo field or to trim the record to 255 characters.
Decimal and
extend field are supported, the dBase field
format are the same as the field format from Progress table.
If you didn't cared to much about the field format when you did the database
design, you should create a temporary table with the desired field format before
the export process -
also all fancy characters from numerical format are striped out ($,€,&…).
Download the source code
here.