I have a working application that is using a PDB file as data source. Due to that application is not doing all what the customer wants, I need to know how I can read/write the information from the PDB file. It doesn't matter if I have to export it to another format and then start working in the new format (csv,xls,mysql, MS sql), I don't need to keep updated the source file.
I tried a lots of converters and different way to read the information but I was not able to do it.
The current programs is build by Visual Fox Pro, and there are several dbf file that I could open and see the table information, but I still cannot access to the PDB file that I think has ALL the information. Each file (dbf and pdb) have their corresponding cdx file.
"PDB" is not a self-explaining data-file extension in a (Visual) FoxPro context. One among other options could be that your "PDB" is just a renamed "DBF" table file, so that your existing code could for example use FoxPro's USE command in order to open the file.
You would not even need to change the extension of the possible shared file back to default, Command Window example:
CD d:\temp && optionally determine your working folder
CREATE TABLE test.pdb (col1 Int) && non-default file extension
USE && close the new table
USE test && open attempt fails caused by unexpected extension ('File "name" does not exist (Error 1)')
USE test.pdb && works
BROWSE