Microsoft KB Archive/115473

= File-Extension Differences Between dBASE and FoxPro =

Article ID: 115473

Article Last Modified on 11/17/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS

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This article was previously published under Q115473



SUMMARY
The information below describes the file-extension differences between dBASE and FoxPro. Some of this text is also found in the "Switching from dBASE" topic in FoxPro 2.6 Help.

To go directly to this topic in FoxPro, choose dBASE Help from the Help menu.



MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists differences in file extensions between dBASE and FoxPro. dBASE                            FoxPro 2.x               Visual FoxPro ---

Applications .APP, .PRG                .APP                      .APP

Catalogs .CAT                      .FPC, .FCT                Not Applicable

Indexes .MDX, .NDX                .CDX, .IDX                .CDX, .IDX

Labels .LBL, .LBG                .LBX, .LBT                .LBX, .LBT

Menus Not Applicable            .MNX, .MNT,               .MNX, .MNT, .MPR, .MPX               .MPR, .MPX

Programs .PRG, .PRS                .PRG, .FXP                .PRG, .FXP

Projects Not Applicable            .PJX, .PJT                .PJX, .PJT

Queries .QBE, .QBO, .UPD, .UPO    .QPR, .FPQ, .CSQ          .QPR, .QPX

Reports .FRM, .FRG, .FRO          .FRX, .FRT                .FRX, .FRT

Screens .SCR, .FMT, .FMO          .SCX, .SCT, .SPR, .SPX    .SCX, .SCT

Tables .DBF, .DBT                .DBF, .FPT                .DBF, .FPT

Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxDos FoxWin foxhelp.dbf foxhelp.hlp akz

Keywords: KB115473

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