// prototypes
   int  ( __stdcall *pfnFFDbfOpen )( char* );
   char*  ( __stdcall *pfnFFDbfGetRecord)( int );
   void ( __stdcall *pfnFFDbfClose )( void );

// load FFLIB.DLL
   HINSTANCE FFLibDllHandle = 0;
   FFLibDllHandle = LoadLibrary ( "FFLIB.DLL" );
   if ( FFLibDllHandle == 0 )
      {
        MessageBox ( NULL, "LoadLibrary:\nFFLIB.DLL not found.",
                           "Error FS 001", MB_SYSTEMMODAL );
        return;
      }

// load the address of FFDbfOpen
   pfnFFDbfOpen = ( int ( __stdcall *)( char* ) )
      GetProcAddress ( FFLibDllHandle, "FFDbfOpen" );
   if ( pfnFFDbfOpen == NULL )
      {
        MessageBox ( NULL, "GetProcAddress:\nFFDbfOpen not found.",
                           "Error FS 003", MB_SYSTEMMODAL );
        return;
      }

// load the address of FFDbfGetRecord
   pfnFFDbfGetRecord = ( char* ( __stdcall *)( int ) )
      GetProcAddress ( FFLibDllHandle, "FFDbfGetRecord" );
   if ( pfnFFDbfGetRecord == NULL )
      {
        MessageBox ( NULL, "GetProcAddress:\nFFDbfGetRecord not found.",
                           "Error FS 003", MB_SYSTEMMODAL );
        return;
      }

// load the address of FFDbfClose
   pfnFFDbfClose = ( void ( __stdcall *)( void ) )
      GetProcAddress ( FFLibDllHandle, "FFDbfClose" );
   if ( pfnFFDbfClose == NULL )
      {
        MessageBox ( NULL, "GetProcAddress:\nFFDbfClose not found.",
                           "Error FS 003", MB_SYSTEMMODAL );
        return;
      }

// open the DBF and get the total number of records
   int RecCount = pfnFFDbfOpen ( "V:\\NPZB\\LAN_DISK\\BARI\\D_MAIN.DBF" );

// read record number 1536 and get a pointer to the ASCIIZ record
   char* myrec;
   myrec = pfnFFDbfGetRecord ( 1536 );

// now myrec points to an ASCIIZ string representing the record;
// if the first byte is "*" (0x2A) the record is deleted;
// to get the fields extract the substrings according to the structure of the record

// close the DBF
   pfnFFDbfClose ( );

// unload the library
   FreeLibrary ( FFLibDllHandle );