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

You must know the record number to read, and for this reason you might want to use this set of DBF read routines in conjunction with the set of NTX read routines.

You also must know in advance the structure of the record. In fact FFDbfGetRecord doesn't care the structure, it only reads a whole record, included the leading byte (being 0x20 a normal record, and 0x2A a deleted record).

See the examples to see how to use it all. You might say that this set of routines is very low level, but C++ itself is low level, too...

Important note: if the DBF exists but FFDbfOpen fails then wait a second and retry (this could happen if the DBF is locked by some other user).

• read a record in a DBF file, a very basic example
• search a key in the NTX index file and retrieve all the records from the DBF, a complete example

• FFNtx routines: a set of routines to read NTX files and search keys in the b-tree