So, if you are confused, use Office Excel or Office Access to open the DBF file. I started Office Excel and loaded the file.Īnd guess what? The file opened. I tried viewing the file with Servant Salamander to verify if it’s in binary format or text format and I learned that it is in binary format. I downloaded a ZIP file from DBF File Format that contains a DBF file. I tried doing it myself to verify if Office Excel can really open a DBF file. It’s quite confusing seeing the posts above saying a DBF file can’t be opened by Microsoft Office Excel. So, since you have Microsoft Office 2010, just fire up either Office Excel or Office Access and load the DBF file. ![]() This file format can also be accessed by Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Access. This file format was originally used by dBase II and continued until dBase IV and originated from Ashton-Tate but can also be accessed by FoxPro, xBase, Act!, Arago, Wordtech, Clipper, and similar database or database-related products. The DBF format is documented but not much adhered to. It is a file format basically used by database software. The function reads a DBF file into a data frame, converting character fields to factors, and trying to respect NULL fields. ![]() The DBF file is a dBase file and its letters stands for DataBase File.
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