Data File Format

All CAPITAL database files conform to the dBase III Plus file format and have the file extension DBF.

Professional & Enterprise Editions

Index files used by CAPITAL Office have the file extension CDX and conform to the Foxpro 2.6 index format. The record locking scheme is proprietary.

Corporate Edition

Index files used by CAPITAL Office have the file extension CDX and conform to the Foxpro 2.6 file format. The record locking scheme is proprietary and not compatible with the Professional or Enterprise Editions of CAPITAL.

Database access tools are available for the Corporate Edition for the following environments:

• ODBC

• NET Data Provider

• JDBC

• OLE DB for ADO

• Perl DBI

• PHP Extension

• C++ Builder

• Delphi versions 3-8 & greater

• Kylix

• DLL (C++ API)

• Crystal Reports

For further information on these data access drivers please contact CAPITAL Office Business.

For back-up purposes it is always safest to copy all files contained in CAPITAL company subdirectories. Do not only back-up the DBF files.