NDbfReader

A fully managed .NET library for reading dBASE (.dbf) files.

• Fast and lightweight
• Full async support

Supported platforms:

• .NET 4.0 +
• .NET Standard 1.3 (without AsDataTable methods)
• .NET Standard 2.0

Supported data types

Example

using (var table = Table.Open(@"D:\mytable.dbf"))
{
    var reader = table.OpenReader(Encoding.ASCII);
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        var row = new MyRow()
        {
            Text = reader.GetString("TEXT"),
            DateTime = reader.GetDateTime("DATETIME"),
            IntValue = reader.GetInt32("INT"),
            DecimalValue = reader.GetDecimal("DECIMAL"),
            BooleanValue = reader.GetBoolean("BOOL")
        };
    }
}

Installation

Source

Install Visual Studio 2017 (15.5+) and .NET Core 2.0.

Clone the repository and run build.cmd from Developer Command Prompt for VS.

Tests

Run the run-tests.cmd batch file.

Run the test-coverage.cmd batch file to calculate the test coverage with OpenCover.

License

MIT