DBF to CSV |
| [Download] Latest version 1.0 released 05/16/2016 |
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DBF to CSV converter is a free program to convert FoxPro/DBase databases into comma
separated values (CSV) files. The database converter has high performance
due to direct connection to data source and writing into .csv files (it
does not use ODBC or any other middleware). Command line support
allows to script, automate and schedule the conversion process.
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To perform batch conversion or call the conversion procedure from an automation script you can use console version of DBF to CSV converter. This is file D2CAGENT.EXE in the installation folder. You can either run this tool directly from command line or call it from any script as well. The program supports the following command-line options:
| --dest=... | path to the folder with .csv files | |
| --help | display help message and exit | |
| --inc_fnames | include FoxPro field names into CSV files | |
| --logfile=... | path to the log file where execution traces will be written | |
| --mode=... | how to process an existing CSV folder (0 - overwrite the entire folder, 1 - overwrite existing files only, 2 - skip existing files) | |
| --n_delim=... | delimiter symbol to use in the resulting CSV file (0 - tab, 1 - semicolon, 2 - comma) | |
| --profile=... | path to the file to load conversion settings from | |
| --silent | use this option to disable program output | |
| --src=... | path to FoxPro database files (.dbf) | |
| --tab_file=... | file containing the list of tables to convert (one table name per line) |
In the following example the program converts FoxPro database stored in the folder "c:\db 1" into .csv files in folder "c:\from dbf" using table names file "c:\tabfile1.txt":
M2CAGENT.EXE --src="c:\db 1" --dest="c:\from dbf" --tab_file=c:\tabfile1.txt
Table names file should be formatted as follows:
Table_1
Table_2
...
Table_N
Notes:
- If you omit 'tab_file' parameter, all database tables will be converted
- Command line parameters that contain spaces should be enclosed in quotes (for example --dest="c:\my database")
- If you omit 'mode' parameter, default mode 'overwrite the entire folder' will be used