I'd like to make an application to change the contents of a ".dat" database. Which kind of database is this? and If you know, which component of Visual Basic 6/2005 should I use to access it?
2007-12-07 16:30:07 · 3 answers · asked by Nikhil M 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It's a generic data format, usually comma delimited. To be sure, check it out in notepad.
For some reason I am thinking that the original Lotus databases were .dat, but I could be wrong. That was over 20 years ago and I don't remember with any certainty.
As for the VB part of your question, you're on your own. I found my way out of the coding world before it was invented.
2007-12-07 16:44:01 · answer #1 · answered by Pragmatism Please 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.dat usually stands for "data" and .dat files could be anything.
There is no well-known desktop database that uses that extension specifically.
2007-12-08 00:38:14 · answer #2 · answered by General Cucombre 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DAT is a rather common file extension. It is short for data. It could be just a regular file. Take a peek with notepad or debug.
2007-12-08 00:37:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋