[Evolution] Re: Act! 2000 Reverse engineering

[Ashley Cambrell <ashc solutions101 com au>]

Hi Tom,

I think Act uses a standard XBase format with a few slight differences.
Separate tables are kept in separate file (hence the .dbf .adb, hdb etc and the
index files adx hdx etc..)

The only thing I think that is no standard is the note / histories..  Goldmine
needs this ellaborate screen dump procedure to import them.. takes forever.. ;(

I could be incorrect but I had a look into it for my company ages ago..

Ashley Cambrell

PS. Just imported most of the Act data into M$ Access (standard dBase 5
format).  the .ddf file is password protected though (looks like it could be
the notes/history table )  The *x files are the index files..

Tom Musgrove wrote:

> I found a resource that could potentially make reverse engineering the Act!
> 2000 (and Goldmine) data formats much easier...
>
> http://www.codebase.com/products/cbase6.htm#Royalty Free
>
> (Free is part of the link...)
>
> According to their website, they provide the complete source to their
> product, and it can access Act! 2000 database files and Goldmine files.
>
> Thus someone should be able to spec the file format from their code, and
> then have someone else do a clean room implementation to access the files.
>
> There is a "Free 30 Day Test Drive" available.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Tom M.
> TomM pentstar com

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