Hello ppl

With TField is possible to know if a field is ftFloat, but I would like 
to know the original data type, for exemple NUMERIC(12,2) from a field 
of DBD file. I need to know if a field is NUMERIC(11,2), or 
NUMERIC(12,2) on DBF file.

How to do this with delphi ?

quinn wildman wrote:

> How about reading the header? The file format is here: 
> http://www.dbase.com/KnowledgeBase/int/db7_file_fmt.htm
> 

Very thanks !
Roberto

How about reading the header? The file format is here: 
http://www.dbase.com/KnowledgeBase/int/db7_file_fmt.htm

roberto novakosky wrote:
> Hello ppl
>
> With TField is possible to know if a field is ftFloat, but I would like
> to know the original data type, for exemple NUMERIC(12,2) from a field
> of DBD file. I need to know if a field is NUMERIC(11,2), or
> NUMERIC(12,2) on DBF file.
>
> How to do this with delphi ?
>