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Batch export data from DBF tables to HTML tables
Login to DBF -> Select DBF tables -> Set HTML file options -> Export DBF tables to HTML tables
Choose DBF and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” for “DBF to HTML”.
Select HTML file type.
1. Select DBF tables to export.
2. Set HTML options.
3. See DBF tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export DBF data to HTML tables.
After exporting, you can view output HTML tables.
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See also:
- Export DBF table to HTML
- Export DBF query results to HTML
- Export multiple similar DBF tables to one HTML file
DBF → HTML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in DBF | in HTML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | <td>1234</td> |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | <td>9007199254740993</td> |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | <td>1234.56</td> |
| Float | Float | <td>1.234e+10</td> |
| Text | Character(n) | <td>text</td> |
| Long text | Memo | <td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <) |
| Date | Date | <td>2026-09-18</td> |
| Datetime | (none) | <td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td> |
| Binary | (none) | not representable in a cell |
| Boolean | Logical | <td>true</td> |
| JSON | (none) | <td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped) |
Dialect differences
DBF is a database server and HTML is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in DBF | in HTML |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D) | Whatever text was rendered |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | — | data: URIs inside src attributes |
| separator | — | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header |
| typing | — | None |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit |
No counterpart
- HTML has no equivalent for Date and time – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- HTML has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- HTML has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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