Export DBF table to XML using dynamic filename with current date

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Export data from DBF table to XML file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to DBF -> Choose DBF table -> Set XML filename template including date -> Export DBF to XML using current date as file name

Choose DBF and logon.

“Export From Table” for “XML to DBF“.

Select XML file type.

1. Choose DBF table.

2. Set XML file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export DBF table data to XML file. Dynamically created XML file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output XML files.

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DBF → XML reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in DBF	in XML
Int	Numeric(10,0)	<int>1234</int>
Bigint	Numeric(19,0)	<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>
Decimal	Numeric(p,s)	<decimal>1234.56</decimal>
Float	Float	<float>1.234e10</float>
Text	Character(n)	<char>text</char>
Long text	Memo	<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for &amp; &lt;)
Date	Date	<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)
Datetime	(none)	<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)
Binary	(none)	<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)
Boolean	Logical	<bool>true</bool>
JSON	(none)	escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree

Dialect differences

DBF is a database server and XML 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 XML
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	—	Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...
row limit	(driver dependent)	—
dates	Date (D)	Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)
long text	Memo (M)	—
binary	—	base64Binary / hexBinary inside text
separator	—	Tags, not delimiters
encoding	—	Declared in the XML declaration
typing	—	None in the markup itself
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Arbitrary tree
ceiling	—	Whole document is usually parsed into memory

No counterpart

• XML has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
• XML has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
• XML has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

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