public void Read()
{
// Open stream for reading.
using (FileStream stream = File.Open(_path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
using (BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream))
{
ReadHeader(reader);
Memo = ReadMemo();
ReadFields(reader);
// After reading the Fields, we move the read pointer to the beginning
// of the Records, as indicated by the "HeaderLength" value in the header.
stream.Seek(Header.HeaderLength, SeekOrigin.Begin);
ReadRecords(reader);
}
}
public DbfField AddNewField(string name, DbfFieldType type, int length)
{
if (type == DbfFieldType.Memo)
{
if (Header.Version == DbfVersion.dBase4SQLSystemNoMemo ||
Header.Version == DbfVersion.dBase4SQLTableNoMemo ||
Header.Version == DbfVersion.FoxBaseDBase3NoMemo)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Memo fields are not supported for this database version.");
}
if (Memo == null)
{
Memo = CreateMemo();
}
}
var field = new DbfField(name, type, length, _encoding);
Fields.Add(field);
return(field);
}
