/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
protected void ReadHeader()
{
_header = new DbaseFileHeader();
// read the header
_header.ReadHeader(_dbfStream);
// how many records remain
_readPosition = _header.HeaderLength;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the header information for the dbase file.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>DbaseFileHeader contain header and field information.</returns>
public DbaseFileHeader GetHeader()
{
if (_header == null)
{
FileStream stream = new FileStream(_filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
BinaryReader dbfStream = new BinaryReader(stream);
_header = new DbaseFileHeader();
// read the header
_header.ReadHeader(dbfStream);
dbfStream.Close();
stream.Close();
}
return(_header);
}