FAQ 2: Using Old SoftC Function Names

Using Old Function Names

With the release of v4.1 we changed the index and function names to be more generic. Instead of calling DBfpOpenIndex to open a FoxPro index file you now call DBOpenIndex and tell the function it is a FoxPro file via the last parameter. This enables you to decide which xBASE dialect to use at RUN-TIME!

We realize this would cause those of you who are updating from a previous release a lot of work renaming functions, etc. So, we have retained the old functions. The C functions can all be found in the 'c_all\v400.c' module ('c_all\v320.c' for v3.4 users). By default these functions are NOT included in the libraries, but you can enable these functions by defining 'DB_V400' or 'DB_V320' when recompiling the libraries.

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