Export DBF to XML

With DBF Viewer 2000 you can export dbf files to xml file format from GUI or from the command line. To export a dbf file to xml format, open File | Save as/Export menu, and select file type: XML.

Export to dialog box opens. Select the fields to be exported and specify their order using up and down arrows.

Export DBF to XML from the command line:

"c:\Program Files\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" file.dbf /EXPORT:file.xml [/FILTER | /WFILTER | /REVERSE | /COLUMNS | /FROMRECORD | /SORTBY:field]

example 1, simple export dbf to xml

"c:\Program Files\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xml

example 2, export dbf to xml in reverse mode

"c:\Program Files\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xml /REVERSE

example 3, export dbf to xml with columns selection

"c:\Program Files\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xml /COLUMNS:ZIP,NAME,PHONE

example 4, export dbf to xml with sorting

"c:\Program Files\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xml /SORTBY:CITY

example 5, export dbf to xml with wide filter

"c:\Program Files\DBF Viewer 2000\dbview.exe" sample.dbf /EXPORT:sample.xml /wfilter:alaska

See also: DBF to XLS (excel), DBF to CSV, DBF to SQL, command line options, Filtering records in dbf file