To open a DBF file, click File | Open menu (Ctrl-O), or click the corresponding icon on the toolbar. In the file opening dialog box select the file(s), use Ctrl and Shift keys for multiple selection.

To open dbf file with other extension (non .dbf) you need to enter file name with extension to open file dialog and click "OK"

open-dbf-file

Each opened dbf file adds a new tab under the toolbar displaying the file name; click the tab to view the desired file.

DBF Viewer with Quick Filter

At the bottom of the window view the following information:

	•	The number of records in the file
	•	Size of the file, in KB
	•	Last modification date See also: DBF to XLS (Excel), DBF to SQL, DBF to CSV, Filtering records, Sorting records in dbf file, Command line options