Microsoft Works Database

Microsoft Works Database is the native database format of the Microsoft Works office suite.

See Microsoft Works for more information and resources.

Identification
Early WDB files (versions 1-2) may begin with (hex).

Later versions 3-9 are based on Microsoft Compound File format. The root CLSID {00021303-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} has been observed.

Sample files

 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/document/microsoftWorksDatabase/

Links

 * A partial parser is available here: https://bitbucket.org/jesseweinstein/sundry-python-stuff/src/82df96b0efd6acd144d39a18c6a244dced577664/msworks.py?at=master
 * Documentation of the format (based on the parser above) is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JesseW/wdb_format
 * Another parser is available here (written in Java): http://www.codealchemists.com/worksdatabaseconverter/