Microsoft Works Database - Revision history

Dexvertbot: Change telparia.com samples link to template

2023-12-28T04:07:12Z

Change telparia.com samples link to template

Sembiance: Added sample files

2022-03-21T23:37:09Z

Added sample files

Thorsted at 16:07, 27 October 2020

2020-10-27T16:07:48Z

Jsummers at 16:59, 20 April 2019

2019-04-20T16:59:10Z

Jsummers at 13:37, 28 August 2016

2016-08-28T13:37:49Z

Jsummers: PRONOM

2016-08-28T12:54:55Z

PRONOM

Jsummers at 17:48, 18 December 2014

2014-12-18T17:48:15Z

Dan Tobias at 01:29, 18 December 2014

2014-12-18T01:29:50Z

JesseWofZ: add link to CodeAlchemists parser

2014-12-17T22:39:54Z

add link to CodeAlchemists parser

JesseWofZ: add the parser I made many years ago, and link to the Bender page

2014-12-17T22:36:39Z

add the parser I made many years ago, and link to the Bender page

New page

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

See [[Ext:wdb]] for the [[User:Bender]]-created links.

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/document/microsoftWorksDatabase/
+* {{DexvertSamples|document/microsoftWorksDatabase}}
 == Links ==

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 ==Screenshots==
 [[Image:MSWorksDatabase6.0-SaveAsDialog.png|300px]]
 == Links ==

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 == Identification ==
-Some or all early WDB files begin with (hex) {{magic|20 54 02 00 00 00 05 54 02 00}}.
+Early WDB files (versions 1-2) may begin with (hex) {{magic|20 54 02 00 00 00 05 54 02 00}}.
-Later versions are based on [[Microsoft Compound File]] format. The ''root CLSID'' {00021303-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} has been observed.
+Later versions 3-9 are based on [[Microsoft Compound File]] format. The ''root CLSID'' {00021303-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} has been observed.
 == Links ==

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 '''Microsoft Works Database''' is the native database format of the [[Microsoft Works]] office suite.
-A partial parser is available here: https://bitbucket.org/jesseweinstein/sundry-python-stuff/src/82df96b0efd6acd144d39a18c6a244dced577664/msworks.py?at=master
+See [[Microsoft Works]] for more information and resources.
-−
-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/
 == Identifiers ==
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 |Microsoft Works Database [backup file] || || .bdb || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/344}}
 |}
 [[Category:Microsoft]]

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 | formattype=electronic
 | subcat=Databases
-| extensions={{ext|wdb}}
+| extensions={{ext|wdb}}, {{ext|bdb}}
 | pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/256}}, others
 }}
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 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Format !! Version !! Ext. !! PRONOM
 |-
 |Microsoft Works Database for DOS || 1.05 || .wdb || {{PRONOM|fmt/169}}
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 |-
 |Microsoft Works Database for Macintosh || 4 || .wdb || {{PRONOM|fmt/269}}
 |}
 [[Category:Microsoft]]

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 | extensions={{ext|wdb}}
 }}
-'''Microsoft Works''' is a database from Microsoft.
+'''Microsoft Works Database''' is the native database format of the Microsoft Works office suite.
 A partial parser is available here: https://bitbucket.org/jesseweinstein/sundry-python-stuff/src/82df96b0efd6acd144d39a18c6a244dced577664/msworks.py?at=master

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:29, 18 December 2014
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		+	{{FormatInfo
		+	\| formattype=electronic
		+	\| subcat=Databases
		+	\| extensions={{ext\|wdb}}
		+	}}
		+	'''Microsoft Works''' is a database from Microsoft.
		+
	A partial parser is available here: https://bitbucket.org/jesseweinstein/sundry-python-stuff/src/82df96b0efd6acd144d39a18c6a244dced577664/msworks.py?at=master		A partial parser is available here: https://bitbucket.org/jesseweinstein/sundry-python-stuff/src/82df96b0efd6acd144d39a18c6a244dced577664/msworks.py?at=master

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	See [[Ext:wdb]] for the [[User:Bender]]-created links.		See [[Ext:wdb]] for the [[User:Bender]]-created links.
		+
		+	[[Category:Microsoft]]

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	Documentation of the format (based on the parser above) is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JesseW/wdb_format		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/

	See [[Ext:wdb]] for the [[User:Bender]]-created links.		See [[Ext:wdb]] for the [[User:Bender]]-created links.