Reading .DBF Files with .NET (Using Oledb Provider)

You can also use OleDb Provider for reading .DBF files:

System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection conn = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection();

DataTable dt = new
DataTable();

conn.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" +

@"Data Source=C:\dbfFilesFolder;Extended Properties=dBase IV";

conn.Open();

System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand comm = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand();

comm.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM C:\\dbfFilesFolder\\FileName";

comm.Connection = conn;

dt.Load(comm.ExecuteReader());

//After this, you have data from your DBF file in your DataTable;

conn.Close();