Table 1 Dbase Commands & Their Codebase4 Equivalents

Dbase             Codebase4
Command/Function  Function       Description
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go bottom         d4bottom()     Go to last record
go top            d4top()        Go to first record
use               d4close()      Close individual .DBF file
close all         d4close_all()  Close all open database files
create            d4create()     Create a new .DBF File
delete            d4delete()     Mark a record for deletion
deleted()         d4deleted()    Return TRUE if record deleted
go <record#>      d4go()         Go to a specific record #
rlock()/flock()   d4lock()       Lock a portion or all of file
pack              d4pack()       Remove deleted records
recall            d4recall()     Undelete marked records
reccount()        d4reccount()   # of records in file
recno()           d4recno()      Current record number
seek "key-val"    d4seek()       Look up record in index key
select            d4select()     Make database area current
skip <#records>   d4skip()       Move record pointer #records
unlock            d4unlock()     Unlock File/Record
use <Filename>    d4use()        Open a database file
replace           d4write()      Update database record
append blank      d4write(0)     Append a blank record
zap               d4zap()        Delete all records & pack