HDBCreation (Function) Ends the description of the structure of an xBase table programmatically. HDBDescribeField (Function) Describes through programming each item found in the structure of an xBase file described by HDBDescribeFile. HDBDescribeFile (Function) Describes a file in dBase3 format (most common format) programmatically. HDBDescribeIndex (Function) Describes through programming the different index files that will be created. HDBIndex (Function) Opens an xBase index file. HDBOpen (Function) Opens the xBase table and the "memo" file if it exists. HDBOpenNoLock (Function) In single-user mode, opens an xBase table without locking it. HDBSortType (Function) Returns or modifies the sequence of text items in the xBase files.