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Besides plain text import/export (including Memo/FmtMemos and numerics-text conversions) PdxEditor on a table view field level also has the capacity of importing and exporting binaries of various graphic formats as well as general binaries in typed BLOB fields via dedicated binary popup dialogs.
Except for the Memo and FmtMemo data types binary fields are not covered by the PdxEditor Delimited text import/export procedures.
As the dBASE (level 5 & 7) table format does not have a dedicated field type for graphics, the graphics in a dBASE table are stored in the common type Binary field (TypedBinary). When double clicking this kind of field in a dBASE table being either empty or containing a recognized graphic format, the graphics dialog is opened - otherwise, the generic binary BLOB dialog opens for import/export.
If you prefer storing a non-graphic file, the generic BLOB dialog may be force preferenced pressing the [Ctrl] while clicking the data field.
As binary fields do not hold information on the file name or the file type (except for graphics), it will always be highly recommended storing the file name and file type in an adjacent string field as well as a field for date/datetime information, as the file will lose it's original file date when recreated by retrieving the file from the BLOB field.
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