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Aradox Pecifications: File Format

This document provides information on Paradox file format specifications, Paradox repair and recovery software called PxBLUE, and decryption tools for encrypted Paradox tables called PXUNSEC and PXDAZZ. The author has deciphered most of the Paradox table file format and provides a ZIP file with more details. PxBLUE can salvage lost records from damaged tables. PXUNSEC and PXDAZZ exploit an old security flaw to decrypt tables without passwords, though PXUNSEC may not work with some newer formats.

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Aradox Pecifications: File Format

This document provides information on Paradox file format specifications, Paradox repair and recovery software called PxBLUE, and decryption tools for encrypted Paradox tables called PXUNSEC and PXDAZZ. The author has deciphered most of the Paradox table file format and provides a ZIP file with more details. PxBLUE can salvage lost records from damaged tables. PXUNSEC and PXDAZZ exploit an old security flaw to decrypt tables without passwords, though PXUNSEC may not work with some newer formats.

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PARADOX SPECIFICATIONS

 File Format, 
Paradox Repair & Recovery, 
and
Decryption

File Format
I have deciphered most of the Paradox table file format. 
This .ZIP file also includes a copy
of Kevin Mitchell's PARADOX4.TXT file, which goes into more detail on certain elements of
the file format.

Download PXFORMAT.ZIP here


(26 Kb) -- updated Feb-23-2002.

This remains a work in progress. If you have any additional data, please let me know via
email.

PxBLUE:  Paradox Repair & Recovery 


PxBLUE is a Paradox table repair and recovery program designed to
salvage whatever it
can from those lost records that TUtility can't find.

Link to PXBLUE

Decryption
PXUNSEC and PXDAZZ are two old programs that exploit an old flaw in Paradox security
to
decode encrypted Paradox tables without knowing the password. 
(I'd tell you what the
flaw is, but some of you may enjoy figuring it out for yourselves.)

PXUNSEC.EXE
will quickly decrypt Paradox tables, and PXDAZZ.EXE will find a working
password. 
While PXUNSEC will not work with some Paradox 5 and 7 tables, PXDAZZ.EXE
can be used for virtually all. 
These are small MS-DOS utilities with a simple command-line
interface.

Download PXUNSEC.ZIP here


(160 Kb / includes PXDAZZ) -- updated Jan-24-1999.

For something newer, About.com has a few


universal passwords here.


Programming Notes...


BDE Version Checker...


Link to more file formats...


Link to more Paradox sites...


Paradox native .NET reader...

     

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