The length of the field. Note that in a DBF file each record is a constant length (even if a record is an empty string)

The name of the field. The maximum length of a field name is 10 characters

The field type

RecordOffset = the offset of the field in a record. For Field 0, RecordOffset = 0, For Field 1, RecordOffset = Length of Field 0, For Field N, RecordOffset = Length of Field0 to FieldN-1