Short description of CDBF Shell 1.11: The CDBF Shell extension allows you to view content or structure of DBF files in the Properties window without opening them. CDBF Shell allows you: copy to the clipboard selected records. copy to the clipboard structure of the table. hide or show deleted records. sort DBF file by clicking on a column header. set default order of records. switch Ansi/OEM charset (Autodetect Ansi/OEM is available, too).