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Hi all,
I have a problem with dbf files.

When I open the dbf file, the "import DBase files" window appears. I choose the right one character set. Then I work with the document, save it and close it. But when I open the next dbf file, I need to select the right one again character set. By default, when opening a dbf file in the "import DBase files" window, Western Europe (DOS / OS2-850 / International) is selected. Let's say I want Japanese (EUC-JP) to be selected by default in the "import DBase files" window. How to do it?
I open a lot of dbf files, so not comfortable constantly looking for the right character set.
When I open a dbf file in LibreOffice, the same window appears. But the last choice is remembered there. Therefore, when I open another dbf file in LibreOffice, the desired character set is already selected and I just need to click ok and work with the file.

How to do the same in OpenOffice?

Thank you

How to do the same in OpenOffice?

1.: Install and use the LibreOffice.
2.: Try to create (to record or to write) a macro for this task.
3.: Modify this feature in the source code of the open source Apache OpenOffice. (I think it: the developers of the AOO will not modify it...)

dBase is a database file format. You can do more with dBase when you use OpenOffice Base.
Calc may destroy *.dbf so the file may become unusable with a database program, for instance when Calc changes column types "on the fly".
Move your *.dbf files to a dedicated database directory.
menu:File>New>Database
Type: dBase
Specify the directory and the encoding once.
Register the database if you need to import data into text documents and sheets.
Save the database to the same directory or any other directory.
Every *.dbf file in the database directory will be shown as a database table with the same encoding.
Filtering and sorting is way easier than with Calc and you can store filtering and sorting as queries. Queries on dBase tables allow you to show any subset of rows and columns in any order of rows and columns without changing the underlying tables.
You can create nice input forms.
You can create report documents with a nice layout.