MapInfo Pro can export tabular data into dBASE DBF format. Exporting to DBF creates only the .DBF file. No graphical data is exported to dBASE. When you save your table in DBF format, you create a .DBF file, as well as some other files. These other files contain graphic information (for example, MapInfo Pro indices and other information that MapInfo Pro uses).
MapInfo Pro also displays the dBASE DBF Information dialog box that you use to indicate the character set for the exported DBF file. Different platforms use different character sets. MapInfo Pro must know the platform where you are going to use the exported file in order to provide the appropriate character set.