Isn't this something to do with what version of Excel you've already got on board? Maybe, despite VFP9, the format of the export result is still not up-to-date with Excel 2000 or whatever you've got.

Terry

>I am using Office 2000.
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>Export To (lcPathFile) Type XlS
>When I do an export to Excel with type XLS (as shown above) and then open the spreadsheet with excel and save it, I get a dialog that says, "MyFile.xls is a Microsoft Excel 2.1 Worksheet. Do you want to overwrite it with the latest Excel format?"
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>Export To (lcPathFile) Type Xl5
>When I do an export to Excel with type XL5 and then open the spreadsheet with excel and save it, I get a dialog that says, "MyFile.xl5 is a Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook. Do you want to overwrite it with the latest Excel format?"
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>But the XLS and XL5 file types are the only two Excel types in the VFP9 Help file. Both types seem to produce what sounds like ancient formats. Is there a undocumented type that produces an Excel spreadsheet that Office 2000 likes?
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>Thanks,
>Stan