Can you send me an email with a small sample of the excel file that the data occurs on? only need a few records -- less than 20 even.


>hi,
>thank you,
>it works with fields include numbers, but the fields include characters
>show as rubbish,
>any idea.
>
>m.qasem
>>>hi all,
>>>
>>>i try to (import via wizard), excel sheet have mor than 45000 records
>>>i get error messag (MICROSOFT EXCEL FILE FORMAT IS INVALID).
>>>
>>>any idea.
>>>thanks
>>
>>Have you tried opening the excel file and doing a "Save As" and pick file type of "DBF 3 (dBASE III) (*.dbf)" file format, you can then just open it natively in VFP.