Dear James,

Thank you for your feedback. I'm using the import wizard and the example is just an example. ok i give u the right example:
Record in last row in first column in xls = REF-030891
Record in last row in first column in dbf =7.746817146097E-304

Thank you.

>A couple questions:
>a) are you using
>
>append from ... xls
>or the import wizard
>or using OLE automation e.g.
>m.lnValue = loWb.sheet(1).cells(x,y)
>
>to import the data?
>
>b) Is "0002345 will become 7.77678999E" literally true? Exactly what value is converted to what value?
>
>By the way sometimes type conversion is responsible for such oddities -- for example, a date type is converted to a numeric. You can try making your foxpro fields character to get around the problem.
>
>Jamie Beerbower
>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I need help from you all. When i import data from excel into dbf format, the last record on the first column will became other number(Eg. 0002345 will become 7.77678999E.)How can i overcome this problem?
>>
>>Thank you