>In Visual FoxPro, I was able to do:
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>COPY TO oapp.cHttpFat +"\"+lcFile TYPE XL5
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>to export the current data into an Excel file. How would I be able to achieve the same from a dataset?


For a quick and dirty export you can create a string with values separated by tab and create file with an 'XLS' extension
lcXLS = lcXLS + value1 + chr(9) + value2 + chr(9) + value3 + crlf

Excel opens the file (no formatting just as VFP copy to .. type xls)


Another option is to create an excel file with formatting, colors, etc. and save as a web page. I then have to do some manual parsing to set things up to merge data. The end result is a page that shows up as a formatted excel spreadsheet for end users with excel, and as a normal web page for end users without excel.

Ken