Try to save as CSV file and than import in VFP.
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>I need to set up a database which has mixed Russian addresses (with Russian characters) and US addresses (with US characters) - I am importing the data from a spreadsheet which has both types of addresses on it
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>I mave marked the table as Russian Windows codepage and appended from the Excel file but the Russian addresses import as a line of ?????
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>What am I doing wrong?
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>Colin
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