Well, importing is easy - just use xlXMLSpreadsheet constant in the SaveAs command. However, the XML output is quite complex. We may try to load it into table using XMLAdapter... I haven't done it before, but I saw several threads here discussing this.

>hi,
>thank you for reply,
>Another idea - save as XML and then convert XML to DBF... ??? how
>
>mean VFPcode.
>
>>>hi,
>>>thank you for reply,
>>>
>>>i try your code before , it works, but with one problem
>>>
>>>i have field (arabic data), i see it as rubbish (remmeber),
>>>
>>>via Mr.Sergey Berezniker code i can solve this problem(arabic fields)
>>>
>>>thanks alot
>>>
>>>m.qasem
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>>Yes, I remember. How are you exporting Excel file now? Do you use Append from and then change table's structure?
>>
>>May be you can save as TAB Delimited and then append?
>>
>>BTW, nobody really helped on Arabic problem... I posted a thread here before...
>>
>>Another idea - save as XML and then convert XML to DBF...