>I'm creating an Excel spreadsheet in VFP. I'm issuing either of the following:
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> COPY TO (lcFileName) TYPE XLS
> COPY TO (lcFileName) TYPE XL5
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>After programatically opening the spreadsheet in Excel from VFP I manually go to save it. A message informs me that it is an older version and asks whether I want to save it as a current version. I would expect VFP9 SP1 to create a current XLS formatted file, but apparently not.
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>How does one get VFP to create a file in the new version initially?

You can do that through Excel automation only.