>>Hi
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>>I import an HTML file into Excel. Fine - no truncation.
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>>However, the XLS needs to be processed by an old FPD2.6 system, so I save as an XLS 3, so the old system recognises it.
>>The data are then processed into a DBF.
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>>It's just been noticed that a fair slice of the data have been lopped off, to 16384 rows.
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>>I suspect thet Excel 3 has a max file size limitation, of c. 16K rows or something like that. Is this the case? I haven't a copy thereof to check.
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>>Secondly, any ideas on how to get round this? (I saved to Excel 3 as a precaution, as FPD2.6 won't recognise 97 as I have on board) How recent can I go with Excel versions?
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>>'ppreciate it.
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>>Terry
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>Yes, it is limited. But you can append from the regular XL file in VFP and then use COPY TO to save it as a FPD 2X file.
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>Regards,

Thanks Jim

Yes, that's all very well, and of course I knew that. But, there is an FPD program, part of an old system, that manipulates the xls and produces a FPD table (for further processing by the system). It's not just a case of saving it in Foxpro - that would be trivial.

Terry