hi,
thank you for reply,

i have table with 5 fields some fields (character type) have arabic names, this table createed under foxpro2.5 under DOS.

i try to open it under vfp(winxp) i get rubbish characters.
thank you

i >>hi all,
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>>i need your help to convert FOXPRO tables under DOS to VFP tables under WINXP ,
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>>i try it to open it i get rubbish characters for character fields,
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>>any help,code to convert it.
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>>thanks.
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>You mean that you try to open a FPD table with VFP, and you get rubbish? If so, the table is corrupted!
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>A normal FPD table can be opened without any problems with VFP. But, you can NOT open a VFP table with FPD, unless you only use "old" field types.