Bob --

Well now...isn't this fascinating! I just "ASSumed" that the two formats were incompatible, so I never really bothered to check it out for myself. The solution just sounds too good to be true, but I'll give it a try. Thanks for your suggestion.

Bill

>>>Do any of you know of a utility that will convert Clipper memo fields to any version of FoxPro? We've thought of a way to do this programmatically, but we would rather not spend the time coding it. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA.
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>>>Bill Heilmann and Pablo Fung
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>>Um... I think if you OPEN (use) the file in foxpro it will do that automatically... if not try a copy to.
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>>BOb
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>Yep... I just tested it... opening the file doesn't do it, but...
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>copy to filename
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>does!
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>BOb