>Hi Guys
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>Which technique/class can I use to follow the progress of commands such as
>COPY TO, APPEND TO/FROM, LOCATE etc. I hate flashing a "Please Wait' message without showing the user the activity progress. Like now I intend to follow the COPY TO ... TYPE CSV Command for the sake of Automation (Excel). Note I have set the TALK OFF and therefore I flash my wait message in a Window defined with DEFINE WINDOW
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>Can someone lead me to the link(s) that covered the issue of Dates when you Copy To .. Type CSV ?? where dates like 4th March becomes 3rd April ?
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>Thanks
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>Fred Matano

You can scan your table and generate string variable, at the end you will issue StrToFile() to make a file. It will be slower than COPY TO, but you will be able to show progress by each record and have full control how to format dates, etc.