>>>>I asked why you said that it's safer to export to text and then import the data in Clipper...
>>>>
>>>if you export to foxbase, since clipper doesnot handle indexs
>>>for clipper, then you have to rebuild indexes. if you export
>>>to text & then append in clipper with indexs in use, the clipper
>>>indexes will be handled automatically.
>>
>>I guess there's some confusion here...
>>I thought that Tom wanted to access data from both Clipper and VFP. If that's the case, then it's better to use CDX's unless he has a ODBC driver for NTX's (wich I don't know).
>
>yes there is should say "vfp doesnot handle clipper ntx files"
>and i assume that both systems are operational and will continue
>to be so!


Yeah, problem is we need to export from a VFP Order app to an old Clipper accounting app. The transfer is one way -- VFP ---> Clipper. The biggest concern was corrupting indexes (NTX).

Much Thanks
Tom