>I have a client who wants a data file imported into dbf format. The majority of the file is readable, and has been successfully imported into a table. The file contains inventory balances, and those are written in a hexadecimal value in the same record. Is there a good way to read that value and convert it into numbers that VFP can understand?
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If the ASCII file is in a standard format and you can import it directly, use a field of type float if the hex value is float (most probably) or a field of type integer if the hex value is integer.

If you can't import it directly in a database, read it as a char string and write an UDF to transform it.

Vlad