Your best bet is to create remote views, access the data, and convert the data to DBF's. Offline views are another alternative. In any case, your best environment for data extraction is in VFP - not VB.

< JVP >


>Hi,
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> I have a strange request to ask the forum. I am a VFP consultant. I have a client who has a Visual Basic Application that he wants me to convert to VFP. I am not yet proficient in VB but am learning rapidly. My problem is this:
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> I have to view their Access files and create a copy of some of them to transport back to my office. In VisFox, this is easy. I'd do it in the Command window. How can I do this in VB? Is there COPY NEXT 500 type instruction, etc. Also, is there a BROWSE type command I can use to view Access files? IS there even a Command Type window?
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> Sure could use some help here.
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>TIA
>
>Barry