>The original file that I download from the company's web site is a csv file. If I open the csv with Excel, and then SAVE IT as a csv out of Excel, THEN import it into VFP, it parses correctly.
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>Will the code that you posted in this response avoid (or make invisible) that intermediate step so that instead of going:
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>csv ->excel ->csv ->VFP
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>it will go:
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>csv ->your code ->VFP ?
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>C

Actually, my code was for saving from Excel. In other words, you can simplify your task by just loading file into Excel, saving as Excel and then try type XLS instead of CSV (my code would not be needed).