>Every time I try to APPEND FROM an EXCEL file, which I saved in the 97-2003 version into a FoxPro table, VFP crashes. I've tried it with VFP 6.0 and 9.0. How can this happen?
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>I open the table, then execute the following command:
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>APPEND FROM C:\TEMP\ITEMCONV.XLS TYPE XLS
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>and every time, Visual FoxPro crashes. Is it Windows VISTA?
Saving it as a 97-2003 file from Excel 2007 does not work for importing into VFP. Try a CSV file instead or check out Craig Boyd's Excel class:
http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/CommentView,guid,6b9d4c6f-76bb-4444-8d5b-9e321c605534.aspx
Brandon Harker
Sebae Data Solutions