>Two parter: would appreciate comments on either or both
>1.
>Is it still safe to convert dbf to xls with the following:
>copy file myfile.dbf to myxfile.xls
>It works but i'm wondering if office (2007) is viewing this file as a fake xls
>

COPY FILE doesn't change the file format. Presumably you mean:

USE MyFile.DBF
COPY TO MyFile TYPE XLS

If so, you really should make it TYPE XL5, since XLS creates an Excel 2 format file, which handles dates badly.

Tamar