>>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
>>
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>COPY FILE doesn't change the file format. Presumably you mean:
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>USE MyFile.DBF
>COPY TO MyFile TYPE XLS
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>If so, you really should make it TYPE XL5, since XLS creates an Excel 2 format file, which handles dates badly.
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>Tamar

good to know - thanks tamar
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