>I have a website that collects files from clients and translates them into a format for our UNIX server. I was just handed an ods file for the first time today. I can open with Excel 2010, but VFP doesn't seem to have any knowledge of this file type, which makes sense due to it's age.
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>Is there a third party add-on that will allow me to translate ods to a vfp cursor for processing? I don't think Office is installed and I've never tried automation of open office. Or is it time for a custom .NET dll call from VFP? I would love advice from anyone who's tried this so I don't go down a bunch of dead-ends.
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>Thanks!

This is not because of age of VFP.
This is just because OO is NOT a MS product.
I doubt in .NET there is a native way to import a OO file.
What is installed on user computers?
If Excel you could open that file with Excel, save it as Excel XLS and then import it with VFP.