>>In order to do that you'll have to use automation and process one cell at a time.
>>It maybe be possible to apply strconv to the result of import but I'm not sure.
>> The STRCONV() itself is documented in the help pretty well.
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>>>You mention using strconv - can you show me how to use it to convert from Unicode (Excel) to codepage 1251
>>>
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>Yes I had worked out that I would need to convert 1 cell at a time but I must be making a mistake with the strconvert
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>My code is
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>newchars=strconv(a,10,1251,1)
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>where a is an excel cell with a value of Присяжнюк Александр
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>Can you help please
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>Thanks
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>Colin

It should be 6 not 10