May I guess that the data comes from a newer version of Excel? If so you must study http://www.foxite.com/archives/vista-excel-compatibility-w-worksheets-0000153776.htm

>thank you for reply,
>
>if you have Excel installed? yes i have
>
>but i need to build vfp form to let user do that
>
>>I don't have the time to give you any code, but if you have Excel installed, I would use automation. If Excel is not installed, you must do it in two steps. First read the data into a cursor, and then export the cursor into a txt file.
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>>>thank you for reply,
>>>
>>>i try it i get error message
>>>Microsoft Excel file format is invalid , when i use vfp wizard i convert this excel sheet to txt file no proplem,
>>>
>>>when i use wizard to convert excel to dbf i get same error
>>>
>>>i get error for one column have names, if i remove this column it works ,
>>>
>>>but i need to do it via vfp code
>>>
>>>thanks
>>>
>>>>You can do this in a million different ways, one of the the easiest is this:

>>>>Import from yourexcelfile xls
>>>>_vfp.DataToClip(,,1)
>>>>StrToFile(_cliptext,'yourtextfile.txt')

>>>>If this is not how you want the txt file to look like, you must provide more info. Since a txt file is just a text file, there is no standard for this file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>i need help to convert excel sheet to txt via vfp code
>>>>>
>>>>>thanks