>Hi, I am using the IMPORT FROM command to read in an Office 2007 MS-Excel file, so field names are A, B, ....Z, AA, AB, ...AZ, BA, BB, etc..
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>I have to handle files defined as:
> Columns A - M: standard information
> Columns N - R: information about charge 1
> Columns S - W: information about charge 2
> Columns X - AB: information about charge 3
> etc.
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>In other words, past column M, information is in groups of 5 columns.
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>NOOOO problem, i thought. I have code that calculates the column name.
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>BUT lo and behold! what column follows DU??? NO, NOT DV, but DW!
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>What is going on here? any ideas? this is def. breaking my code.
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>Any input is appreciated.
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>Guess i have to change the code to using AFields()?

The column is just not there. In MS-Excel it appears empty, and format is "general" - so i entered a "123" and changed the format to numeric.

Still, no column DV in VFP.