>How can i convert a .dat file extension file to either txt or dbf in VFP?

.dat (short for data) is used by many applications, but unfortunately there is no uniform standard. So you will have to open the file in for instance notepad or a hex editor, and see how the fields and records are separated and delimited. Are the text fields surrounded by ", ' or any other character? This is what I mean by delimited. Are the fields separated by any character, like comma or a semicolon? Is any padding used? Or does each field have a fixed length but no character to separate the fields? Is a special character, for instance chr(12) and/or chr(10), used to separate each record?

If you need more help, please show us enough of the contents to identify at least the first two records.