>>Does any know of a program that can convert xslx to xls (capable of being imported VFP) that can be run in batch mode
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>Are you able to use Excel itself? You can programmatically automate Excel from VFP, and instruct it to SaveAs an earlier version.
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>Of course, if you do have the option to automate Excel then you can access the contents of .xlsx files directly without having to use the VFP import function.
Al
Thanks for the answer - yesy I can use Excel - how do I programmatically automate Excel from VFP, and instruct it to SaveAs an earlier version?
Thanks
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