>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>I usually convert an excel spreadsheet to a DBF file by first saving it into a CSV format and then importing into a DBF.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But this spreadsheet (attached) does not have a clear structure of columns. The attached spreadsheet shows the pattern; the actual one has many more “records”
>>>>>>
>>>>>>How would you devise a plan to convert such a spreadsheet to a DBF?
>>>>>
>>>>>I'll use Automation to read this file.
>>>>
>>>>Could you, please, clarify what you mean by Automation? Sorry that I have not looked at and did any of the automation in a long time.
>>>
>>>Something like:
>>>

>>>oExcel = CREATEOBJECT("Excel.Application")
>>>oExcel.WorkBooks.Open(full_path_to_file_here)
>>>** read sheet information.
>>>oExcel.Close()
>>>oExcel.Quit()
>>>oExcel = null
>>>

>>
>>Thank you. In either case, using the automation or the Greg Green's tool, I will need to figure out the "pattern". Like, for example, that the cell Est Hrs always falls on column E rows 5, 15, 25, and so on. And then "scan" through the spreadsheet to extract the values.
>
>To use Greg's library, you'll have to transform the .xls as a .xlsx, first.
>
>Instead of exporting to CSV, can you export to Excel's XML 2003 format?

The original file is actually .xlsx file. So that would not be a problem. And the Excel does have an option to export to XML 2003. I have never done it. Are you saying that XML 2003 would be a better format than CSV?