>I'm updating ExcelListener.vcx to take advantage of Greg Green's excellent class vfpxWorkbookXlsx.vcx, which creates Excel files with xlsx format.
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>To optimize speed I want to make sure cursors remain in memory only. I believe this is the default VFP behavior, but am confused by the fact that you can append from a cursor by referring to it as DBF('CursorName') and the fact that that that file actually exists on disk.
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>I'd appreciate any clarifications. No need for ram disks, right?

Check for file(dbf("CursorName"))... most probably returns .f. on today's machines, with today's amounts of memory.

That you can append from a nonexistent file is just a neat trick performed by Fox team 20+ years ago.