>>Hi,
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>>In the PUTFILE() dialog I want the user to see both XLS and XLSX files. The only way I could do it if I pass the following in the Extention parameter: "XLS*" (using asterisk wild card).
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>>But I read in VFP help that I should be able to specify two extensions as "XLS, XLSX" or "XLS| XLSX" or "XLS; XLSX" but none of these methods work.
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>>What am I missing?
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>It looks like either a bug or misleading text in Help. Anyway, this works:
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?Putfile('some text','','xls*')This is what I said works (see above). But how come when putting the extensions one after the other it does not work? This is what I am trying to figure out.
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