>I try to create an excel-file from a VFP-table.
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>Until now I never had any problem using the very simple syntax:
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>copy to myfile type xls
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>But: when I try to do this with a table with about 20000 records, I only create an .xls with the first +/- 14000 records.
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>Is this a limitation I am not aware off, or can there be another reason?

Different versions of Excel have different "row" limits. I think Excel5 was around 16,000 or so...I know it's about 64,000 in Excel97...could this be your problem?