>I am trying to copy a dbf to the equivalent of a .csv file (comma separated). If I use the VFP command:
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>COPY TO file DELIMITED WITH CHAR ,
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>It will separate the field with commas but it also puts quotation marks around the character fields (apparently because commas may be in the text). I don't want to send that. I want strict comma delimited.
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>Any suggestions???
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>Thanks always everyone for the advice.

copy to file temp.txt delimited
handlein=fopen("temp.txt")
handleout = fcreate("mytext.txt")
#define MAXSIZE 65535
* Could be whole filelength but 65535 prevents rare headaches
do while !feof(handlein)
 =fwrite( handleout, ;
   chrtran( fread( handlein, MAXSIZE),["],"", MAXSIZE )
enddo
=fclose(handlein)
=fclose(handleout)
erase temp.txt

Cetin