>I haven't tried anything with the QB files -- don't have any experience with other data formats. If you have any suggestions, let me know.
>
>thanks again,
>Doug

Doug --

You might want to try experimenting with test copies of the QB files. First, try opening one of the files with a text editor (NotePad, TextPad, etc.). Then, if you can decipher the file format from what you see in the text editor, you've got a couple of options for getting the data into VFP:

1. This is a long shot, but if the QB file looks like it might be some flavor of a .DBF (dBASE, Clipper, etc.), you can probably deal with it as a "free" table in VFP. You might have trouble, though, if there are any memo fields. NOTE: If you look at a .DBF with a text editor, it will have a header followed by any number of data records with fixed-lenth fields.

OR

2. If the QB file appears to have fixed-length fields, you could create a Fox table (or cursor) with matching fields/types/lengths, and then use APPEND FROM...TYPE SDF to import the QB data.

OR

3. You might be able to use low-level file-handling functions (FREAD or FGETS) to read the QB file.

If none of the above suggestions work, then you might want to call the QB vendor.

Bill