There is a MS KB Article Q217174 on this error. It describes a C5 error when importing from type XL8 specifically. It also has a workaround :)


HTH,
Ed

>I've the all too familiar error:
>Exception code=C0000005
>Called from - form1.cmdimport.click line 5
>{c:\mydir\forms\myform.sct}
>
>Here is what my command button click code looks like on my form:
>LOCAL lcFileName
>USE \mydir\data\temptabl IN 0 SHARED
>SELECT temptabl
>lcFileName = ALLT(THISFORM.txtFileName.Value)
>APPEND FROM &lcFileName XL8
>
>I get the error on the APPEND FROM line and that throws me out of VFP running of the form. I have a filename for an EXCEL spreadsheet which is displayed on the form after I do the "Open File" command button on my form just before I press this "Import File" button. The error happens on the "Import File" button. All I am trying to do is take an Excel spreadsheet and append it to a table that has prestructured fields that will contain all of the spreadsheets columns. Or is my table that I am appending to setup wrong? Usually I can work around this error, but not this time.
>
>Any ideas? Thanks for the help.
>
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