If the 2.x DBF's to VFP is a one time conversion, I would suggest exporting the 2.x DBF's as comma delimited ( or [tab] delimited if you like ) and then importing the data into VFP from the ASCII files. If you export from inside 2.x and import from inside VFP, neither will be the wiser as to the inconsistancies in DBF formats.

If this will be a repetitive task, I would alter the above by 1) creating a 'semaphore' file 2) running a 2.x EXE which will do the exporting to a delimited file and delete the semaphore when done 3) when the original program sees the semaphore gone, it will import the ASCII text file.