>Why is it only possible to APPEND FROM XL8 and not COPY TO XL8.
>Is the only way to create a Microsoft Excel 97 file to use COPY TO XL5?
My guess is that it will be added in the next version, they just didn't get around to it yet. In the meantime, you can use OLE vfp-to-Excel for Excel97, or COPY TO...XL5, as you say.
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