>>>Iam trying to append from excel, latvian characters included.
>>>Everything is fine in excel, but when i append to vfp(using codepage 1257) some charactes is different....
>>>ui etc.
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>>Hi Ismo,
>>I assume your Windows default codepage is 1257 (Baltic). Did you check your DBF codepage, if by any chance it is different? Do you use CPCONVERT anywhere? How do you append the data from Excel?
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>>Nick
>My windows default codepage is 1252,i used cpzero to make my dbf codepage to 1257.I dont use cpconvert.I used append from excel,import from excel,import wizard and even i tried 'save as from excel to dbf;dbase4....But is it
>cpconvert?

Yes, in this case you need to use CPCONVERT(1252,1257, myfield) for all your character fields which can contain text.

Nick