Hi Ed

Thank you very much to the response. i appreciate it..

Regards
Fida


>>Can anyone please help with this problem.
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>>I am using VFP 6.0 and SP 3.0.
>>I have a table with approx. 48000 records. When i use the copy to command and copy the file to an excel format IT ONLY COPIES 16000 RECORDS... Can annyone tell me WHY? and how do I fix this problem..
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>It's a limit placed on VFP by compatibility requirements for some earlier versions of Excel; the solution is to use Ecel's ability to read a table, or create output in another format that Excel can handle like a CSV file, or use Excel automation.