>How do I append data from Excel 97 using FoxPro 5? I've tried:
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>append from xxxx type xl5
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>but as you can probably guess, it didn't work.
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>Please don't say that I've got to tell the users to save the work into an old version. I'm hoping a there is a patch or something.
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>Would this work in VFP6?
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>Thanks in advance
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>Jason

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Jason,
You can't tell your users to save to an older or different format but you can say it to Excel via automation :) Users need not know that excel was run behind the scenes.
Cetin