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13/12/2000 14:07:42
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Visual FoxPro
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>>Any one know of a utility that will export PF data? I have a customer with about 12 years worth of data they want to export.
>
>By PF, do you mean Professional File?
I am not familiar with PF - but I've never let that stop me in the past ;-)

If your application does not have any decent export options and/or there is no decent documentation on file structures. Then one possible solution is to print your reports - but not on paper!

Assuming that it is possible to print all of the data that you want to import into VFP, you could try the following:

Install a "Generic Text Only" printer to File instead of a Port :
These instructions are for NT4 - but I imagine they are very similiar for other Windows platforms:
Go to Start -> Settings -> Printers
Select "Add Printer"
Printer will be managed by "My Computer" click next
Scroll to bottom of list of Ports and check "File" click next
From Manufacturers: select "Generic" (type ge), then in "Printers:" select "Generic / Text Only"
Then select the TXTONLY.DLL driver from your Windows CD or ...\i386 folder.
You should then be able to append these SDF files into VFP tables to tidy them up!
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