>I am required to export from VFP to a 7-bit ASCII file. Does anyone know how I can get there from here?
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>Thanks in advance,
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>Eric

If you are only converting normal text (no foreign characters), then only 7 bits are used, so just writing to a text file should suffice. If you want to convert 8 bit binary, then encoding is necessary - the following site is for an ActiveX control - it also gives a description of various formats & the reasons for needing '7-bit ASCII'.

http://www.mabry.com/encoderx/

There's probably others, if you search on the particular encoding methods - UUENCODE, BASE64 etc. Another possibility is writing to file & using a encoder such as WinCode to perform the conversion.