>Cetin
>Thanks, that looks like another way that would keep me in VFP.
>I have decided to use "oSheet.saveas(dbfname,8)". It creates a table with the field lengths set in Excel and brings the date fields across correctly. I was having trouble with "append or import from type xl8". A TAB bar was put at the beginning of every field value and it was taking to much time to figure out. Any ideas about that?
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>Thanks again for the suggestion, Chuck

Chuck,
Sorry I never faced it. There was a known bug with 'append from ... xl8' but I don't think it applies here.
Cetin