>>I'm in the process of upgrading some batch files written in VFP 3.0 and VFP 6.0.
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>>I am adding some new database tables for auditting and errortracking. They are written in FoxPro for Windows 2.6a.
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>>When the batch files run, they ask for the Code Page the table was originally written in (since they are running under VFP 6.0 now)....
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>>so....
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>>given the Code Page Dialogue box, what should I choose? If I choose CANCEL, it asks for it again the next time it runs...and I'm not sure of the choice I should make.
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>>Thanks for the info!
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>>Tommy
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>Depends whether the DBFs were originally created in DOS, or in Windows. It would only make a difference anyway if you use diacritical marks or other special symbols (quite common if you have Spanish or German information).
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>1252 is the codepage for Windows.
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>Chosse 437 or 850 if the table was created with DOS.
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>You can suppress the code page dialog with SET CPDIALOG OFF.
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>If you select the wrong codepage, there is a small utility (cpzero) in the VFP folder that will reset the codepage.
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>Hilmar.

Thanks for the help!!

Tommy (you get 3 stars!)