>>RESULTS:
>>I get "C" in VFP6, and "X" (.NULL.) in VFP7.
>>
>>EXPECTED RESULTS:
>>Same in both VFP6 and VFP7 [Should remain C(0), not be changed to .NULL.]
>
>That's a designed change in 7.0. Excel returns VT_EMPTY, which would more appropriately translate to NULL instead of an empty string.

Mike,

Just want to note, that in this case VFP7 TYPE() function returns empty string. It is also not documented anywhere.