Sergey,

Thanks for the reply. Something tells me I should have given more information in my request. The Excel files I'm trying to import are from Excel files I created and sent out to sales reps from a table. As far as I know, there are no formulae in them. Most of our sales reps are not very technically savvy.

Normally, I do use the CSV format, but I don't think it will be necesary in this case.

- Gerry

>>I've got several Excel files I'd like to import. The first thing I've done is to convert them to Excel v4.0 format so VFP can handle them -- which I've done before. Now when I try it, I consistently get a VFP "Internal Consistency Error", which then closes VFP completely.
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>>Any suggestions, please? Besides saving thems as DBF's, which I will do, but I'm trying to figure what's wrong first.
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>Hi Gerry,
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>If you're converting them anyway convert to CSV format. This way Excel preserves cell formating and VFP gets simple text file to import.
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>Just a WAG, maybe you have formulas in some cells that VFP cannot process?