>Hi
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>Im trying to get data from outlook into a dBase file using VBA, as i am having trouble with this im thinking of another way to do it.
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>I can get the data and put it into a text file, but how would i read a text file in visual foxpro and extract the relevant data i need to put into a table?
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>Thanks
>Nelly

That depends a lot on the format of the textfile. In general, you have several options.

See:

COPY FROM ... DELIMITED

IMPORT

FileToStr() and alines() (limited to 65000 lines)

fopen(), fgets(), fclose()

HTH, Hilmar.

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