1. How to work with attachments, see for instance here messages for thread 606074.

2. What do you mean, "It converts the file but it’s not clean."? If you have SDF file, then you should create cursor/table with the proper structure, and then append from ... SDF should work.

>Hi All,
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>I would like to know two things. If one of you out there can help me in this I would really appreciate it. I need to write a program to access a file (attachment) from Microsoft outlook and convert to a DBF format so that I can automate the end user activities. This is what I want to know
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>* Can I direct/Automate Microsoft outlook e-mail attachment ( this is a .Dat file) to a specific folder in network with VFP command?
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>* Can I convert dat file ( fixed length file) to a dbf file using VFP command ? I tried to create a the correct structure and use
><< Append from Mydata.Dat type sdf >> . It converts the file but it’s not clean.
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>Please Help !!!!