>I am trying to import a simple excel file into VFP 6 - SP3 and the system crashes every time. The file is ok because I can save it as a text file and it imports fine. Any work arounds for importing Excel files or is this a known bug?

Jeff, is it possible that there are some odd, non-printing characters hiding in there somewhere? If you make a similar Excel file by hand can you import it? What version of Excel is the file in? There may be some restrictions as to what versions VFP can successfully import.