>Is there a way or a utility to translate old Ascii enecoded DBF-files with European names etc. into Ansi DBF-files? I know that I can still use Ascii files in Visual FoxPro, but I want to manipulate them in Ansi.
If the legacy table is marked with a DOS codepage (for instance, 850 or 437), translation is done automatically by Visual FoxPro (both ways - reading and writing to the table).
If you open the table the first time, you should be presented with a dialog to select the table's codepage.
DO CPZERO can reset the codepage, if you accidentally selected the wrong codepage. See also
SET CPDIALOG.
If you want to program the translations yourself, one field at a time, you can use the CPCONVERT() function.
HTH,
Hilmar.
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