>I am having to append some data to some old FPW 2.6a tables (this app used just in the USA or Canada) from within my VFP 7/8 app. I am planning on using the CpZero.prg to change the CodePage so that the user does not ever see the Code Page dialog.
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>Can someone tell me if I should set the CodePage for these older FPW 2.6a to:
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>DO Cpzero WITH 'MYFILE.DBF',437 && U.S. MS-DOS
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>or
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>DO Cpzero WITH 'MYFILE.DBF',1252 && Windows ANSI
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>Thanks,
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>Mel Cummings
If the table was originally created in Windows, you should use the Windows codepage. If it was a residue from an older, DOS, system, then you should use the DOS codepage.
t won't make a difference, one way of the other, unless you use special characters, like accented vowels or German vowels with "Umlaut", which you don't use in English anyway. See if the text displays correctly.
HTH, Hilmar.
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