>I am importing a tab delimited text file into VFP. I have no problems importing it into Excel in this way but when I try to import it
>into Foxpro the data is all messed up with crazy characters and stuff.
>I know thats a bad explanation but its kind of hard to explain. Anyone
>ever come across this before?

Ger,

What command are you using to import?
Something like:

APPEND FROM FileName DELIMITED WITH TAB

Are you sure the original txt file does not have garbage in it? Check it with a hex Editor to make sure Tabs are really tabs - CHR(9)