Hi

in VFP 6 and 8

when I import from an excel spreadsheet

IMPORT FROM "c:\testsystem\test.xls" TYPE XL8 SHEET "BG"

it works

when I add a database name to put the output in

IMPORT FROM "c:\testsystem\test.xls" DATABASE "c:\data\data1" NAME "test" TYPE XL8 SHEET "BG"

I get an error

Microsoft Excel file format is invalid (Error 1661)

any idea what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks

Nick Mason