>

>ox = CREATEOBJECT("excel.application")
>ox.Workbooks.Open(CURDIR() + "test.xls")
>ox.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(CURDIR()+"test2.csv",24)
>ox.ActiveWorkbook.Close(.F.)
>ox.Workbooks.Open(CURDIR()+"test2.csv")
>ox.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(CURDIR() + "test2.xls",-4143)
>ox.ActiveWorkbook.Close(.f.)
>IMPORT FROM test2.xls TYPE xl8
>

Ah! This works. I'm assuming there will be no trouble if there are delimiters in a column. Just checked. There is no problems.

Thanks for your help

Mike