Don't know. Why not try it?

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>>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
>>

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