>Hello all,
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>I am currently working with a free table that contains, among others types, a memo field.
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>A new requirement has been introduced whereas the client needs the contents of this table in Excel format. I have tried, without success, to copy to filenamex type xl5. Apparently, Excel and / or VFP have difficulty with memo fields during this transition.
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>Short of creating another table of the same structure replacing the memo field with a character field (and running the risk of data loss)and then scatter memvar memo, insert into table2 from memvar, is there another method that I could use to achieve the desired result? Ultimately, how do I get Excel to recognize VFP memo fields?
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>TIA

Vincent,
Create an excel object and send data there with QueryTablesAdd. Search for sample code here on UT.
Cetin