Sergey,

Thanks for the correction.


>Only the double quotes give desired result. The single quotes cause each field to be enclosed in single quotes. The square backets generate VFP error. In this case the double quotes are part of COPY TO command syntax not just string literal delimiter.
>

>* BAD:
>copy to o:\apinvcln.txt deli with ' ' (1 space) with tab.
>copy to o:\apinvcln.txt deli with [] with tab
>copy to o:\apinvcln.txt deli with '' with tab
>
>* GOOD:
>copy to o:\apinvcln.txt deli with "" with tab
>