Hey RK - I was thinking the same thing. Essentially - Gene - you could
do the direct export of data - but, to a CSV file. Then, use lo-level
file handling to add the memo field onto each line, and, as RK said -
make sure to add in the CRLF.
-K-
On 10/30/2019 7:42 AM, Richard Kaye wrote:
I believe this goes back to dBase compatibility and these commands do the same
thing.
It's not too hard to roll your own CSV/Tab delimited file in which case you can
keep your memo fields mostly intact. You will need to convert embedded CRLF in
order to keep one record per line.
--
rk
-----Original Message-----
From: ProfoxTech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 10:08 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Exporting Tables
Gene,
I have not seen a difference in the output of the two commands.
You might want to consider looking at Craig Boyd's post about exporting and
importing from Excel. It doesn't mention Memo fields that I could see.
https://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/30/using-excel-20
07-file-formats-in-vfp-9-0/
HTH,
Tracy
-----Original Message-----
From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene
Wirchenko
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 9:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Exporting Tables
Hello:
I am having to do a bunch of data export so have had a closer look at
the commands.
1) I am wondering if there is a difference between <vfp>
COPY TO ... TYPE ...
</vfp>
and
<vfp>
EXPORT TO ... TYPE ...
</vfp>
where the type is XLS or XL5.
2) I know that memo columns are not exported so for tables with them, I am
creating a cursor with the memo columns replaced with
C(254) columns. In a few cases, this will result in data being clipped. Short
of programming my exports to use Office Automation, is there a way around this?
(I mean that is not a kludge. For example, I could create multiple columns
each with a piece of the memo, but that would be horribly ugly.)
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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