Not even worth trying if it's in Excel 2007 format.  Just save it as a CSV
file and get it into VFP that way.

Fred


On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 4/29/10 4:36 PM, G Gambill wrote:
> > I have been sent an XLS file that I can't import with the Import Fromm
> > command.  I have tried type XLS, type XL5 and type XL8 all with no
> success.
> > I keep getting an error that the Microsoft Excell fils is invalid.
> >
> > It will open with OenOffice.org.
> >
> > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Try saving it as an older version of Excel. It could be Excel 2008 which
> VFP probably
> doesn't know how to deal with.
>
> Paul
>
>
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