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Q107665: How to Create a Table Structure Using an ASCII File

Article: Q107665
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:2.5x,2.6x; MS-DOS:2.0,2.5,2.5a,2.5b; WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0
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Last Modified: 05-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b 
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b 
- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5x, 2.6x 
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SUMMARY
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You can create a table/.DBF structure from an ASCII text file that contains
information about the structure.

For example, assume you have the following ASCII text file, TEST.TXT:

  "Name","C",15
  "Age" ,"N",2

To create a table/.DBF structure using TEST.TXT, do the following:

1. Open a database table.

2. In the Command window, type the following commands:

  " COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO dbtemp.dbf
  USE dbtemp.dbf
  ZAP
  APPEND FROM test.txt DELIMITED
  CREATE dbfinal.dbf FROM dbtemp.dbf
  BROWSE" (without the quotation marks)

Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxDos FoxWin 2.50X 2.60X

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Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbFoxPro200DOS kbFoxPro250DOS kbFoxPro250aDOS kbFoxPro250bDOS kbFoxPro250 kbFoxPro250a kbFoxPro250b kbVFP300
Version           : MACINTOSH:2.5x,2.6x; MS-DOS:2.0,2.5,2.5a,2.5b; WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0

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