Microsoft KB Archive/89267

= Using the APPEND Command in FoxBASE+ =

PSS ID Number: 89267

Article Last Modified on 10/23/1999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS 2.1

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This article was previously published under Q89267



SUMMARY
The following information applies to the APPEND command in FoxBASE+:


 * The APPEND BLANK command locks only the file header.
 * The APPEND FROM command does not support the dBASE III PLUS IMPORT/EXPORT command. However, the APPEND FROM and COPY TO commands support reading and creating ASCII text files with TYPE DELIMITED or TYPE SDF. FoxBASE+ does not directly support importing and exporting DIF, SYLK, or other file types.
 * To load a DATE field type from an ASCII field with the APPEND FROM command, the date must be stored as YYYYMMDD.
 * The APPEND FROM command cannot import a memo field.
 * The APPEND FROM SDF command loads fixed-length records that are separated by spaces in a columnar form. Records are delimited by a carriage return and a linefeed pair.
 * The APPEND FROM DELIMITED command uses quotation marks to delimit character fields in an ASCII text file, unless the SET DELIMITER TO command specifies a different delimiter. Commas separate the fields, unless the TYPE BLANK command specifies that fields are separated by blanks.

Keywords: KB89267

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFoxBASE210DOS kbFoxBASESearch kbFoxproSearch

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