Microsoft KB Archive/137949

= FIX: A Microsoft Excel worksheet that contains formulas does not correctly import in Visual FoxPro for Windows 3.0 =

Article ID: 137949

Article Last Modified on 3/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5

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This article was previously published under Q137949



SYMPTOMS
If a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet's cells contain formulas, the Import function in Visual FoxPro will not import the data correctly. All or part of the data may be invalid when it is imported to the .dbf file.



RESOLUTION
There are two ways to work around this problem. Both correctly resolve the cells containing formulas. However, the first is the easiest and recommended method to use.

 In Microsoft Excel, save the file as as a .dbf file. Then open the .dbf file in Visual FoxPro with the USE command. Use an ODBC connection to the Microsoft Excel file. Create a remote view or cursor that can be then copied to a ,dbf file with the COPY TO command. The actual steps in creating the ODBC connection are beyond the scope of this article due to the varying factors which weigh in the process. For more information about ODBC, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

130732 How To Create a Data Source to Access Microsoft Excel Files

130137 How to Use ODBC to Run SQL SELECT on Microsoft Excel Data





STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Windows.



Steps to Reproduce Problem
  In Microsoft Excel, create a new worksheet with the following values in the respective cells:   Cell   Content --  A1     Field1 B1    Field2 A2    25 B2    =A2 * 3 NOTE: Cell B2 displays the number 75 when you move off of it by pressing the TAB key.  Save the worksheet as xl2dbf.</li> Close the worksheet.</li> Switch to Visual FoxPro, and on the File menu, click Import.</li> In the Import dialog box, select .xls as the Type and xl2dbf.xls saved in step 2 as the specific worksheet to import.</li> Click OK. An xl2dbf.dbf file will be created.</li> Browse the imported table, and note that the value in Field2 will be a random date, or other invalid value, rather than the correct value of 75.</li></ol>

Additional query words: VFoxWin fixlist3.00b buglist3.00 missing incorrect blank zero xcel

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB137949

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