Want to export data from Visual FoxPro table to JSON file?
Try Withdata DBToFile, a Visual FoxPro to JSON converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export Visual FoxPro data to JSON, Easy and Fast.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Export data from Visual FoxPro table to JSON file
Connect to Visual FoxPro -> Choose Visual FoxPro table -> Set JSON file options -> Export Visual FoxPro to JSON
Choose Visual FoxPro and connect.
“Export From Table” for “Visual FoxPro to JSON”.
Select JSON file type.
1. Choose Visual FoxPro table.
2. Set JSON file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Visual FoxPro data to JSON file.
After exporting, you can view output JSON files.
More about Visual FoxPro to JSON converter
Download Withdata DBToFile
See also:
- Export Visual FoxPro query results to JSON
- Export multiple similar Visual FoxPro tables to one JSON file
- Batch export Visual FoxPro tables to JSON files
Visual FoxPro → JSON reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Visual FoxPro | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | 1234 (number) |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 (number) |
| Float | Float | 1.234e10 (number) |
| Text | Character(n) | "text" (string) |
| Long text | Memo | "multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string) |
| Date | Date | "2026-09-18" (string) |
| Datetime | DateTime | "2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string) |
| Binary | General | "base64:..." (string) |
| Boolean | Logical | true / false (boolean) |
| JSON | (none) | nested object or array, kept as structure |
Dialect differences
Visual FoxPro is a database server and JSON is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Visual FoxPro | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Double quotes; backslash escapes |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D), DateTime (T) | No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p... |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | General (G) | Not supported natively - base64 inside a string |
| separator | — | Braces and commas |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 by definition |
| typing | — | string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Nested objects and arrays |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
No counterpart
- JSON has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
Convert your data online, free
Free in-browser converters for CSV, Excel, JSON, XML and SQL: Withdata Online Data Conversion. Large files, batch conversion or scheduling? See the offline desktop apps, or browse all data conversion tools.
