Want to import data from TXT file to Visual FoxPro?
Try Withdata FileToDB, a desktop TXT to Visual FoxPro converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert TXT to Visual FoxPro, 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.
- Convert locally and privately, avoid uploading large or private TXT file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Import data from TXT file to Visual FoxPro
Login to Visual FoxPro -> Choose TXT file -> Set Visual FoxPro table -> Import TXT to Visual FoxPro
Choose Visual FoxPro and logon.
Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select the “TXT” file type.
then show the wizard.
1. Open a TXT file.
Support large ( > 4GB ) TXT file.
Here is the file’s content.
2. Select a Visual FoxPro table and config fields.
3. Preview data will be in Visual FoxPro table.
4. Import TXT data to Visual FoxPro.
View imported data in Visual FoxPro table
Import TXT to Visual FoxPro in command line
Save “TXT to Visual FoxPro” session, then you can:
- Import TXT to Visual FoxPro in Windows command line.
- Import TXT to Visual FoxPro in Linux command line.
- Import TXT to Visual FoxPro in macOS command line.
Set scheduled tasks for importing TXT to Visual FoxPro
You can schedule and automate this “TXT to Visual FoxPro” conversion task by:
- Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux/macOS) file for “TXT to Visual FoxPro” conversion.
- Set scheduled task for “TXT to Visual FoxPro” conversion.
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See also:
- Visual FoxPro import multiple TXT files into a single table
- Bulk import TXT files into Visual FoxPro tables
TXT → Visual FoxPro reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in TXT | in Visual FoxPro |
|---|---|---|
| Int | 1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | 9007199254740993 | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | 1234.56 | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | 1.234e+10 | Float |
| Text | written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout | Character(n) |
| Long text | written as-is | Memo |
| Date | whatever the writer chose | Date |
| Datetime | whatever the writer chose | DateTime |
| Binary | not representable | General |
| Boolean | Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE | Logical |
| JSON | written as-is | (none) |
Dialect differences
TXT is a file format and Visual FoxPro is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.
| Property | in TXT | in Visual FoxPro |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | (file-based) |
| identifiers | None by convention | — |
| row limit | — | (driver dependent) |
| dates | Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed | Date (D), DateTime (T) |
| long text | — | Memo (M) |
| binary | Not supported | General (G) |
| separator | Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths | — |
| encoding | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM | — |
| typing | None - every field is text | — |
| shape | Free form; a parser has to be told the layout | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | No formal limit | — |
No counterpart
- TXT values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in Visual FoxPro.
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