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Export Visual FoxPro to Excel XLSX format

Want to export data from Visual FoxPro table to Excel xlsx file?

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Export data from Visual FoxPro table to Excel xlsx file

Login to Visual FoxPro -> Choose Visual FoxPro table -> Set Excel file options -> Export Visual FoxPro to Excel xlsx file

Choose Visual FoxPro and logon.

Click “Export From Table” at task dialog.

Select Excel file type.

then show the Export Single Table form.

1. Select Visual FoxPro table.

2. Enter Excel xlsx file name.

3. Preview Excel.

4. Export Visual FoxPro to Excel xlsx file.

After exporting, you can view output Excel file.


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Visual FoxPro → Excel (.xlsx) reference

Type mapping

Value kindin Visual FoxProin Excel (.xlsx)
IntNumeric(10,0)1234 (a real numeric cell)
BigintNumeric(19,0)9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)
DecimalNumeric(p,s)1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)
FloatFloat1.234E+10 (numeric cell)
TextCharacter(n)text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text
Long textMemotext cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row
DateDatea serial number plus a date cell format
DatetimeDateTimea serial number plus a date-time cell format
BinaryGeneralnot representable as data
BooleanLogicalTRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)
JSON(none)a text cell; the quotes are part of the value

Dialect differences

Visual FoxPro is a database server and Excel (.xlsx) is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Propertyin Visual FoxProin Excel (.xlsx)
port(file-based)—
identifiers—Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value
row limit(driver dependent)—
datesDate (D), DateTime (T)Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...
long textMemo (M)—
binaryGeneral (G)Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column
separator—Cells, not delimiters
encoding—UTF-8 internally, declared in the package
typing—Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error
shapeTables of rows and columnsMultiple sheets, each a flat grid
ceiling—1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...

No counterpart

  • Excel (.xlsx) has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

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