Export Visual FoxPro table to JSON using dynamic filename with current date

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Export data from Visual FoxPro table to JSON file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to Visual FoxPro -> Choose Visual FoxPro table -> Set JSON filename template including date -> Export Visual FoxPro to JSON using current date as file name

export Visual FoxPro table to JSON file - Choose Visual FoxPro and logon

“Export From Table” for “JSON to Visual FoxPro“.

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Select JSON file type.

Export data from Visual FoxPro Table To JSON using variable filename with date - select JSON file type

1. Choose Visual FoxPro table.

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2. Set JSON file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.

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3. Set rows options.

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4. Export Visual FoxPro table data to JSON file. Dynamically created JSON file name using present system time.

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After exporting, you can view output JSON files.

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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.

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