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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
Choose Visual FoxPro and logon.
“Export From Table” for “JSON to Visual FoxPro“.
Select JSON file type.
1. Choose Visual FoxPro table.
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.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Visual FoxPro table data to JSON file. Dynamically created JSON file name using present system time.
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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