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Export data from Visual FoxPro table to TSV file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Visual FoxPro -> Choose Visual FoxPro table -> Set TSV filename template including date -> Export Visual FoxPro to TSV using current date as file name
Choose Visual FoxPro and logon.
“Export From Table” for “TSV to Visual FoxPro“.
Select TSV file type.
1. Choose Visual FoxPro table.
2. Set TSV 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 TSV file. Dynamically created TSV file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output TSV files.
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Visual FoxPro → TSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Visual FoxPro | in TSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | 1234 |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | Float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Character(n) | unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column |
| Long text | Memo | unquoted; newlines break the row |
| Date | Date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | DateTime | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | General | not representable |
| Boolean | Logical | TRUE / FALSE |
| JSON | (none) | the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay) |
Dialect differences
Visual FoxPro is a database server and TSV 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 TSV |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D), DateTime (T) | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | General (G) | Not supported - must be encoded |
| separator | — | Tab |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit |
No counterpart
- TSV has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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