How to Remove dBASE Soft Carriage Returns from Memo Field

ID: Q113521

2.60 3.00 | 2.60

WINDOWS   | MS-DOS

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.6
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6

SUMMARY

In FoxPro 2.6, the following dialog box will appear when FoxPro is opening a dBASE table:

   Convert MEMO File to FoxPro Format?
      This can later be reversed with
         COPY ... TYPE FOXPLUS
           <Yes>            <No>

If you choose No, FoxPro will not open the database and the following error message will occur:

   Not a table/DBF.

If you choose the Yes button, the following dialog box will appear:

      Remove dBASE 'soft' carriage returns from MEMOS?
           Choose Yes if all memos are normal text
           Choose No if any memos have binary data
                  <Yes>               <No>

If you choose Yes, FoxPro will remove all soft carriage returns from all memo fields.

If you choose No, FoxPro will not remove any soft carriage returns.

MORE INFORMATION

When you are editing a memo field in dBASE, the autowrap feature of dBASE automatically inserts a soft carriage return when the line wraps. This soft carriage return has an ASCII value of 141.

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxDos FoxWin 2.60 word wrap wordwrap convert import export KBCategory: kbprg KBSubcategory: FxtoolGeneral

Keywords          : FxtoolGeneral 
Version           : 2.60 3.00 | 2.60
Platform          : MS-DOS WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 1, 1996