DOCUMENT:Q107665  05-FEB-2000  [foxpro]
TITLE   :How to Create a Table Structure Using an ASCII File
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:MACINTOSH:2.5x,2.6x; MS-DOS:2.0,2.5,2.5a,2.5b; WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5x, 2.6x 
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You can create a table/.DBF structure from an ASCII text file that contains
information about the structure.

For example, assume you have the following ASCII text file, TEST.TXT:

   "Name","C",15
   "Age" ,"N",2

To create a table/.DBF structure using TEST.TXT, do the following:

1. Open a database table.

2. In the Command window, type the following commands:

   " COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO dbtemp.dbf
   USE dbtemp.dbf
   ZAP
   APPEND FROM test.txt DELIMITED
   CREATE dbfinal.dbf FROM dbtemp.dbf
   BROWSE" (without the quotation marks)

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Version           : MACINTOSH:2.5x,2.6x; MS-DOS:2.0,2.5,2.5a,2.5b; WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,3.0

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